More travelling overseas without insurance
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A higher number of travellers are now visiting overseas without travel insurance, prompting calls from ABTA to relax regulation on selling insurance as an ancillary product.
Recent research by the association found 22% of those travelling are now uninsured, compared to 19% last year.
Younger people are more likely to travel without insurance, either relying on their EHIC card or simply do not want to buy it.
The take-up of insurance has steadily declined since regulations around the sale of travel insurance came into force in 2007 and the association said it is continuing talks with the government to make it easier to sell.
“It is a worrying trend that we are seeing an increase in the number of people travelling overseas uninsured. Younger travellers are driving this increase through a mixture of misunderstandings and a desire to save money,” said ABTA’s chief executive Mark Tanzer. “ABTA and its members have expressed concerns that the regulations mean fewer travel businesses are selling insurance at the point of sale, and ultimately this appears to have resulted in fewer holidaymakers taking out the appropriate insurance.”
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