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AllClear talks travelling with cancer

During Prostate Cancer Awareness Month, leading specialist medical travel insurance provider, AllClear, is talking about travelling with prostate cancer. Prostate Cancer Awareness Month is part of the Prostate Cancer Charity’s work to raise awareness, promote early diagnosis and encourage treatment options.

Half-term holidays: make sure you've packed the travel insurance

With the school half-term fast approaching, many of us will be looking forward to a family getaway. If you haven't done so already, it is important to make sure you've arranged appropriate travel insurance or checked that your existing policy provides what you need - especially when it comes to protecting your personal possessions.

Congenital heart defects shouldn't stop people travelling

For those living with pre-existing medical conditions, such as Congenital Heart Defects (CHD), it can be difficult to find affordable travel cover, making holidays abroad more costly. But it doesn’t have to be the case.

Fifth of Brits enjoy holiday romance

Romance has blossomed for more nearly a quarter (23%) of holidaymakers, according to research from AA Travel Insurance.

More holidays to be protected under ATOL

People booking a holiday abroad are set to benefit from a clearer more extensive protection scheme after the Government confirmed it would press ahead with reforms to ATOL (Air Travel Organisers' Licensing).

Don't take a gamble on the slopes this half term

As the countdown starts for half-term breaks, many families will be planning to hit the slopes. But leading online ski insurance provider, insurewithease.com, is warning about the financial and emotional risks, if skiers don’t get the right travel cover.

Advice for UK travellers to Egypt and Tunisia

Just a few weeks ago, both Egypt and Tunisia offered the perfect getaway for Brits looking for affordable winter sun. But recent civil unrest in both countries may now be causing concern for some holidaymakers.

Don't let bowel cancer affect your holiday plans

In support of Beating Bowel Cancer’s ‘Be Loud Be Clear’ campaign, leading specialist travel insurance provider, goodtogoinsurance.com, is highlighting the importance of appropriate travel insurance for those suffering from bowel cancer.

insurewithease.com launches Travel Dispute Cover

No-one enjoys the stress and inconvenience of taking legal action if they’ve had the holiday from hell, not to mention the potential costs.

AXA launches new travel insurance product

As 7 million UK holidaymakers prepare to book their main summer holidays in the coming weeks, AXA believes that up to nine in ten of these could end up with a holiday that is uninsured, under insured or wrongly insured leaving consumers facing a bill of upwards of £130m.

Money worries spoiling holiday plans

Economic factors could lead at least a fifth of people to forgo an overseas holiday this year while of those who do, half say they will economise, according to new research from AA Travel Insurance.

Egg offers 20% discount for travel insurance in January

Throughout January, Egg will be offering a 20 per cent discount on travel insurance bought online, (and 10 per cent on cover bought over the phone).

The sky’s the limit for over 55s

The over 55s are travelling further afield (and more frequently) according to customer data from Age UK Enterprises, the commercial services arm of charity Age UK.

Post Office Travel Insurance to freeze prices

With not only VAT, but also Insurance Premium Tax being increased on 4 January 2011, Post Office Travel Insurance has today announced that it will be freezing the price of its single trip and annual policies until 27 March 2011, giving customers an extra three months to purchase travel insurance at pre-tax increase prices.

If you’re name’s David, it’s all downhill from 50

Insurefor.com, leading travel insurance providers, reveals that if your name is David and you are between 50 and 60 years old, you are more likely to make a claim for a mishap when travelling abroad than anyone else.