Getting ready for Summer Travel

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 […]

The first Flight Accident Policy - who bought it and when?

February 27th, 2008

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: […]

Travel Insurance Advertisments - Are the current ones better?

February 22nd, 2008

Every once and awhile, when I need a chuckle I go to a book that I have from my career at The Travelers Insurance Company and look at an ad that they published in the 1860’s in Harper’s Weekly which was probably one of the first travel insurance ads ever run. It’s priceless:

What would […]

Medical Evacuation and Cruises

February 19th, 2008

I’d have to say that the second most important kind of insurance to have on a cruise is Emergency Medical Evacuation Coverage. If you have a emergency injury or an illness that the on board medical facility is unable to deal with, you’ll more than likely be transported off the ship by whatever means […]

Pregnancy - is it covered by travel insurance?

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 […]