One of the better newspaper articles about travel insurance appeared this past Sunday in the New York Times Travel Section under the byline of The Practical Traveler. The title of the article is, “When In Doubt, Insure” by David A. Kelly. Mr. Kelly did a good job with a difficult subject. [...]

Here are the latest position statements concerning the volcanoes in Iceland and future impact on travel insurance:
CSA Travel Protection
Travel & Coverage Alerts from CSA
Volcanic Ash Cloud Update
05/21/2010
A cloud of volcanic ash again interfered with regular flight patterns beginning Sunday May 16, 2010, in Northern Ireland, Scotland and England. A flight ban was imposed in the [...]

As you can guess we’ve had a lot of calls from travelers concerning the current problems in Europe that are being caused by the ash cloud that is spewing into the atmosphere from the volcano eruption in Iceland. Most travel insurance companies have stated how their policies will react. Click here for the [...]

As you can imagine we’ve been receiving questions about the current volcano eruption in Iceland and the ash cloud that it has released. How does travel insurance apply?
Travel Insurance policies contain 4 separate coverages that might apply:

1. trip cancellation,
2. trip interruption,
3. missed connection, and
4. travel delay.

All 4 of these are “named peril” coverages [...]

CSA Travel Protection brings back some really good coverage with their “updated” Custom and Custom Luxe plans.