Some of the latest travel and insurance news posted today on the World First website.

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The World First Travel Insurance team has had a number of calls relating to travel cover and Swine Flu, and to complement the travel insurance check list we issued earlier this week,  we have put together the following statement specifically regarding Swine Flu. (more…)

Once again the attention is on foreign travel with the focus turning to  consumer protection and cover as Swine Fever affects thousands of peoples travel plans to Mexico.

No mainstream insurance covers pandemics, which means a lot of travellers travel insurance will not cover immediate travel to Mexico (although of course they will be covered by World First Travel Insurance in terms of repatriation and illness and so on). Fortunately its seems in this instance that the travel industry is rallying and those booking via agents and operators are being offered alternative holidays and arrangements.

This got World First Travel Insurance thinking that it is so important that people are fully aware of what insurance they are buying when they take out a travel insurance policy. Therefore, we have produced the World First Travel Insurance Check List  which offers seven top tips to run through when buying travel insurance. 

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