Is flight accident insurance really life insurance? From time to time that question comes up. Usually it comes from a traveler who is not in the insurance business and who makes the assumption that because the flight accident insurance pays a benefit based on the death of the insured that it’s a form […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 coming […]

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.
Sold: […]