Travel Insurance
Travel insurance claims are written in the stars
All twelve signs of the zodiac have certain traits and quirks associated with them and travel Insurance specialist, Columbus Direct, have found that star...
Columbus Direct : plan ahead to prevent spoiling your Valentine’s Day proposal
With research showing four million romantic couples expect to propose on Valentine’s Day each year, travel insurance specialist Columbus Direct encourages extra vigilance in...
Columbus Direct wins ITIJ Intermediary Award
Columbus Direct has been named Intermediary of the Year in front of Healix Insurance Services and AON , at an awards ceremony in Barcelona...
Aria Assistance / ALTOUR : team up to provide world-class travel support behind its medical assistance services
Aria Assistance has teamed up with travel management specialists ALTOUR (www.altour.com) in an agreement that gives the Aria Assistance team direct access to the...
Insurance industry must do more to help young travellers get necessary cover
Reviewing our backpacker product recently, we found that the average cost of medical claims has increased from £370 to £750 in the last two...
Columbus Direct : customers must be fully prepared for their ‘authentic’ holiday experience
Leading travel insurer Columbus Direct believes that the growing trend in authentic and specialist experience holidays over the coming year could leave travellers exposed...
EU Consumer Rights Directive – is there a downside?
A recent Which? report highlighted the practice of holiday companies automatically opting their customers in to the purchase of travel insurance while booking their...
Columbus Direct : young travellers fuel high street sales market share
One-in-five travellers ventured abroad uninsured in 2011 although sales of annual travel insurance policies have increased during the past 12 months with 30% of...
Guest Post : Social Media – Risk or Reward?
The world of travel is already awash with companies using social media to interact with their customers, promoting themselves as caring, sharing partners to...
Guest Post : Insurance should never make you feel too old or too ill to travel
Twenty years ago, the price of travel insurance would be the same for anyone under the age of 65 but the day they went...
Frequent travellers beware, says Europ Assistance
Europ Assistance explains the must-know key difference between annual and single-trip cover.
Frequent travellers who want to take advantage of annual multi-trip travel insurance,...
Brits at risk on the slopes : Santander
British skiers and snowboarders are skiing drunk, too fast, and with no practice, causing unnecessary risk and accidents, according to research by Santander Insurance.
The...
Insurers using ‘opt out’ loopholes in policies
More and more travel insurers are opting out of covering clients when a medical condition arises after purchasing the policy.
Customers who take out a...
Travel insurance : tricks not to miss
When taking out any sort of insurance cover it is important to know exactly what you are buying. For instance, you may think you...
Guest post : keeping covered this winter : the importance of winter sports cover
Thanks to the recent, albeit late, snowfall across Europe, this year will be another successful ski season and a potentially lucrative market for selling...
To insure or not to insure : that is the question
Weather forecasters are warning of freezing temperatures, icy roads and snow over the weekend and into next week. While this may sound like a...
Hiscox : launch of annual travel insurance policy
Specialist insurer Hiscox announces the launch of their new annual travel insurance policy. The new policy is available on the phone or online and...
Columbus : six travel insurance tips for Christmas from the Nativity Story
Overcrowded hotels, unsuitable transportation, marauding soldiers, a pregnant backpacker going into labour: we might think that Christmas travel chaos is a relatively new phenomenon,...
Guest Post : What are today’s challenges selling travel insurance?
Recent years have witnessed unforeseen natural disasters, political upheaval in North Africa and appalling weather conditions affecting travellers across Europe. Yet, in what would...
Defaqto : more than one in ten travel insurance policies do not cover winter sports
New research from Defaqto shows that 13% of single trip travel insurance policies do not cover winter sports. As a result, those planning a...
