Travel insurance claims are pouring in following several hurricanes

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This busy storm season has led to a large number of filings from people whose vacations were interrupted. The active 2017 hurricane season has led to a sudden influx of travel insurance claims as vacations and business trips see interruptions. This type of storm season has helped to demonstrate the value that this type of insurance coverage can offer travelers. Thousands of people across the United States are breathing a sigh of relief after purchasing the coverage. Those who purchased their travel insurance policies before the storms were named can…

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Travel insurance sales spike as the MH370 mystery continues

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Fliers headed into or through the South East Asian region are feeling a higher sense of risk. In light of the heart wrenching disappearance of the Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 and the 239 people who made up its passengers and crew, travel insurance has become a product that fliers are packing with them much more frequently, as people feel rattled about the situation in the South East Asian region. This has occurred at the same time that some travelers have simply cancelled their plans, outright. Many people are feeling quite…

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Travel insurance purchased by fewer U.K. vacationers

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The latest figures are indicating that one quarter of vacationers are not covered when they go abroad. According to the latest data released by the Association of British Travel Agents (ABTA), one in every four vacationers traveling abroad from the United Kingdom has not purchased travel insurance protection. This figure shows that there is a rapid trend moving away from purchasing the coverage in recent years. The data indicated that from 2011 to 2012, the number of holidaymakers without travel insurance rose at a dramatic rate from having been 20…

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