On June 19, 2012, I wrote an article about Gary Giordano filing a law suit against American Express for payment of the insurance policy that he purchased for their trip to Aruba. Yesterday I noticed some articles that reported a subsidiary of American Express has filed suit in Maryland federal court basically asking the court…
Category: Travel Insurance News
Travel Insurance Executive Dies
Dennis Bennett, formerly President and CEO of Mercury International Sales and Services passed away last week on June 19, 2012 after a long battle with cancer. Dennis and his firm, were leaders in the sale of travel insurance at airport locations through out the USA and were the leading provider of airport, bus, and railroad…
Swine Flu Appears in Vietnam
News reports are beginning to appear that the swine flu has been diagnosed in Vietnam. QuoteWright urges travelers to southeast Asia to make sure they have adequate travel medical coverage and to make sure they avoid plans that exclude coverage for epidemics and/or pandemic.
Minnesota Fines Travel Guard $250,000
Tuesday, February 14, 2012, the Minnesota Insurance Department announced an enforcement action against Travel Guard and their underwriting company, National Union Fire Insurance Company (a part of Chartis), due to allegations that they violated Minnesota State Law by automatically enrolling travelers, who booked their trip through Travelocity.com, in travel insurance without their affirmative consent. The…
Access America is now Allianz Global Assistance
Access America has officially changed their name to Allianz Global Assistance, as of February 1st. Nothing else has changed in the plans that we offer from them, still the same Basic, Classic and Deluxe that have been Access America’s offering for quite some time now.