Life & Travel Insurance News

Consumers have lodged 3,500 complaints related to coronavirus with the Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) this year, nearly a quarter (23%) of them about travel insurance.As countries sealed their...

Holidaymakers holding Saga travel insurance policies will be able to claim if they need to cancel their trip because they test positive for coronavirus.The over 50s insurance specialist is one of the...

Need to cancel a trip because you test positive COVID-19 and are required to isolate? A new travel insurance policy from Rock Insurance Group, under the InsureFor.com brand, will allow you to claim...

The Post Office has resumed selling travel insurance, with some cover for coronavirus—but only for trips in the future, after the government’s advice not to travel is lifted.The Post Office suspended...

Admiral, Aviva, Churchill and Direct Line have joined LV= in suspending sales of new travel insurance policies, as COVID-19 quarantines ground flights and scupper holiday plans. All four insurers...

Insurance giant LV= is withdrawing all travel insurance policies from the market as the spread of coronavirus disrupts travel plans and closes borders. LV= said it was halting the sale of travel...

With the deadly coronavirus spreading fast around the world, many people are changing their holiday plans. But does travel insurance cover the virus? Here’s what we know. The coronavirus, which...

The PPI scandal rolls on, as consumers unhappy with their lenders’ handling of complaints filed tens of thousands of secondary complaints with the Financial Ombudsman last year.The deadline to...

Holidaymakers with medical conditions will find it easier to obtain affordable, comprehensive travel insurance policies, following new regulations from the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA).Under new...

Banks struggling to process a last-minute surge of PPI claims may not hand customers responses until next summer, the financial regulator has warned. Financial institutions usually have eight weeks to...