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States to pursue licensing standard for travel insurance sales

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States to pursue licensing standard for travel insurance sales

(Dive Travel Business News - October 31, 2010) -- U.S. state regulation of the sale of travel insurance could be moving in a new direction following an agreement among state insurance commissioners to work toward uniform guidelines for travel agents.

According to the U.S. Travel Insurance Association, whose members include some of the top brands of travel insurance providers, state governments now have a roadmap for developing a standard regime that would replace the existing patchwork of state laws and permit travel agents to distribute information about travel insurance and process applications, without a license.

The group said the National Association of Insurance Commissions recently agreed on a uniform licensing standard that would enable travel agents to engage in these activities as long as the insurance provider is licensed in that state.

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Missed Flights Wreak Havoc for Travelers

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More Travelers Missing Flights this Summer

(Dive Travel Business News - July 19, 2010) -- Planes are running so full this summer that U.S. travelers bound for summer vacations may have to wait overnight for the next plane if they miss a flight.

Flight cancellations due to bad weather and equipment problems are compounding the seat shortage issue, creating a domino effect, putting stress on other airlines and routes, and causing missed connections to international destinations. Few options are left for summer dive travelers who've paid for a ticket but can't get to their dive destination on their original itinerary.

For the past two years, US airlines have been cutting back service, using smaller planes or cutting routes altogether in a bid to address the impact of a poor economy, rising fuel prices and fewer passengers. The U.S. airlines' belt-tightening included a 6.7 percent capacity cut in 2008 and a nearly 9 percent cut in 2009 in a scramble to better match the number of seats to a reduced number of passengers flying. As a result, load factors - the measure of how full planes are - are up. read more »

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