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The sultry dogs days of summer mark the end of the long vacation period when the kids are out of school and the family can plan a great trip together.
Travel Risks
By Scott Mayerowitz
Vacations plans are disrupted for all sorts of reasons. Is it worth the extra cost of
The Benefits Of Travel Insurance
By Linda Hohnholz, eTN
(eTN) - Both Mother Nature and human nature can take on positive and negative forms, and when it turns not so positive, today’s traveler is not immune to the possible effects.
When Insurance Should Be A Given
Research has revealed that 7.1 million UK travelers have learned a sport or hobby on holiday in the past three years. That is 7.1 million potential accidents.
Air Travel
By George Hobica
Airlines are required by U.S. regulations to compensate travelers for up to $3,300 in the event that checked bags are lost or damaged. But that's only for domestic travel.
Added Security
By Wolfgang H. Thome, eTN
Hotels, lodges, safari camps and safari/tour operators can now up their insurance covers to internationally-acceptable levels, as a new cover is available through Kenyan insurers backed up through ...
TravelSafe Smart Button
By Mel Webster
Since 1971, leading travel insurance provider, TravelSafe Insurance, has been protecting travelers with groundbreaking products, benefits, services, and competitive pricing.
Micro Donations Quickly Add Up
By eTN Staff Writer
WorldNomads.com is setting the travel services industry bar for corporate social responsibility.
Korea
By Na Jeong-ju
Korea will introduce insurance for foreign tourists next year to help cover their medical bills in the event they have accidents here.
Brazil
By José Wilson Miranda
Rio de Janeiro - American tourist Porfilio Nicholas Anthony, 25, from California, was arrested in Rio early this Monday by officers of the Special Tourist Service (Deat).
International Travel
British tourists are vague about vaccines needed for foreign travel, according to a poll.
Pace Airlines Ownet Arrested
Raleigh, N.C. — State Department of Insurance agents on Tuesday arrested the owner of Pace Airlines Inc. on charges that he abruptly ended health insurance coverage for company employees.
Brazil
British tourists Shanti Andrews and Rebecca Turner are being held in a Brazilian prison known as "Cell Zero-Zero" on the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro.
Mexico City
MEXICO CITY — Mexico City on Tuesday introduced free insurance for tourists in a bid to bring back visitors scared away after the swine flu epidemic broke out in Mexico in April.
"Layoff Insurance"
By cnn.com
Does your boss raise an eyebrow when you ask to schedule time off?
Maybe you need layoff insurance for your next vacation.
Piracy Menace
By AP
ATHENS — It's an insurer's nightmare: Heavily armed pirates, emboldened by their success in capturing cargo vessels, hijack a cruise ship with hundreds of well-heeled passengers and ask for ...
Insurance Program For International Medical Tourism
By earthtimes.org
INDIANAPOLIS - Seven Corners announces the launch of the first worldwide medical tourism insurance program that reduces travel-related and medical risks associated with patients electing to have ...
Travel Advice
By Sophie Butler, telegraph.co.uk
Travel insurance adds a fair amount to the cost of a holiday, which makes it all the more galling that some policies don't even cover the major pitfalls.
Travel insurance
War veteran Kenneth Brown was stunned when he was repeatedly refused travel insurance for a cruise to Spain - despite the fact that he pilots his own cabin cruiser, Carlos III, on the Thames.
Serbia
Dozens of Dutch tourists are being stopped at the Serbian border, says the Dutch vehicle insurer's bureau.
Kashmir
SRINAGAR - National Conference President Omar Abdullah has suggested provision of an insurance cover to woo foreign tourists.
Travel advisories issued by different countries keep foreign ...
Two British tourists have been arrested after allegedly making false complaints about getting bashed and robbed in Queenstown on Saturday night.
Constable Sean Drader of the Queenstown ...
No Insurance - No Space?
By Fox News
The personal spaceflight business — also known as space tourism — will face high hurdles from the insurance business in its early years, according to several industry experts.
