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	<title>QuoteWright Travel Insurance News</title>
	
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		<title>Five things every traveler should know about travel insurance!</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Feb 2012 16:23:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Cook</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Travel insurance is more than a luxury; it’s a necessity if one’s trip is to be successful.  However, travel insurance is not a cookie-cutter arrangement where one size fits all.  At QuoteWright.com, we recommend that travelers understand the following facts about travel insurance coverages: 1.  Buy you insurance early in order to qualify for extra [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ten Things Travel Insurance Doesn’t Cover</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 20:36:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Cook</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Travel Insurance Insights]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Travel insurance policies offer different types of coverage, and most people know what their own policies cover. Yet they often neglect to read the fine print when they buy travel insurance, and the exclusions may surprise them. According to MSNBC, most travel insurance policies do not cover these ten situations. 1. Tour Cancellation. Many travelers [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Swine Flu Appears in Vietnam</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Feb 2012 21:26:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Cook</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[News reports are beginning to appear that the swine flu has been diagnosed in Vietnam.  QuoteWright urges travelers to southeast Asia to make sure they have adequate travel medical coverage and to make sure they avoid plans that exclude coverage for epidemics and/or pandemic.]]></description>
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		<title>Minnesota Fines Travel Guard $250,000</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Feb 2012 21:22:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Cook</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tuesday, February 14, 2012, the Minnesota Insurance Department announced an enforcement action against Travel Guard and their underwriting company, National Union Fire Insurance Company (a part of Chartis), due to allegations that they violated Minnesota State Law by automatically enrolling travelers, who booked their trip through Travelocity.com, in travel insurance without their affirmative consent.  The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Access America is now Allianz Global Assistance</title>
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		<comments>http://www.quotewright.com/weblog/2012/02/access-america-is-now-allianz-global-assistance/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 20:14:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Justin Cook</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[QuoteWright Travel Insurance News]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Access America has officially changed their name to Allianz Global Assistance, as of February 1st. Nothing else has changed in the plans that we offer from them, still the same Basic, Classic and Deluxe that have been Access America&#8217;s offering for quite some time now.]]></description>
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		<title>Travel Insurance and the Costa Concordia</title>
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		<comments>http://www.quotewright.com/weblog/2012/01/travel-insurance-costa-concordia/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 14:00:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Cook</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Cruise Insurance]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I read today that Carnival Corp, the owner of the ill-fated Costa Concordia has stated that they are providing “lodging, refunds and other support to people affected by the accident”.  I instantly thought about what would have been covered by travel insurance if Carnival didn’t step up to the plate to do the right thing. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Travel insurance resolutions for 2012</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 22:28:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Cook</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[QuoteWright Travel Insurance News]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Resolution 1:  Make sure you qualify for pre-existing conditions coverage.  The biggest “gotcha” is the exclusion for pre-existing conditions.  Many plans offer a “waiver of pre-existing conditions” provided you buy the insurance early, within the required time period – usually 10 to 30 days depending on the plan following your first trip payment date.  We [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Good News for Consumers – DOT New Advertising Regulation</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Jan 2012 16:12:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Cook</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.quotewright.com/weblog/?p=637</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The United States Department of Transportation has established new rules governing advertising that go into effect on January 24, 2012.  The new rules establish higher standards for how airlines, tour operators, and travel agents advertise airfares.  Here are some highlights: Airfares will now have to be advertised inclusive of all fees including taxes. Post-purchase increases [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Do College Students Need Travel Insurance?</title>
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		<comments>http://www.quotewright.com/weblog/2011/10/do-college-students-need-travel-insurance/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Oct 2011 11:19:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Cook</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Travel Insurance Insights]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Part of the college student experience is often at least some traveling, whether it&#8217;s a week for spring break or a longer period taking online courses while abroad or in an exchange program. When you&#8217;re away from home, especially in another country, your risks increase for a wide range of issues from theft to injury [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Moral Hazard?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Oct 2011 13:42:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Cook</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[What is a &#8220;moral hazard&#8221;?  It is a term used in insurance circles that describes the subjective choices a person makes or could make because they have insurance.  Wikipedia describes it as: In economic theory, moral hazard is a situation in which a party insulated from risk behaves differently from how it would behave if [...]]]></description>
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