Hurricane Ike is heading toward Cuba and possibly the Florida keys on its way into the Gulf of Mexico. Using Stormpulse.com’s hurricane tracker you can see what areas of the country will be affected and plan accordingly if you have to make any last minute plans. If you have purchased travel insurance already I would…
Tropical Storm Hanna on Stormpulse’s Hurricane Tracking Map
Since hurricane season is bearing down on us and already causing more problems, I have been back on Stormpulse.com and checking out all the new features they have. The first one is the ability to embed their hurricane tracking maps into other websites. As you can see below we have Hanna who – as of…
Beware of some Travel Insurance “Experts”
Every once and awhile a person who has “expert” insurance credentials drifts or stumbles out of their area of expertise and offers advise in areas in which they have no or very little knowledge but because of the credentials people believe them. Just yesterday an article, “Are You Covered?” appeared on the web site for…
NCIA Adopts Guidelines to Protect Travelers
On June 2, 2008 the Members of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) announced guidelines that protect life insurance consumers from discriminatory underwriting practices concerning their future travel plans. One of the hot issues in the past couple of years is the practice that some life insurance companies have employed to deny life insurance…
Is Flight Insurance, Life Insurance?
Is flight accident insurance really life insurance? From time to time that question comes up. Usually it comes from a traveler who is not in the insurance business and who makes the assumption that because the flight accident insurance pays a benefit based on the death of the insured that it’s a form of Life…