Travelling abroad has always had its perils; that’s why we take out travel insurance after all. But it seems that whilst travellers may think they are clued up on all the potential hazards, there is one area where they are quite clueless: vaccinations. According to a new survey carried out by ...

Price comparison website Confused.com has found that the increasing numbers of skiers who tackle the slopes after drinking are wrongly assuming that their insurance covers alcohol-related accidents. A surprising 24% of the 2,000 people surveyed admitted to drinking over 4 units of alcohol before skiing. One in four people has been...

Only one in three people using comparison websites to find the best deals on travel insurance, credit cards and broadband trusts the results, according to research carried out by Which? Money. Which? questioned 2,510 members of its online panel during August and September in its survey, and the results will be...

No sooner had England qualified for the World Cup than fans began heading for the travel agent to book a piece of the action in South Africa next summer. Insurance companies are now advising fans not to wait until next year to think of their travel insurance needs. It is not only during the actual holiday that travellers can thank their lucky stars that they have adequate insurance. A...

SAGA has warned that many older people are not able to get sufficient insurance cover when they opt to buy a policy from a high-street bank. Their research shows that the over 70s can’t get any cover with HSBC, Halifax and Barclays, and the over 79s can’t get cover from Alliance & Leicester and Lloyds TSB. Furthermore, many p...