Latest Travel Headlines
All the headlines from our Travel Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Travel Insurers Pay $7 Million a Week to Stricken UK Travelers Says ABI
Aug 18 2011 // Travel insurance has become an essential adjunct for UK residents heading abroad on vacations. According to the Association of British Insurers, travel insurance companies pay on average £5.3 million [$7.26 million a week...
AmWINS Group Benefits Enhances International Travel Insurance
Jun 1 2011 // AmWINS Group Benefits has launched a newly enhanced No Borders, a suite of international benefit products providing coverage for international assignees and for those living and traveling abroad for work or leisure. AmWINS...
UK’s Voyager Lists ‘Top 10’ Reasons for Wedding Cancellation Insurance Claims
Apr 21 2011 // Voyager, a niche insurance specialist in the UK, has published the top ten reasons why couples claim on their wedding insurance on or prior to their big day. The bulletin noted that “unlike the era in which previous...
Lloyd’s Writes the Ultimate Travel Policy for Sarah Outen
Apr 4 2011 // Lloyd’s has insured a football player’s hair, the anatomical attributes of various celebrities, and even a Frenchman’s heroic crossing of the English Channel in a bathtub. So, where else would English...
Snow, Ice Disrupt pre-Christmas Travel in Europe; Many Flights Cancelled
Dec 20 2010 // Europe saw little respite on Sunday from the Arctic conditions that closed airports and disrupted travel over the weekend before Christmas, traditionally one of the busiest times of the year. London’s Heathrow, the...
ABI Warns UK Skiers on Risks of Expensive Medical Bills
Dec 17 2010 // The UK may not have a lot of mountains, but that doesn’t mean it doesn’t have a lot of people who ski. So it’s appropriate, as the holiday season begins, to warn those who are eager to hit the slopes that...
Europe’s Travel Firms Count Costs of Volcanic Ash Disruptions
May 11 2010 // Europe’s travel industry is counting the cost of air traffic disruption caused by a volcanic ash cloud which forced thousands of flights to be cancelled and is braced for more stoppages this month. British travel...
ABI Advises Travelers After Latest Volcano Ash Cloud Disrupts Flights
May 10 2010 // Heightened eruptions from Iceland’s Eyjafjallajokull volcano caused periodic closures of a number of European airports, as flights were cancelled, delayed or rerouted. Transatlantic air traffic between Europe and the...
Icelandic Volcano Eruption Intensifies; Airline Travel No-Go
Apr 15 2010 // A volcanic eruption in Iceland, which has thrown up a 6-km (3.7 mile) high plume of ash and disrupted air traffic across northern Europe, has grown more intense, an expert said on Thursday. The eruption under the...
Manulife Buys Pottruff & Smith; Now Canada’s No. 2 Travel Insurer
Oct 16 2009 // Manulife Financial, Canada’s biggest life insurer, announced on Thursday that it has acquired Pottruff & Smith Travel Insurance Brokers Inc. in an all cash deal that will make it Canada’s No. 2 travel...
AIG’s Chartis Global Now Travel Guard; Rutledge Named CEO
Aug 14 2009 // Chartis Inc.said that all of its worldwide travel businesses will begin operating under the brand name Travel Guard, effective immediately. Additionally, Jeffrey C. Rutledge has been named chairman and chief executive...
British Insurers State Position on Nat’l. Pandemic Flu Service and Travel
Jul 24 2009 // The Association of British Insurers (ABI) has issued a bulletin to coincide with the start up of the UK’s National Pandemic Flu Service. The bulletin notes that the UK’s “travel insurance industry has...
Marsh Issues Business Risk, Insurance Advice for Overseas Travelers
Jul 20 2009 // In the wake of the fatal bombings in Indonesia, PMarsh has issued a reminder to companies with employees who travel overseas of the need to have robust travel policies and emergency procedures in place to deal with crisis...
ABI Faults UK Gov’t. on Travel Tax
Jul 20 2009 // In the opinion of the Association of British Insurers, the UK’s government has made a mistake in the way it funds travel protection for victims of failed holiday tour operators. In 2007 the Government replaced...
California Regulator, Association Warn of Flu Implications
May 1 2009 // The Insurance Information Network of California is warning insurance agents that the current outbreak of swine flu has implications not only for travelers and businesses, but for their insurers as well. Following are types...
School Buses Among Safest Ways to Travel in Iowa
Mar 13 2009 // University of Iowa researchers have found that school buses are among the safest forms of road transportation in Iowa. Jingzhen (Ginger) Yang, Ph.D., assistant professor of community and behavioral health in the University...
AAA Reports: 2 Million Michigan Residents Plan Holiday Travel
Dec 22 2008 // An estimated 2 million Michigan residents — almost the same number as last year — will travel 50 miles or more from home during the upcoming Christmas holiday period, according to AAA’s latest travel...
1.4 Million Michigan Residents to Travel During Thanksgiving Holiday
Nov 21 2008 // Despite the economy, many will travel by car and air this holiday weekend. An estimated 1.4 million Michiganians said they will travel during the 2008 Thanksgiving holiday period, a 6-percent decrease from last year, says...
Audit: N.J. Workers Comp Board Head Spent $55K on Travel, Candy
Oct 23 2008 // Auditors say the head of New Jersey’s Compensation Rating and Inspection Bureau charged $55,000 on a state credit card for travel, meals and chocolates over 21 months. The audit is the first for the agency that helps...
AAA Chicago Forecasts Slight Decrease in Labor Day Holiday Travel
Aug 29 2008 // AAA Chicago projects a slight decrease in the number of Americans traveling during the Labor Day holiday weekend. Nearly 34.38 million Americans will travel 50 miles or more from home this Labor Day holiday weekend, down...
