Travel insurance
Kennedys poaches 13-lawyer team from Plexus
Kennedys has hired a 13-lawyer travel sector team from Plexus Law to join its personal injury practice.
Hood Group picks Cega to support travel insurance programme
Affinity insurance provider Hood Group has appointed global assistance partners Cega to deliver emergency assistance and claims services.
Swinton provides travel cover with no upper age limit
Swinton has launched a travel insurance product with no upper age limit on single trips and additional cover for cruises included as standard.
Staysure stung with £175,000 ICO fine
Travel insurer Staysure has been fined £175,000 by the Information Commissioner's Office after IT security failings allowed hackers to access customer records.
Hood Group to launch new More Than travel product
More Than has appointed affinity insurance provider Hood Group to launch its new travel insurance product
Cega names Hardie as group CEO
Medical assistance and claims business Cega has named health, life and accident business lead Alistair Hardie as its new group CEO.
C-Suite - Insurer: Around the world
Insurance cover for business travel has taken on increased significance in the global market
AA partners with Cigna on travel offering
AA Insurance has appointed Cigna Insurance Services to provide its travel underwriting, claims and marketing services.
Prosight announces deal with British Mountaineering Council
Prosight Specialty Underwriters has agreed a deal to write a specialist travel insurance scheme for members of the British Mountaineering Council.
Post Office creates 75 insurance jobs in Glasgow
Post Office Travel Insurance is to create 75 new jobs in Glasgow over the coming months with further jobs planned for later in the year.
Easy Jet renews travel insurance contract with Allianz
Allianz Global Assistance in the UK has secured a three-year contract renewal with low cost airline Easy Jet.
Computer glitch causes chaos for UK flights
A system failure affecting air traffic control workstations was to blame for disruption to thousands of passengers coming in and out of Britain's biggest airports on Friday, officials told Reuters, as services returned to normal on Saturday.
Blog: The rise and fall of outrageous travel fraud
Simon Cook, head of special investigations for claims and assistance group CEGA, talks tummy tucks, liposuction and the lengths to which fraudsters will go to make money from a bogus travel insurance claim....
Europe: IP intelligence insures against application fraud
How can European insurers use internet protocol intelligence such as location verification to tackle fraud, asks Steve Sawyer of Digital Element
Ebola virus: Ebola survival guide
The Ebola outbreak has now claimed more than 5000 lives. So how are insurers reacting to the ongoing threat – and what would infection on European soil mean for the industry?
Blog: The rise and fall of outrageous travel fraud
Simon Cook, head of special investigations for claims and assistance group CEGA, talks tummy tucks, liposuction and the lengths to which fraudsters will go to make money from a bogus travel insurance claim....
Insurers risking FOS action by failing to clearly state travel insurance exclusions
Ebola crisis puts spotlight on Foreign and Commonwealth Office travel warnings
Markel buying German travel broker MDT
Markel is to purchase Frankfurt-based managing general agent and broker MDT, which focuses on the German travel sector.
Nationwide, Hiscox and LV top Fairer Finance rankings
The latest rankings from consumer campaign group Fairer Finance have handed top places for Car, home and travel insurance providers to Nationwide, Hiscox and LV, respectively.
Ace recruits from Accenture firm for head of travel, Asia-Pacific
Ace has appointed Jon Ford as vice president and head of travel, Asia-Pacific.
Ryanair to remove ‘hidden’ opt out from travel insurance menu
No-frills airliner Ryanair will replace the ‘confusing’ travel insurance menu of its website by the end of the year, following pressure from consumer champion Which?
57% of motorists unaware of overseas vehicle protection
A month long survey of 402 Auto Windscreens customers has found that more than half do not know if their vehicle would be covered for travel abroad.
Hill Dickinson unveils anti-fraud travel database
Travel insurance fraudsters have been put in the crosshairs by law firm Hill Dickinson through its launch of a new database to support insurers in stopping fraudulent claims.
Aviva partners with Intana on travel claims services
Aviva has partnered with Collinson Group's claims division Intana for travel claims and assistance services.