If you’re lounging by the pool, soaking up the rays and sipping a few cold beers throughout the day, then come the evening you might not even realise how much the beer has gone to your head and if you stumble over your feet and break a bone or two, are you right to assume you’ll be covered by your travel insurance? The consumer website for the travel industry, ...

Activity holidays have witnessed a boom in popularity over recent years. However, this has brought with it new problems as many travellers now fail to get the correct level of cover on their travel insurance policies to cover the new events. Insurance company AXA has just issued a warning to travellers, ahead of the summer break, to c...

Confused.com has just released research suggesting that travellers in the UK are paying up to six times more than they have to for travel insurance by purchasing their policies from high street travel agents. If you go to a travel agent to book your holiday, the convenience factor tells you that you should just take the travel insur...

Campaign groups have been vocal recently in their criticism of British travel insurance companies which are apparently taking advantage of holidaymakers and travellers forced to cancel their trips to Mexico, following the outbreak of swine flu in the country. The news has been full of hype about swine flu since it first emerged in Mexico and the British government has been quick to issue a war...

If you have ever applied for travel insurance, you will be familiar with the question regarding any pre-existing medical conditions. This includes everything from common conditions such as elevated blood pressure and raised cholesterol levels, to the more obscure complaints from which you may suffer. Recent research, carried out by ...