Ash-delayed travellers ask for claims from insurance firms

Mumbai: Insurance companies have received plenty of claims from passengers who were stuck at airports over the last month because of the flight disruptions resulting from the volcanic ash from Iceland. These passengers are being compensated if their travel insurance policy covers ‘trip cancellation and trip delay’.
Travellers from India to the 15 ‘schengen’ countries have to compulsorily buy travel insurance to satisfy visa norms. Travel agents say that even otherwise, travellers to the US and the UK purchase travel insurance with at least medical cover. In this case of flight cancellations, the insurance company pays passengers a fixed amount for the losses they may have incurred due to the ‘trip cancellation’.
21/05/10 Ranjani Raghavan/Indian Express

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