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ITIJ Issue 116 - September 2010
News Analysis: A leap year in Spain
ITIJ examines the increasing incidence of holidaymakers jumping from their balconies into hotel pools, and the cost of such reckless behaviour
Feature: Of sound mind
The onset of a mental health illness can be sudden, and often prompted by a stressful holiday or international job relocation. Are insurers prepared?
Feature: A shot in the dark
Travel vaccinations are more important than ever. ITIJ looks at why; and asks whether insurers should do more to educate travellers about the need to make sure they’re getting the right inoculations for their trip
Assistance & healthcare world markets - Norwegian gold
The popular destination of Norway can be expensive for travellers caught unawares; ITIJ offers an insight into the standards
of healthcare and assistance on offer in the Nordic country
As Hurricane Earl, the second named hurricane of the year, makes its way through the Caribbean Sea, the first bad weather holiday casualties are being reported. 
The Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) has announced in detail the closure of several UK insurance sites, a decision that will see at least 2,000 people lose their jobs. 
As the rainy season continues, so does the progress of cholera in Nigeria, where 352 people have died in a three-month period. 
The UK’s financial regulatory body, the Financial Services Authority (FSA), has fined the UK arm of Zurich Insurance £2 million for failing to prevent the loss of customer data. 
A Henan Airlines passenger jet carrying 91 passengers and five crew members crashed on 24 August, leaving 43 people dead and injuring a further 53 others. 
A small passenger aircraft carrying 14 people, including five US nationals and one Japanese tourist, crashed after taking off from Kathmandu airport in heavy rain. 
A 12-hour hostage drama onboard a hijacked tourist bus in Manila, capital of the Philippines, has ended in bloodshed with the angry former policeman hijacker being shot dead by a police sniper. 
Heavily armed gang members engaged in a gunfight with Brazilian police over the weekend of 21 August, right outside the five-star InterContinental hotel in Rio de Janeiro, prompting the gunmen to storm the hotel and take 35 people hostage. 
In further bad news for the travel industry in the UK, budget travel company Kiss Flights has ceased trading. 
A passenger aircraft carrying 131 passengers and crew crashed and broke up on landing at the Colombian island of San Andres, injuring 114 people, yet only one person died – as the result of a heart attack.