Thomas Cook Bust; Can You Make a Claim on Your Travel Insurance?
No company is too big to fail, and after posting a £1.4 billion loss earlier in 2019, it was obvious that Thomas Cook was likely to collapse. But what now for thousands of [...]
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Bank Holiday Traffic Queues, Breakdowns & Misery Expected
Drivers are planning to make an estimated 16.5m leisure trips by car between Friday and next bank holiday Monday, new research conducted by the RAC and INRIX suggests. Friday [...]
Legal/HR: ARAG Expenses Policy Helps Teacher Win Holiday Pay Claim
A landmark Court of Appeal judgment that has provided much-needed clarity about how holiday pay should be calculated for certain types of worker, was brought using a group [...]
Holiday Car Rental: RAC Launches Excess Policy Product to Cover The Gap
That sneaky insurance excess charge is one of the bugbears when you hire a car on holiday. Just when you think it’s all over, the desk jockey whips out a pen and points [...]
Do You Need to Declare Broken Bones to Your Travel Insurance Company?
It’s a good question, and to be honest we really didn’t know the answer. So it’s handy that Medical Travel Compared has sent us this press release, just in [...]
Opinion: Uncertainty In a Pre-Brexit Insurance World
In this Opinion piece, Malcolm Henké, Partner & Head of Large & Complex Injury Group at Horwich Farrelly takes a look at the potential legal scenarios following [...]
Can You Rent Your House Out? Yes, But Don’t Forget The Deposit Insurance
One way to make quick cash from your house is to rent it out during the school holidays – ideal if you have a home in Cornwall, the Lake District, Scotland’s [...]
Average Travel Insurance Claim is Now £1300 – Over £400m Paid Out in 2018
The Association of British Insurers (ABI) today reveals that the average medical claim on travel insurance surpassed £1,300 for the first time ever in 2018 – reaching [...]