Archive for the 'Travel Insurance News' Category

NCIA Adopts Guidelines to Protect Travelers

Friday, June 6th, 2008

On June 2, 2008 the Members of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) announced guidelines that protect life insurance consumers from discriminatory underwriting practices concerning their future travel plans.
One of the hot issues in the past couple of years is the practice that some life insurance companies have employed to deny life […]

Getting ready for Summer Travel

Wednesday, March 5th, 2008

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 […]

Pregnancy - is it covered by travel insurance?

Thursday, February 7th, 2008

One question that we get several times a week is about trip insurance for a traveler who is pregnant or might become pregnant. Is there coverage available? The answer is yes & no.
Yes, there is coverage available under some of the Access America policies (Family Basics, Deluxe, and Classic) but it only applies […]

Travel Medical Insurance - Primary Coverage vs. Secondary Coverage

Monday, January 28th, 2008

This post is about the differences between primary and secondary Medical coverage on the policies that we sell here at QuoteWright.com.         
                I’d say that nearly one third of the policies that we sell here are for people who are primarily interested in seeking out medical insurance for their trip.  For many  of these client’s, their […]

A few questions about travel insurance answered

Tuesday, January 22nd, 2008

Just thought I’d take a few moments here to go over what some of the more commonly asked questions about filling the insurance quote forms on our site. Having been in the travel insurance industry for some 14 years, you tend to take for granted the knowledge you get and sometimes forget that […]