Flight delays and cancellations are in the news right now because of the safety inspections that are being required by the FAA. Questions are being raised as to whether or not there is coverage under travel insurance policies for trips that are being affected. It really depends on the company and plan that a person…
Thank you Mr. Batterson!
A special thanks to J. G. Batterson, founder of The Travelers Insurance Company, for introducing travel insurance into the United States 144 years ago today! On April 1, 1864, Mr. Batterson with several other prominent Hartford, CT businessmen established The Travelers Insurance Company with the stated purpose to insure people while traveling, hence the name…
Getting ready for Summer Travel
Winter’s nearly over and Spring’s almost here. Time to think about Travel and Travel Insurance.                 And travel insurance. It’s been a long winter in our part of the woods and I can’t wait for the warmer days to get here. My wife and I planned a trip up to Maine for a week this…
The first Flight Accident Policy – who bought it and when?
When was the first Flight Accidental Death policy (then known as Aero Trip Ticket policy) sold? And who purchased the first policy? Good questions that probably would have been lost to history if not for “The Travelers 100 Years” published in 1964 to commemorate their centennial anniversary. The answer: President W. Wilson of Washington, DC.…
Travel Insurance Advertisments – Are the current ones better?
Every once and awhile, when I need a chuckle I go to a book that I have from my career at The Travelers Insurance Company and look at an ad that they published in the 1860’s in Harper’s Weekly which was probably one of the first travel insurance ads ever run. It’s priceless: What would…