Tag: UK travel insurance

Family goes viral with travel insurance caution following nightmare vacation

G. Turner
Travel insurance - Crowd Funding

A motorcycle crash in Thailand left a family crowdfunding for medical costs despite their policy. The day after Christmas, a UK man named Adam Davies was in a motorcycle accident in Thailand and, despite his travel insurance, is now facing massive medical bills due to his serious injuries including a fractured skull. Though he had a policy, the massive medical costs he incurred were not included in his coverage. When Davies consulted with his travel insurance to help pay for the hospital bills that were accumulating for his care, he…

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Travel insurance company steps up to cover people affected by Trump’s ban

Marc
travel insurance - trump travel ban

AXA Insurance UK has promised to compensate customers for costs resulting from the “unprecedented” decision. A British travel insurance company called AXA Insurance UK has announced that it will cover costs resulting from President Trump’s “unprecedented and unforeseen” executive order. Trump placed a travel ban on Muslim residents of seven countries, barring them entry to the U.S. The executive order threw a wrench into the travel plans of thousands of people. Though this type of event is not technically covered by a travel insurance policy, AXA Insurance UK has said…

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Travel insurance fraud spikes in the UK

G. Turner
Travel Insurance

The summer heat wave is being blame for the sudden skyrocketing levels of fraudulent claims. Cancelled vacation and lost baggage travel insurance claims have risen sharply during the summer of 2013 and the heat wave that briefly held in place over the United Kingdom is being blamed. Vacationers frequently decided to stay home in the hot weather since they didn’t need to pay to seek it elsewhere. The travel insurance fraud associated with cancelling pre-booked vacations in order to opt to remain at home because the weather remained hot is…

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Travel insurance purchased by fewer U.K. vacationers

Julie Campbell
Travel Insurance

The latest figures are indicating that one quarter of vacationers are not covered when they go abroad. According to the latest data released by the Association of British Travel Agents (ABTA), one in every four vacationers traveling abroad from the United Kingdom has not purchased travel insurance protection. This figure shows that there is a rapid trend moving away from purchasing the coverage in recent years. The data indicated that from 2011 to 2012, the number of holidaymakers without travel insurance rose at a dramatic rate from having been 20…

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Travel insurance overlooked by millions from the UK

H. Cutner
Travel Insurance

A recent study has shown that British travelers are often unprepared for unexpected holiday emergencies. Though the British people love to get away from it all to relax on their holidays, they are often lacking travel insurance when they do so, putting themselves at risk of tremendous unexpected expenses should emergencies or disaster strike. Recent statistics show that more than half the population of the U.K. intends to head away from home this year. A survey published by Think Banking Weekly indicated that 53 percent of the country’s population intended…

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Research and Markets releases latest report about travel insurance last year

Research and Markets has made its latest report called “UK Travel Insurance 2011” available, providing deeper insight into the performance of the leading travel insurers in the country as well as key data regarding market share and GWP. This report helps to provide context for the data it has collected, as well as an analysis of the key issues in this sector of the market. Among its features is a discussion of last year’s trends in marketing that help to indicate the direction of the market and the strategies of…

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One fifth of people in the U.K. don’t purchase travel insurance when taking a trip

A survey by the Abta travel organization has shown that one fifth of all travelers in the United Kingdom take their vacations without purchasing travel insurance. The survey included the participation of 2,018 people and determined that a comparable percentage believed that if anything should go wrong, the U.K. government would pick up the tab. As a result of this surprising statistic, Abta is now urging all travelers to purchase insurance at the same time that they make their holiday bookings. The survey also indicated that the concern that topped…

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