Sainsbury's Travel Insurance Will Consider Claims For Cancelled Holidays To Mexico

    LONDON, ENGLAND, May 02, 2009 /24-7PressRelease/ -- In the wake of the swine flu outbreak in Mexico, the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) is advising against all but essential travel to the country. Sainsbury's Travel Insurance confirms that it will consider all claims for cancelled holidays to the country, scheduled to depart on or after 28 April 2009.

Sam Marrs, Sainsbury's Travel Insurance Manager, said: "In the first instance, holidaymakers should contact their travel agent, as early indications are that most travel agents are agreeing to cancellations and refunds or the rebooking of different destinations. But if they aren't entitled to a refund, Sainsbury's Travel Insurance will consider all cancellation claims on a case by case basis, not all insurers are the same however so it's important travellers check with their provider."

At present, cancellations will only be considered on holidays with a departure date up to and including 6th May 2009. This will be reviewed on a weekly basis in line FCO advice.
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Sainsburys Bank Travel Insurance is arranged and administered by FirstAssist Insurance Services Limited on behalf of the insurer, Great Lakes Reinsurance (UK) PLC.

FirstAssist Insurance Services Limited (FISL) is one of the UK's leading providers of tailored, flexible white-label specialist insurance solutions and has recently been named as one of the UK's fastest growing companies in the Sunday Times 'Buyout Track 100'.

FISL has five key areas of insurance expertise: travel, protection, budget health, legal protection and small business, covering over 2m people in the UK. Driven as a specialist business by an entrepreneurial, commercial management team, FISL provides a unique range of products and marketing solutions for Banks, Insurers, Affinity Organisations, Corporates, Intermediaries and SMEs.

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