Skiers Advised to Take Travel Insurance

Winter sports enthusiasts are being urged to get the proper insurance before hurling themselves down the piste.

Tesco Travel Insurance is welcoming calls by Italian ski officials to make safety helmets for all skiers and snowboarders compulsory.

Foreign Office research shows that over a third of 18-34-year-olds taking a last minute skiing holiday fail to adequately insured themselves.

The head of Tesco Travel Insurance, Allan Burns said: "The message for all winter sports enthusiasts is not to put yourself at any additional risk."

He pointed out that skiing and snowboarding are high-risk sports, so appropriate precautions are "essential".

The supermarket-linked insurance company found in its latest survey that as many as one in ten winter thrill seekers have been involved in a collision on the slopes.

For some of them it resulted not only in personal injury but also third party injury and costly legal bills.

Mr Burns also added that medical care costs in foreign countries have rocketed in recent years, so insurance is needed to avoid expensive bills.

source: MyFinances.co.uk (Last Updated: Thursday 27 January, 2005)

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