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Travel insurance has become more complex than ever
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Alexandra Wakid writes
I expect to be vaccinated against Covid-19 by the end of February. As a widow living alone, I have had a very solitary existence for many months and would like to take a holiday once the shackles of Covid restrictions come off. I have not seen my in-laws, who live in Egypt, for over a year and I am keen to make the journey.
The fly in the ointment is travel insurance. I have an annual worldwide travel insurance policy as part of my Lloyds Bank account, arranged through Axa Insurance. I approached Axa this week and asked whether pandemic cover would be reinstated once a customer had been vaccinated. It replied that its underwriters were retaining the exclusion. What possible justification can there be for this?
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The Covid-19 vaccines have delivered a much-needed confidence boost to the over-50s, prompting a surge in holiday bookings for summer and autumn among those who have been newly protected. However, there are fears that many will not be adequately insured.
Alexandra Wakid, 74, from London, said she would like to travel to Venice in March because she expected to receive the vaccine by mid-February and her trip had been postponed twice already.