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Article from This is Money: By Tara Evans Last updated at 4:16 PM on 6th March 2012 Pensioners are facing annual increases of up to 90 per cent in the cost of their travel insurance, with those hoping to visit the US seeing the biggest rises. Large increases in the cost of medical care in [...]

Article from VentureBeat: As the owner of an iPhone 4S and a New Yorker who travels around town every day, I’m constantly worried about my phone breaking in an accident or getting stolen. I bought Applecare+ the day I got the phone, but even that better-than-average warranty doesn’t cover theft or loss. Enter the just-launched [...]

Article from Courthouse News Service: Travel Add-Ons Should Always Be ‘Opt-In’ in EU      (CN) – Online booking sites should not force customers to opt out of features that will cost extra, like travel insurance, an adviser to the European Court of Justice said Thursday.     A German consumer protection group sued the Britain-based travel website, EBookers.com, last [...]

Article from WBAL Baltimore: POSTED: 7:26 pm EST February 24, 2012UPDATED: 8:45 pm EST February 27, 2012 CATONSVILLE, Md. – Travel insurance may not protect everything that could go wrong before, during and after your vacation.A Howard County man purchased travel insurance for an African safari, but when the trip was canceled, there was no [...]

Article from Insurance Insight: From 1 March, those travelling out of Malaysia will be required to buy travel insurance. According to reports in New Straits Times the legislation applies only to travellers who book their tickets through travel agents that are members of the Malaysian Association of Tour & Travel Agents. It applies to those [...]

Article from Insurance Business Review: IBR Staff Writer Published 28 February 2012 Mapfre Asistencia has signed an agreement with French firm Compagnie Européenne d’Assurances to perform collectively in the French travel insurance sector. As per the agreement, Mapfre Asistencia will perform the management and risk underwriting operations in this area and CEA staff will be [...]

Article from The Australian: COVER-MORE Travel Insurance chief information officer Tom Roche is on a journey to create hassle-free interactions for customers and partners. Building additional services and boosting accessibility are behind the leading travel insurers’ key IT projects. ……….. >> Read the full article Related News: Sick Around America Travel Environment Alert – Asia [...]

Article from Killeen Daily Herald: Briefcase: BP faces billions in fines as trial nears Posted On: Saturday, Feb. 25 2012 10:53 PM NEW ORLEANS — On the cusp of trial over the catastrophic 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, phalanxes of lawyers, executives and public officials have spent the waning days in settlement [...]

Article from New Straits Times: Khalid and Tan (centre) with representatives of six insurance companies appointed by Matta as official travel insurance service providers Matta president Datuk Mohd Khalid Harun says it is mandatory for travellers to obtain travel insurance because it is in the travel act. The launching of the travel insurance coverage also [...]

Article from Calgary Herald: Redirect Notice  The previous page is sending you to http://www.calgaryherald.com/travel/right%20spring%20break%20travel%20insurance%20this%20year/6197136/story.html .  If you do not want to visit that page, you can return to the previous page. ……….. >> Read the full article Related News: