When Elizabeth Gilbert traveled the world looking for food, spirituality and romance for her book, “Eat, Pray, Love” she encountered various unexpected situations, some of them gastronomical. If she needed anything to help her with her tour, it would have been travel medical insurance. While we don’t know whether she did purchase insurance, because the [...]

A new year has just begun, and those of us looking back at the past year might have a list of resolutions ready. An international traveler who habitually traveled without travel health insurance might want to resolve to avoid skimping on travel insurance. A tourist who had a bad culinary experience may resolve to stick [...]

One of the travel trends that have risen through the years is adventure sports (with travel medical insurance helping to take care of that little nagging feeling of insecurity). While activities such as bungee jumping and skydiving were earlier on the itinerary of only the most intrepid traveler, many more are attempting these now. Some [...]

When you book your overseas trip with your agent, you might be offered a travel insurance policy as well. In some cases, especially with trips to the European Union, the agent may strongly recommend (or sometimes even unethically force you) to purchase an insurance policy from them. This is illegal. Remember that you can purchase [...]