Table of Contents
Introduction and Abbreviations
Executive Summary
Market Factors
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- Figure 1: Personal disposable income, 1993-98
- Figure 2: Visits abroad by UK residents, 1992-98
- Figure 3: Main destination areas of visits abroad by UK residents, 1993-98
- Figure 4: Selected destinations of UK visitors, 1993-97
- Figure 5: Holiday visits abroad by organisation of holiday, 1994-99
- Figure 6: Holidays taken each year, 1989 and 1998
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Market Size
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- Figure 7: UK market for travel insurance, measured in gross premiums (excluding IPT), 1990-98
- Figure 8: General insurance - total market, 1995-97
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Industry Issues
Key Players
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- Figure 9: Market share by underwriter, 1998
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Distribution
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- Figure 10: Distribution of travel insurance, by value, 1998
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Niche Products
Advertising and Promotion
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- Figure 11: Top five travel insurance advertisers, 1998
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Pricing
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- Figure 12: Worldwide annual cover cost and coverage, March 1999
- Figure 13: Single trip cost and coverage, March 1999
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Consumer Research
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- Figure 14: Holidaymakers with and without travel insurance for their most recent holiday abroad, by demographic sub-groups, October 1998
- Figure 15: Holiday insurance used for most recent main holiday taken abroad, October 1998
- Figure 16: Holiday insurance used for most recent main holiday taken abroad by demographic sub-groups, October 1998
- Figure 17: Source used to arrange holiday insurance, October 1998
- Figure 18: Source used to arrange holiday insurance by demographic sub-groups, October 1998
- Figure 19: Correlation between home ownership and purchasing travel insurance, October 1998
- Figure 20: Responses to statements on buying insurance from the travel agent or shopping around for cover, October 1998
- Figure 21: Response to statements on buying insurance by demographic sub-groups, October 1998
- Figure 22: Where people buy travel insurance, October 1998
- Figure 23: Relationship between source of most recent travel insurance and knowledge of customer options, October 1998
- Figure 24: Consumers who bought their last travel insurance from a travel agent and agree that it is worth shopping around, October 1998
- Figure 25: Difference between overseas holidays planned and holidays taken, 1997 and 1998
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Conclusions
The Future
Forecast
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- Figure 26: Forecast of the travel insurance market, 1998-2003
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