Holidaymakers warned to take out insurance at time of booking
Co-op Insurance is warning holidaymakers to buy as soon as they book after research by an insurance industry body found 34% of claims are due to cancelled holidays.
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Furthermore, Co-op’s own research found 37% of UK holidaymakers don’t take out travel insurance at all and 16% leave it until the day of their trip, or the day before.
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It says families travelling with children are particularly putting themselves at risk as 26% have cancelled or have considered cancelling a holiday because their child was unwell.
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"It concerns me that so many people are either leaving insurance to the last minute or not taking it out at all," said Colin Butler, head of travel insurance at Co-op.
"By taking out cover people are covering themselves for scheduled airline failures, sickness where as a result a holiday must be cancelled and accommodation cancellations."
Bev
Editor in chief Bev Fearis has been a travel journalist for 25 years. She started her career at Travel Weekly, where she became deputy news editor, before joining Business Traveller as deputy editor and launching the magazine’s website. She has also written travel features, news and expert comment for the Guardian, Observer, Times, Telegraph, Boundless and other consumer titles and was named one of the top 50 UK travel journalists by the Press Gazette.
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