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Consumers left confused over travel insurance cover after volcanic ash saga Which4U UK

28.04.10

The recent volcanic ash fiasco caused a lot of uproar for many people in an array of circumstances.

Those that followed the news around the volcanic ash cloud would have see that it caused massive disruption to travellers after a ban was enforced across UK airspace. However, this was only the surface of the problems that were to come, as many of those affected came to realise when reading the small-print on their travel insurance policies.

A number of insurance companies refused to foot the bill for any extra expenses incurred as a result of the ash cloud that spread itself across a large area Europe, either based on the terms of their insurance policy, or the insurer's interpretation of the wording.

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