A good and timely article was published by the Pennsylvania Department of Insurance in their July, 2007 issue of “Consumer News You Can Use“. The article gives a very good overview of travel insurance and also talks about rental car coverage. A good piece of advice that was in their press release that was not…
Author: John Cook
UK vs USA – The State of Regulation
Over the past several weeks there have been many articles that have appeared concerning an ongoing investigation in the UK of travel insurance. Specifically the travel insurance that is included in travel and tour packages. It seems that stand alone travel insurance is regulated in the UK by a government department called the Financial Services…
Weatherproof your vacation with travel insurance.
Weatherproof your trip with the right Travel Insurance plan. Find the right one by using QuoteWright.com’s convenient weather coverage comparison chart. Understanding how travel insurance responds to adverse weather and natural disasters like hurricanes can be a daunting task. Policies differ on the type and amount of coverage that they offer. John Cook, President of…
Question of the day: Annual Time-Share Expenses – Can you insure them?
Recent questions from our clients have prompted us to do a quick survey of travel insurance companies that offer trip cancellation/interruption coverage. The question is: Can the annual time-share expense be included in the trip costs and would they be reimbursed if the trip is cancelled due to a covered reason? The annual time-share expense…
Consumer Reports misses the mark!
Recently Consumer Reports published an article, Travel Insurance: Why you rarely need it and in my opinion they missed the mark entirely and they end up with some misleading and erroneous generalities. The most misleading statement made in the article is that: “In most cases,… the insurance merely duplicates coverage that they already have”. This…