Posts Tagged ‘travel insurance claim’

Hong Kong: Hostage victims to receive insurance compensation

The families of four of the victims killed in Monday’s bloody hostage crisis in Manila will receive compensation totaling up to HK$1,320,000 (US$170,000) for each victim. The sum comprises a HK$300,000 payout from the insurer of the Hong Kong organised tour they had been travelling on, a HK$20,000 gratuity from the Hong Kong government, as ...

Most Unusual Travel Insurance Claims

Photo and post by: Simon Vaughan, 13 April 2009 Though I’ve had more tropical diseases than the average petri dish and once had to survive in Iceland for 24 hours without so much as a toothbrush and clean socks, I have been fortunate that I’ve only once had to make a claim on my travel insurance. Travel ...