Travel insurer AXA has warned that as several as a million Britons may very well be at danger when they go skiing this winter.
Based on the firms research, a single in six (17%) of UK adults enjoy skiing/snowboarding on holiday, yet 10% of them will go on vacation devoid of any travel insurance at all.
This lack of coverage puts them at risk of bills running into tens or hundreds of thousands of pounds need to the worst take place.
A quarter will rely upon their annual travel policy, but only half check to see regardless of whether this covers them for winter sports.
About 30% of snowboarders/skiers make a claim, commonly for injury, using the costs of air ambulances running into tens of thousands of pounds.
Insurance also provides injury cover for injuries caused to others in the course of winter sports, and can offer coverage for harm to pricey sporting equipment.
AXA travel insurances Amanda Edwards acknowledged that holidays are costly and cash is tight for many individuals, but warned that cutting insurance was a false economic system that could expose travellers to substantial costs.