Travel insurance a must for activity holidays, AXA advises by Finance News Bulletin

Published: 02/11/06

Around one million Britons claimed on their travel cover for having suffered accident or wound in the last five years, according to investigateOver 13 million people will go on an activity holiday this year and 200,000 of these could be at risk, the figures suggestAXA Insurance, which provides house insurance, travel cover, pet cover, car cover, investments and pensions, conducted the survey, finding that a big number of travellers do not intend to take out journey insuranceAround two million, or 16 per cent of those planning to take an adventure holiday, do not plan on having a travel insurance rule, which is divided as 20 per cent of men and 12 per cent of women

Pat Brady, travel cover manager at AXA Insurance said: "At AXA we are finding that many more people are choosing to construct tailor-made holidays and plan adventure-orientated breaks but are not cover themselves against the added risks that come with them"Many people consider that nothing will happen to them and while this is the true in the majority of cases, for the sake of a few pounds to take out travel insurance, doesn’t it create sense to have peace of mind"The learn shows that young people are most at risk, as one in five 18 to 24-year-olds have sustained some form of wound while on an activity holidayAccording to new Post Office research, 22 per cent of people in this age group will not be captivating

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