Today I was reading a thread on a travel bulletin board that had several well meaning but incorrect statements about travel insurance. Here is the reply that I posted – you might find it informational:
There are a lot of misconceptions about travel insurance:
1. All plans are secondary. Incorrect. Most plans are secondary however, Travelex [...]

A question that has come up is if a person can get Cancel for Any Reason coverage for a trip that has the travelers flying standby. The main concern was that the travelers would not be able to get a standby flight in time for their scheduled cruise, therefore they were seeing if Cancel for [...]

We’ve been getting calls concerning the possibility of being quarantined in China due to displaying symptoms of flu, or even being on a flight with others who have symptoms. While most travel insurance plans trip interruption coverage would cover quarantine of this nature you have to watch out for plans that exclude pandemic or epidemic, [...]

We just learned today that the Colorado Insurance Department issued a “Cease and Desist” order on March 24, 2009 to Prime Travel Protection and/or Jerry and Christine Watson.
I first wrote about Prime Travel Protection on January 29, 2009 after they announced filing for bankruptcy and after news that the Florida Insurance Department was investigating their [...]

With all the news articles following AIG and the recent bonus fiascoes I came across an article explaining the good and the bad about the AIG government bailout. While most of the focus of the media has been on the negative aspects this article goes on to explain some of the benefits:

Here’s something that’s really [...]