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Does a week in hospital constitute a holiday?

Daily Telegraph Consumer correspondent Gill Charlton answers readers travel questions in her weekly column.

On Saturday 17th September 2011 she was asked a question on a medical and curtailment insurance claim.

The reader’s query was over a claim made after a fractured tibia on the first day of her holiday. This kept her in hospital until what would have been the last day of her holiday when she was declared fit enough to fly home.

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ABTOF Autumn Wintersports Seminar 2011

This week the Ski Season kicked off with the ABTOF Autumn Wintersports Seminar in London.   We at MPI Brokers, insurance providers for the travel industry, were very pleased to be one of the sponsors of the event.

With over thirty years’ experience in Travel Insurance personally and professionally we are well-known for our expertise particularly in Wintersports.   We understand ski; for example the real difference between on and off piste, the cover needed when leaving skis outside mountain restaurants, inclusion of avalanche cover causing delays and of course the need to insure responsibly.

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