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Travel insurance tips offered to Pennsylvania vacationers

May 29, 2015May 25, 2015 Julie Campbell

The Insurance Department in the state has released advice for residents of the state before they head away. The warming weather means one thing to many people across Pennsylvania, and that is the preparations for the summer vacation season, about which they are now being provided with a range of travel insurance tips. The Pennsylvania Insurance Department is reminding vacationers to look into the right insurance coverage. The Insurance Department has released a checklist for people across the state, before they head away on vacation. Being away will impact many…

Travel insurance coverage is being purchased for very specific reasons

May 15, 2015May 14, 2015 Julie Campbell

Travel insurance Young Man Luggage Staning In Front Of Air Plane

Among the drivers that cause travelers to buy a policy, worries over hurricanes top the list. The results of a recent travel insurance survey have shown that there are some very specific reasons that consumers are purchasing this coverage, among which, hurricanes have been generated the largest amount of worry. The findings revealed that unexpected weather is enough to cause travelers to want to insure themselves. The research was conducted by a comparison website called InsureMyTrip. It determined that severe weather is making people the most worried about their vacation…

Deceptive travel insurance practices scrutinized by California and Florida

April 9, 2015April 8, 2015 Julie Campbell

The two states have released statements with regards to sketchy opt-out rules from some companies. California and Florida have both now issued their own statements with regards to certain selling practices that have been adopted with regards to travel insurance and the opt-out methods that are used extremely regularly. The states feel that these methods of selling the travel coverage are deceptive and are hoping to promote change. The first statement was issued by Florida in February, when the state’s Office of Insurance Regulation produced an informal memorandum. Within it,…

Travel insurance may not help you if Ebola changes your vacation plans

October 22, 2014October 21, 2014 Julie Campbell

CDC picture of ebola travel insurance news

Customers are asking their agents whether or not it is safe for them to fly and how they can protect themselves. Agents are now saying that their customers are asking them about the protection that their travel insurance can give them, as people are beginning to become concerned with regards to the safety of flying and what steps they can take in order to protect themselves against concerns that they could be exposed to Ebola. Though there has yet to be any reason for concern about Ebola in the U.S.…

Travel insurance claims can be rejected if alcohol was involved

September 26, 2014September 23, 2014 Julie Campbell

Some insurers have been facing some criticism for refusing to pay when a policyholder had been drinking on vacation. Travel insurance companies in the United Kingdom have been turning down certain claims when they discover that the vacationers who had made them had been drinking alcohol before they suffered from the accident in question. The Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) has stated that a “high standard of proof” must be provided. According to the FOS, the travel insurance company must be able to show quite solidly that the amount of alcohol…