Importance of travel cover increases as airlines struggle

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Travellers who take advantage of deeply-discounted air fares being offered during the recession are being urged by EssentialTravel.co.uk to ensure they have adequate travel cover.

The travel insurance specialist’s director, Stuart Bensusan, said that the airline industry is in financial trouble, seen in the “vicious cycle of falling passenger numbers and falling air fares.”

According to the company, airline casualties are to be expected, with some carriers collapsing and leaving those passengers with no or inadequate travel insurance potentially stranded overseas.

Bensusan is advising travellers to review the stipulations in their policies carefully, explaining that “most insurers offer cover for chartered airline collapse, but very few cover in the event of scheduled airline failure. This is despite the fact scheduled airlines make up the bulk of all flights in and out of British airports.”

In other travel insurance news, UK travellers to other EEC countries have been reminded by the Department of Health (DoH) that 3.3 million European Health Insurance Cards (EHIC) will expire by the end of this month.

The EHIC providers holders with free access to essential medical care, although the DoH advises travellers to EEC countries that they should carry additional travel insurance.

The EHIC can be renewed by phone or online up to six months before its expiry date.

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