Travelex Supplier Restrictions as of May 18, 2011

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by Tiffany Parker May 22, 2011 in Insurance News

Travel insurance companies can choose to exclude travel suppliers and destinations from coverage.  The following are travel supplier restrictions from Travelex as of May 18, 2011.

Please refer to this page for information about suppliers for which Travelex Insurance Services has restricted or eliminated coverage on the following protection plans: Travel Plus, TraveLite, Annual Multi-Trip, Flight Plus, and group programs underwritten by Old Republic Insurance Company.

Suppliers Not Covered by New Enrollments

Travelex Insurance Services and their underwriters have made a business decision to no longer accept enrollments and confirm coverage for travel with the following suppliers:

Supplier     Effective Date
Adventure Link Tours – Canada   July 10, 2009
Aero Canadian Tours & Travel Inc   January 10, 2008
Aero Continente   June 09, 2004
Aerocalifornia   April 04, 2006
Air Comet   December 22, 2009
Air Midwest   January 15, 2008
Air Tanzania   December 13, 2005
Albania   August 06, 2010
Aloha Airlines   March 20, 2008
Ambiance Vacations   June 27, 2002
Belarus   August 06, 2010
Bellview Airlines   December 13, 2005
Bosnia and Herzegovina   August 06, 2010
Burma   August 06, 2010
Buynetfares.com   April 03, 2007
By Land and By Sea   May 28, 2007
Carib Aviation   September 22, 2008
Caribbean Star Airlines   January 09, 2007
Caribbean Sun Airlines   January 09, 2007
Chanchangi Airlines   December 13, 2005
Christian Pilgrim Tours   October 13, 2006
Congo   August 06, 2010
Congo, The Democratic Republic of The   August 06, 2010
Conquest Vacations Inc   April 15, 2009
Cote d’Ivoire   August 06, 2010
Dialysis at Sea Cruises   December 01, 2005
EAS Airline   January 18, 2006
Elegant Cruises & Tours Inc – Port Washington, NY   July 16, 2009
Endless Adventures – Utah   April 22, 2009
EOS Airlines   April 26, 2008
Etm Travel Group   October 17, 2005
Exotique Expeditions (Ontario, Canada)   August 04, 2006
Fantasy Holidays (Jericho, NY)   November 07, 2005
Festival of Asia, California   November 22, 2005
First Class Travel, NY   July 15, 2004
First European Cruises   January 27, 2004
Fitzgerald Cruises & Tours   October 09, 2003
Flight Options Limited   August 17, 2010
Ghana Airways   July 29, 2004
Grand Luxe Rail Journeys    August 27, 2008
Great American River Journeys   December 22, 2005
Happy Vacations   April 20, 2009
Hobbit Travel   December 22, 2009
I.T. Travel Inc, Terre Haute IN   October 01, 2009
Iran, Islamic Republic of   August 06, 2010

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How To Compare Trip Cancellation

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by Tiffany Parker May 16, 2011 in Insurance News

Travel insurance plans normally include coverage for trip cancellation.  This reimburses for travel expenses that are not refunded if the trip is cancelled for a covered reason.  The amount of coverage can be determined by the traveler when getting a travel insurance quote and that amount will affect the premium cost.

A majority of trip cancellation claims are for the same covered reason.  That is, a sickness, injury or death of a traveler or family member.  This is the most common language in trip cancellation coverage for almost all travel insurance products.

The other covered reasons are what can distinguish one product over another.  Simply put, the more covered reasons a product lists, the coverage is typically better.  The logic being that more reasons can cover more situations.

More reasons may not always be the best.  The smartest way to compare is to consider what possible situations are of the most concern to the travelers.  If it is weather delays, find a policy with the most generous covered reason related to inclement weather.  If the trip is during hurricane season, mandatory evacuation being covered can be important.  Just as finding the right policy will depend on the travelers’ needs, the best trip cancellation policy vary according to the individuals as well.

Atkinson Smith launches online self-build offering

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by admin May 14, 2011 in Insurance Quotes

Atkinson Smith has launched an online quote and buy facility to support its self-build (new build) and home extension/conversion offering.

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Top 5 Tips for Sharing the Road Safely with Pedestrians

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by Brandon Nguyen May 13, 2011 in Insurance Auto Articles

The numbers for car-pedestrian collisions are sobering. From 2005 to 2009, there were 224,000 collisions involving pedestrians and single-passenger vehicles. Of those accidents, 13,193 were fatal. But even more sobering are the circumstances in which those pedestrians were hit.

Though you might imagine otherwise, the most common scenario in which a pedestrian and car collide is when a person is crossing the road and the vehicle is going straight — this is how it happens 95 percent of the time. In many of those cases (54 percent), nothing is obscuring the driver’s vision. And the driver usually fails to brake.

In fact, drivers who hit pedestrians while traveling straight hit the brakes only 13 percent of the time. And

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