Came across an interesting article concerning the new restrictions for carry-on baggage. It does a good job explaining some of the restrictions put forth by the Transportation Security Administration in reaction to the foiled terrorist plot last month. The article mentions how travel insurance could help, stating: It’s possible to buy insurance, but there are…
Unlicensed Travel Insurer Back In The News – Again!
Recently I’ve written a couple of posts about Trip Assured, a Tennessee based firm that offers “travel coverage” and how they were issued orders by State Authorities in North Carolina and Texas to stop selling insurance. It now appears that we can add Michigan and their home state of Tennessee to the list. Yesterday, an…
Buy Travel Insurance – Please!
Interesting article appeared in this Sunday’s Hartford Courant by Cindy Loose. The title of the article is “All In A Day’s Work For A U.S. Embassy Employee” . It’s a well written article that talks about the types of things that fill an Embassy employee’s day. It also has a couple of helpful suggestions such…
ABC News – Money
Yesterday, ABC News purblished an article by Bob Jamieson, “Travel Terror? Don’t Count on Insurance” and overall the article is informative however there are two statements that I’ve got to comment on: The first, “Most policies exclude terrorism” is incorrect. Most travel insurance policies will provide some coverage for terrorism. Please refer to my article,…
Boston Herald – series on travel insurance
For the past couple of weeks, Rick Shaffer has been writing a series of articles on travel insurance. Over all they’ve been pretty good. Here is a list of them: Travel insurance covers bad trips – August 13, 2006 Travel insurace can make a big difference in peace of mind – August 20, 2006 Travel…