Travel Insurance Information and Articles

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This page will provide you with general information about travel insurance. If you are doing research before buying travel insurance, take advantage of our "Get travel quotes" detail which will help you get prices. Wondering where to buy? Check our Featured Travel Directories below which will provide you with information about types of coverages, and sources for them.

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Information and Articles

News releases and articles about travel insurance in Canada. Our complete list with summaries.

• Seven out of ten Canadians plan to travel for their summer vacations: Desjardins
• Self-serve baggage tagging for air travellers starts July 1, 2009: Transport Canada
• Concerns About Swine Flu (H1N1 virus), Tour Operator Bankruptcies and Other Disasters Make Travel Insurance Worth Considering: I.I.I.
• HealthQuotes.ca announces availability of MultiNational Underwriters International Travel Insurance
• New Survey Finds Holiday Travelers Don't Know Travel Insurance Needs Or Coverage: IIABA
• Travel Guard introduces website containing travel information, advice, and resources
• Parents Should Get Student Travel Insurance For Children Going To School Overseas: TGF Global
• Travel Insurance Mexico web site is launched: TFG Global Insurance
• Canadian Life and Health Insurance Association launches brochure on travel insurance
• AIG Travel Guard offers tips to ensure safe and fun vacations
• AIG public awareness campaign dispels travel insurance myths
• StatsCan : Travel between Canada and other countries - November 2007
• Travel medical insurance: buyer beware
• Kanetix adds ACA Assurance's Tour+Med travel insurance product to online quote comparison service
• From Insuremytrip.ca: Buying Trip Cancellation coverage just got easier
• U.S. bargain-hunting could be costly without travel insurance: Daily U.S. hospital stay can add up to $10,000
• Desjardins Financial Security provides complimentary three-day travel insurance for Shoppers Optimum cardholders
• Blue Cross named Aeroplan's new travel insurance provider
• With Summer Trips Approaching, Canadians May Not Be Prepared for Perils of the Road : Ipsos Reid
• Top 10 travel tips for 2007 from RBC Insurance
• InsureMyTrip.ca adds etfs to roster of insurance providers
• Travel insurance tips for Canadians -- Or, how $150 can save you $100,000
• The Annual Expedia Winter Survey, by Ipsos-Reid
• Kanetix offers two new travel insurance products available for quoting online
• Canadian Snowbird Association urges travelling Canadians to obtain a passport and travel medical insurance
• Expedia.com Survey Reveals Vacation Deprivation Among American Workers is at an All Time High

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