Travel Insurance

With little or no snow in many of Europe’s top winter sports locations, Find.co.uk, one of the UK’s leading consumer finance portals, urges skiers to check their winter sports policies for eventualities such as piste closure due to lack of snow and avalanches disrupting travel arrangements.

Travel experts are tipping Japan and Chile as the skiing hotspots for this ski season.

With 19 shopping days left to Christmas, British Christmas shoppers have voted the traditional Christmas Markets in Germany and France as their most popular Christmas shopping destination in a survey by American Express Insurance Services.

Nearly 12% of the population is considering spending Christmas abroad this year, with Spain, France and Italy topping the list of most popular destinations, according to Sainsbury’s Bank Travel Insurance. However, the bank is concerned that as many as 8%, some 457,000 people, might not arrange travel insurance.

A record 2.5 million Briton’s plan to flee the country this Christmas taking with them a huge £727 million worth of presents, according to new research commissioned by Halifax Travel Insurance.

British families are risking their health by travelling with inappropriate insurance sold to them by travel agents, fresh research from Direct Line Travel Insurance has found.

Richard Mason, director of insurance at price comparison website moneysupermarket.com, comments on the Treasury’s investigation into the sale of packaged travel insurance:

The Economic Secretary to the Treasury, Ed Balls, launched the Travel Insurance Review public call for evidence and highlighted the need for travel insurers to be clear and transparent about consumers' cover in the event of a terrorist incident.

As one million Brits prepare to go skiing this season, research by Lloyds TSB Insurance highlights the dangers of the slopes and warns that one in five snow lovers will face 'ski rage' this season. Those who ignore piste etiquette are sure to melt the tolerance of even the coolest of skiers and risk putting other mountain-users in danger.

A completely new type of travel insurance policy has been launched by Marcus Hearn and Co Limited that, for the first time, provides cover on an entire family basis, worldwide for a whole year, for under £50.