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The web is full of travel insurance comparison sites, and we should know, we are one(!), that can offer policies from just a few pounds, but what about trying to find cover when you have a pre-existing medical condition? Now we are talking about something that is not so easy to find.
It is not often that we get to anounced something completely new but today is one of those days. Up until now we have shown reviews for each currency supplier and you have been able to add your own reviews but only from suppliers we already feature. As from today you can now add reviews for any company whether we feature them or not.
We are not only interested in currency suppliers. We already feature reviews from a wide range of travel insurers and we would like you to start adding any other travel companies that you have used.
Travel Insurance fraud ‘Common’
According to research carried out in 2011 by Direct Line Travel Insurance, nearly 8 million holidaymakers made a fraudulent claim. The research found that 15 percent of claimants inflated the value of their claims. AXA Travel Insurance (2012) believe that the motivation is financial as people either inflate claims to cover the excess or just try and recoup the cost of the insurance in the first place
Of the people who admitted making an inaccurate travel insurance claim:
Book a Self-Drive Ski Holiday this Winter
If you’re thinking of sloping off to hit the pistes this ski season, a self-drive trip is the ideal way to reach your destination at a pace that suits you, and give check-in queues and baggage limits a miss. (The latter can be especially helpful if you’re self-catering or taking your own ski gear with you.)
Self-drive ski-ing: feel the benefits
When I was doing the research for this article the first reactions of everyone I spoke to was “pickpockets” and/or “money belts”. These are prefectly valid concerns but things have moved on in the last ten years and most of us are actually carrying contactless debit and credit cards. I will leave you to think for a second about what that means before I continue.
Send to KindleSeptember Top 10
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| Avanti |
Every month we publish the top 10 travel insurance providers as used by our site users and their relative market shares. There are most likely insurers who you have not heard of or are not familiar with and being able to see the relative popularity of the top 10 may help you make your decision.
Send to KindleBuying travel insurance will help you get financial and practical help if anything goes wrong on your holiday or business trip. Unfortunately, sickness, crime or accidents do happen. Help yourself by knowing what to look for in travel insurance policies.
Travel insurance varies widely on price and levels of cover. If your trip is going to involve specific sports or activities that are considered risky by your insurer, check that your policy provides extra cover for that particular activity. If not, you may need to call a specialist insurance provider. Get several quote before you choose your travel insurance, check the reviews and make sure those reviews cover both the buying process and the claims process and check carefully what each policy offers.
August Top 10
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| Post Office | |
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| OUL Direct | ||
| Your Travel Cover | ||
| Insurefor.com | ||
| Insurancebookers |
Every month we publish the top 10 travel insurance providers as used by our site users and their relative market shares. There are most likely insurers who you have not heard of or are not familiar with and being able to see the relative popularity of the top 10 may help you make your decision.
Send to KindleAccording to the Financial Ombudsman travel insurance disputes continue to make up a significant proportion of their case load. Travel insurance disputes are as unique as the traveller that take out the policies but broadly fall into two predominant categories that make up more than half of all the cases referred to for dispute resolution. In the simplest terms the majority of dispute are over A Whether a particular event is covered by a policy; or B pre-existing conditions.
So what is covered?
Reading some of the reviews we receive regarding travel insurance you are quite possibly better off with either Ghostbusters or 118. Hopefully all of you have come to us, bought your holiday money (getting the best exchange rate of course), grabbed some travel insurance and went off on a lovely sojourn in the sun with not a care in the world or a cloud in the sky. If that describes your summer holiday then you probably don’t have a lot to say about the quality of the travel insurance you bought or the customer service your received. If on the other hand things went a little (or a lot) pear shaped on holiday then you are probably, as we speak, printing off claim forms and reading your policies key cover and exclusions documents.
