Latest Travel Headlines
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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...
More Americans Traveling Abroad Won’t Leave Home Without Insurance
Jun 4 2020 // In the new reality of COVID-19, some Americans may still be willing to travel abroad – but they’re going to make sure they’re insured up to the hilt. U.S. travel insurers are seeing a surge in demand for...
Hawaii Lifting Quarantine for Travel Between Islands June 16
Jun 3 2020 // Hawaii Gov. David Ige said that starting on June 16, he will lift the 14-day quarantine for people traveling between the state’s islands that he instituted to control the spread of the coronavirus. A separate 14-day...
Danish Insurer Tryg Expects Wave of Travel Claims as Customers Cancel Holidays
Apr 21 2020 // Danish insurer Tryg expects to be hit by a wave of travel insurance claims as customers cancel their summer holidays due to travel restrictions imposed to tackle the coronavirus pandemic, it said on...
Consumers Find Travel Insurance Policies Not Much Help in Coronavirus Crisis
Apr 6 2020 // Purchasers of travel insurance are finding their policies all but worthless as the global pandemic forces them to change their plans, or worse, leaves them sick at sea. Most travel insurance companies won’t provide...
How East Insurance Regulators Are Responding to the Coronavirus Pandemic
Mar 25 2020 // As insurers continue to monitor the spread and impact of COVID-19, insurance regulators across the East region of the U.S. are issuing guidance on how the industry can respond. “There is almost no aspect of the...
What State Insurance Regulators Have Asked of P/C Insurers to Address Coronavirus
Mar 25 2020 // As state insurance regulators monitor and respond to the coronavirus impact on insurance, property/casualty insurers are calling on them to coordinate their requests for data and ease up on some requirements. David A....
UK Travel Insurers Expect to Pay Record Coronavirus Claims of US$319M
Mar 24 2020 // UK travel insurers expect to pay record claims of at least £275 million (US$319 million) due to the coronavirus pandemic, according to first estimates from the Association of British Insurers (ABI). The vast majority of...
‘Cancel for Any Reason’ Travel Policies Offered in New York as Coronavirus Spreads
Mar 23 2020 // Six global and national insurance companies have agreed to offer ‘cancel for any reason’ travel policies in New York state as the coronavirus pandemic continues to spread. The insurance companies offering this...
British Insurers Suspend Sale of Travel Insurance to New Customers
Mar 16 2020 // British insurers Admiral, Aviva and Direct Line are no longer offering travel insurance to new customers, they said on their websites on Friday. “The ongoing global situation with coronavirus means there’s much...
‘Cancel for Any Reason’ Travel Policies Offered in New York as Coronavirus Spreads
Mar 9 2020 // Six global and national insurance companies have agreed to offer ‘cancel for any reason’ travel policies in New York state after Governor Andrew Cuomo on Friday confirmed 11 additional cases of COVID-19,...
New York-Area Financial Firms, Insurers Implement Travel Policies for Coronavirus
Mar 5 2020 // Financial firms in New York City were testing remote-work capabilities, implementing new travel restrictions and canceling or modifying upcoming events as the coronavirus outbreak – already on the finance...
Insurance Unlikely to Cushion Coronavirus Losses – But There Are Exceptions
Mar 4 2020 // Don’t look for much relief from insurers to cushion losses from canceled events, travel disruptions and potential medical claims from the deadly Covid-19 virus that’s sweeping across the globe. The...
China’s Coronavirus Deaths, Infections Rise; Supply Chains, Production, Travel Disrupted
Feb 6 2020 // China’s fast-moving coronavirus spread among passengers of a quarantined Japanese cruise liner on Thursday and dragged down production at more global businesses, as scientists across the world searched for a...
Commercial Air Travel Passenger Death Rate Continues to Decline: MIT Study
Jan 27 2020 // It has never been safer to fly on commercial airlines, according to a new study by an MIT professor that tracks the continued decrease in passenger fatalities around the globe. The study finds that between 2008 and 2017,...
UK Insurtech Startup battleface Receives Investment from Fintech Ventures Fund
Jan 16 2020 // Insurtech startup battleface Inc., a UK firm that provides travel insurance products for unconventional travelers worldwide, announced it has successfully closed its seed financing round with backing from leading strategic...
Iowa Risk Pool Criticized for Travel Seeking to Block State Audit
Jan 6 2020 // A group that insures local governments across Iowa is going to court to try to block the state auditor from reviewing its spending, including on board members’ travel to out-of-state vacation destinations. The Iowa...
U.K. Travel Insurer Saga Secures Flights for Clients Hit by Collapse of Thomas Cook
Sep 23 2019 // Saga Plc said on Monday it was securing alternative flights, where possible, for customers who are due to travel imminently and have been impacted by the collapse of Thomas Cook. The over-50s tourism and insurance firm...
