Tag: british travel insurance

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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