Insurance firm refuses to cover cancelled holiday to Sri Lanka

London family left £2,000 out of pocket despite the Foreign Office advising against travel to the island

A family whose planned summer holiday to Sri Lanka will have to be cancelled have expressed disbelief after their travel insurer refused to cover their losses, but told them they would be uninsured if they went ahead.

Sam Williams says his annual travel policy with Ecclesiastical turned out to be worthless after it emerged it would not cover the cancellation of his trip in the wake of the Foreign Office advising tourists not to travel to Sri Lanka. It will cost the family about £2,000 in cancelled flight and villa bills, he says.

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from The Guardian http://bit.ly/2Hnd67k