Latest Travel Headlines
All the headlines from our Travel Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Royal Caribbean Cruises Requiring Travel Insurance for Unvaccinated Passengers
Jun 29 2021 // Royal Caribbean, which has restarted its cruises, said it is requiring that unvaccinated guests age 12 and older sailing from Florida homeports provide proof of travel insurance to cover any quarantine, evacuation and...
Amazon CEO Bezos Volunteers for Risky Space Travel Journey in June
Jun 8 2021 // Amazon’s billionaire founder Jeff Bezos said on Monday he and his brother Mark will fly on the first crewed space flight from his rocket company Blue Origin next month. “Ever since I was five years old,...
Lack of Travel Has Harmed Business Relations, Chubb Survey Finds
Apr 30 2021 // Business travelers are eager to travel again for work and life, but most remain concerned at the same time about contracting COVID-19 and favor extra precautions. They are also concerned that their lack of travel has hurt...
Pet Insurance Outshines Travel, Other Inland Marine Coverages Cut by COVID: AM Best
Apr 23 2021 // The U.S. inland marine insurance segment experienced a “significant downturn in profitability” in 2020, with its loss ratio deteriorating by nearly 16 percentage points amid the COVID-19 pandemic, according to...
Allianz Partners Adds Epidemic Coverage to Travel Insurance Products
Mar 23 2021 // Allianz Partners, a travel insurance and assistance company, has added enhancements to its travel insurance products that may provide coverage to customers who become ill with COVID-19 or a future epidemic, are...
Insurtech Blink Expands into Central, Latin America; Partners with Travel Assistance Firm
Mar 15 2021 // Blink Parametric, the Cork, Ireland-based insurtech, has announced a major expansion of its flight disruption insurance platform in Central & Latin America, scheduled for launch this month. The partnership between...
Demand for Travel Insurance Takes Off As More Destinations Require Coverage
Mar 8 2021 // COVID-19 insurance policies are increasingly joining passports and sunscreen as vacation staples, creating opportunities for insurers as more countries require mandatory coverage in case visitors fall ill from the...
Airlines Seek WHO Approval of Quarantine-Free Travel After Vaccines
Jan 27 2021 // The airline industry has called on the World Health Organization to rule it’s safe for people to fly without quarantining once they’ve had a coronavirus vaccine. Acknowledgement of that principle from the...
Brexit Ends Britons’ Right to Live and Work in EU – And Travel Insurance Is Essential
Dec 30 2020 // LONDON (AP) – So far, the large majority of British and EU citizens have not felt the realities of Brexit. Though the UK left the European Union on Jan. 31, it follows the bloc’s rules until the end of this year as...
Travel Insurance Surges Along with Coronavirus This Thanksgiving
Nov 25 2020 // U.S. websites have seen a surge in travelers seeking expensive ironclad insurance this Thanksgiving, as Americans desperate to break the monotony of a year spent at home look to cover themselves against coronavirus-related...
COVID Passports Could Speed Up Revival of International Travel
Nov 24 2020 // Global airline lobby IATA is working on a mobile app that will help travelers demonstrate their coronavirus-free status, joining a push to introduce so-called COVID passports to speed up the revival of international...
CDC Issues ‘Strong Recommendation’ for Mask-Wearing by All in Travel Settings
Oct 20 2020 // The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Monday issued a “strong recommendation” that all passengers and employees on airplanes, trains, subways, buses, taxis and ride-share vehicles should wear...
Manulife to Begin Offering Canadians COVID-19 Travel Insurance
Sep 16 2020 // Canadian insurer Manulife Financial Group will restore some coverage for coronavirus-related trip interruptions in a new travel insurance policy that also includes COVID-19 in its emergency medical coverage. The policy...
Legacy Specialist DARAG Buys Luxembourg Auto and Travel Insurer, Arisa Assurances
Aug 6 2020 // DARAG Group Ltd., the Malta-based legacy acquirer, announced the acquisition of Arisa Assurances SA, an automobile and travel insurance company based in Luxembourg. The transaction will be conducted through DARAG’s...
AIG’s Coronavirus Hits Include Travel, Workers’ Comp, Property, Trade Credit Lines
Aug 5 2020 // Insurer American International Group Inc. racked up $730 million in COVID-19-related losses during the first half of the year, its chief executive officer said on Tuesday. The pandemic is a “formidable and ongoing...
UK Insurtech Startup battleface Offers COVID-19 Travel Insurance Package
Jul 21 2020 // Travel insurance provider battleface announced a new COVID-19 travel insurance package. The new policy will give travelers the peace of mind they have been looking for to venture out safely, including to countries...
Generali Offers Remote Facility Inspection for Firms Coping with COVID-19 Travel Bans
Jul 8 2020 // Generali’s P&C unit Global Corporate & Commercial (GC&C) Iberia & LatAm has developed a new system for remote facility inspection to address the consequences of COVID-19 and to provide value-added...
UK Insurer Saga Refunds £44M to Customers on COVID-19 Travel Interruptions
Jun 22 2020 // Saga has refunded 44 million pounds ($54.45 million) of advance payments to customers whose travel was interrupted by the coronavirus outbreak, the British over-50s holidays and insurance specialist said on Monday. The...
Trawick International of Alabama Appoints Foster VP for Trip Insurance
Jun 9 2020 // Travel insurance provider Trawick International has added Bailey Foster to the Trawick International team. Foster has assumed the role of vice president for Trip Insurance. Foster has more than two decades of insurance...
Insurance Survey: Industry’s Pandemic Response, Readiness for Travel, Changes Ahead
Jun 5 2020 // No matter where you work in the property/casualty insurance industry, your experience is important. How is the coronavirus pandemic affecting you now? Going forward? What do you expect to change? When will you be ready to...
