Insurance

Practicalities Getting Organised Insurance Why You Might Need It 

It is obviously in the interest of insurance companies to highlight potential problems, but for the record here is what a couple of them comment:

Primary Direct reports the following top 10 reported problems:

• Accidents in or around swimming pools, or medical problems due to ear infections picked up in the pool.
  
  
• Accidents in motorcycles, particularly in Greece.
  
  
• Accidents caused by walking or falling into glass doors and glass fixtures.
  
  
• Trips and falls.
  
  
• Thefts from villas, particularly in Spain and Portugal.
  
  
• Loss of Baggage.
  
  
• Theft of wallets/handbags.
  
  
• Cancellation of holidays due to illness or death.
  
  
• Sunburn/sunstroke.
  
  
• Theft of valuables from the beach.
  
  

• Half of parents on holiday have taken their sick child to the doctor.
  
  
• One in five parents have taken their sick child to hospital.