Britons made 20,000 travel insurance claims in South Africa last year

InsureandGo estimates travel insurance industry got one claim every 30 mins

Data revealed as thousands of fans follow Lions tour

British travellers made around 20,000 travel insurance claims in South Africa in 2008 totalling an estimated £5.51m, according to new research₁ from leading travel insurer InsureandGo (www.insureandgo.com).

This is the equivalent of one claim every 30 minutes throughout the year – and InsureandGo expects the level of claims to increase significantly this year due to thousands of rugby fans visiting the country for the British and Irish Lions tour.

InsureandGo’s data reveals that these were the top five claims made by British travellers to South Africa in 2008:

Gary Lockett, Managing Director of InsureandGo, commented: “We all want people travelling to South Africa to support the Lions team to have the time of their lives, but our figures demonstrate how often insurance claims have to be made, and how expensive they can be. That’s why we’re urging everyone following the Lions to make sure they are adequately covered before they fly.”

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Notes to editors:

1 Based on InsureandGo data and its market share.

About InsureandGo
InsureandGo (www.insureandgo.com) was established in 2000 and has grown rapidly to become the UK’s largest direct travel insurance specialist.  Over two million holidaymakers a year choose to cover their travels with its low cost, high value policies.

All InsureandGo policies cover children under 18 for free and include over 40 adventure sports, while its annual policies include winter sports automatically.