Elderly ‘unable to get travel insurance’

Mícheál Lehane,

Organisations representing older people claim senior citizens cannot holiday abroad because they are denied cover or are forced to accept sky-high travel insurance costs. The Federation of Active Retirement Associations say the majority of people aged 74 or more are forced to accept insurance cover provided by tour operators, which prevents them from shopping around to find the best value insurance quote.

And customers in the 74-plus age group claim they are frequently unable to purchase annual insurance cover, that costs younger people in the region of 120.