Esure has released a statement urging British fans of winter sports to take out proper travel insurance this winter. The company realises that at this time of global financial uncertainty there is an increasing temptation to go without cover. However, this decision could prove disastrous in the long-term. Esure travel insurance has f...

Insurefor.com has launched a new product designed to protect customers in the event of an airline, tour operator, hotel or car hire company going out of business. The product is called Supplier Failure Cover (SFC) and it is certainly worth considering if you are going on holiday in the near future. The cover w...

As any skier or boarder will tell you, there's nothing quite like the fun and exhilaration that can be had on the slopes, but with the adrenaline rush comes the potential for danger. If you do not have adequate insurance cover (and 40% of us don't when taking a winter sports holiday), there can be a heavy price to pay. Of the 1.2 million Brits who go skiing or boarding, 14,000 of us c...

You’ve booked your hotel and flights, taken out travel insurance, ordered your currency and bought the sun cream but have you been savvy enough to purchase SAFI? Never heard of it? Well, in the current climate of airlines going bust it would be a good idea to find out what exactly it is. It stands for Scheduled Airline Failure Insurance and does just what it says on the tin. You may...

XL Leisure Group, owner of XL Airways and 4 holiday companies trading under 9 different names was forced into administration late last night, blaming their insurmountable £143m debt on the current economic conditions and high fuel prices. The collapse of XL Leisure Group follows the closure of budget long haul airline Zoom last month, and a further 4 other budget long haul carriers ha...