Author: John Cook

Travel Guard’s News Alert regarding the Israeli-Hezbollah conflict.

Just today we received notice from one of our partner companies, Travel Guard, that says that the “terrorism” peril (covered reason) under their trip cancellation could benefit client’s that purchased their plans prior to July 13, 2006.  This would not apply to Clients who purchased their policies after that date since the impact of the…

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142 Years of Travel Insurance

Today is the birthday of travel insurance in the United States.  Thanks to James Batterson, founder of The Travelers Insurance Company, for being the first to offer travel insurance in the United States.  On April 1, 1864, Mr. Batterson founded The Travelers Insurance Company for the purpose of insuring people who travel, hence the name…

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Do your homework before buying travel insurance on the internet.

The internet is rapidly becoming the preferred shopping choice for a growing segment of the traveling public when buying travel insurance. As more and more of us rely on the internet to shop for travel insurance what are some of the things we should look for to make sure we’re dealing with a site and company that we can trust?