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Travel Insurance - UK - March 2000

INTRODUCTION AND ABBREVIATIONS
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
UK market for travel insurance, measured in gross premiums, 1996-2000
Estimated market share by underwriter, by value, 2000
LEGISLATIVE BACKGROUND
MARKET FACTORS
PDI and consumer expenditure at 1990 prices, 1990-2000
Destination of holidays taken 'in the last few years', 1993-99
Visits abroad by UK residents, 1992-99
Main destination areas of visits abroad by UK residents, 1993-99
Selected destinations of UK visitors, 1993-98
Number of visits and proportion of annual total, by region and quarter of year of UK visitors, 1998
Holiday visits abroad by organisation of holiday, 1994-2000
Short-haul and long-haul holidays abroad, 1994-2000
MARKET SIZE
UK market for travel insurance, measured in gross premiums, at current and constant prices, 1990-2000
General insurance - total market, 1995-98
KEY PLAYERS
Estimated market share by underwriter, by value, 2000
DISTRIBUTION AND THE INTERNET
Distribution of travel insurance, by value, 1999
SPECIALIST COVER
ADVERTISING
Top four travel insurance advertisers, 1999
PRICING
Sample premium rates for European and worldwide cover, for single trip and annual cover, February 2000
CONSUMER RESEARCH
Number of trips abroad taken in the last 12 months, January 2000
Number of trips abroad taken in the last 12 months, by gender and socio-economic group, January 2000
Holidaymakers with and without travel insurance for their most recent holiday abroad, by demographic sub-groups, January 2000
Travel insurance used for most recent main holiday taken abroad, October 1998 and January 2000
Travel insurance used for most recent main holiday taken abroad by demographic sub-groups, January 2000
Number of trips abroad taken in the last 12 months, by type of insurance last purchased, January 2000
Month of purchase of last travel insurance, January 2000
Month of purchase of last travel insurance, by single trip and annual policy buyers, January 2000
Source used to arrange travel insurance, January 2000
Source used to arrange travel insurance by demographic sub-groups, January 2000
Source used to arrange travel insurance, by type of policy, January 2000
Responses to statements on buying insurance from the travel agent or shopping around for cover, October 1998 and January 2000
Responses to statements on buying insurance from the travel agent or shopping around for cover, October 1998 and January 2000
Socio-demographic characteristics of consumers who take more than one trip overseas and buy one-off insurance, January 2000
THE FUTURE
FORECAST
Forecast for the travel insurance market, 2000-2004

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