The PIU Communicator Library
Kidnap & Ransom - 4/3/2023
Last month, a horrific incident occurred in Matamoros, Mexico, making U.S. national headlines as four South Carolina residents were kidnapped and held against their will by suspected drug cartel associates in the border town south of Texas. Two of the four Americans survived and were eventually freed and returned to the States, but two were […]
Spring Break Travel Concerns - 03/14/2023
U.S. public and private school Spring Break holidays are right around the corner and millions of Americans of all ages will be traveling as families, as individuals and as part of student groups throughout the country and beyond. Many are embarking upon these journeys without a firm grasp of the hazards that might lie ahead. […]
K&R - 08/01/2022
In the insurance industry, K&R is short for Kidnap & Ransom. That certainly conjures some scary thoughts. I would rather worry about my home or property being damaged by a fire or an earthquake. I don’t want to think about my family members, friends or colleagues being held against their will in some dark room […]
Party Like It’s 2022 - 03/28/2022
With COVID rules and restrictions loosening-up in much of the U.S. and around the world, travel and international tourism industries are facing new freedoms and customer interest they haven’t enjoyed for years throughout the pandemic. We are on the eve of school spring breaks, destination wedding season and summer holidays. Millions of Americans, young and […]
K&R – More than Financial Protection Insurance - 12/10/2019
Millions of Americans travel outside the United States every year for business and pleasure. Most venture to generally innocuous locales which are familiar or which they feel a sense of safety; although the most generic and democratic cities of North America, Europe or Asia can harbor diverse forms of criminality and danger. Yet others choose […]
There Be Pirates Ahead! - 11/13/2018
So says the disembodied animatronic skull of the famed Disney Pirates of the Caribbean theme park ride. The ominous cackle warns guests of the swashbuckling adventures they will soon encounter just as their boat plummets into the dark, cavernous depths of an imaginative world. Most of us are familiar with the attraction, the subsequent live-action […]