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The eruption of the Eyjafjallajokull volcano in Iceland this past March cancelled hundreds of flights and stranded thousands of travelers across Europe in mid-April, and inadvertently served as a prime example of why travel insurance is often a wise investment. “It promotes protection from the unknown,” says Suzanne Munson, spokesperson for Seven Corners, a travel agency based outside of Indianapolis. “For those individuals who had trip cancellation insurance during the situation with the volcano [in…