Churchill Travel Insurance has an animated bulldog in its banner space at the top of its home page on the Web. With the success of various mascots or spokes animals for various companies over the last few years, many companies are turning to animation for their very own spokesperson. Geico has the iconic Geico Gecko, although I’m not sure why he speaks with an accent when GEICO is an American company. “Yo quiero Taco Bell?” was the slogan used by the Chihuahua in the Taco Bell commercials of a few years ago. And who can miss the AFLAC duck voiced by the annoying Gilbert Gottfried. It remains to be seen if the Churchill bulldog can capture the hearts of its British customers.

Churchill Travel Insurance is a division of Churchill Insurance a full service insurance company offering home and auto coverage as well. In fact, you can get significant discounts, up to 35% off regular rates, if you already insure your car or home through Churchill. Churchill Travel Insurance (the whole company) is owned by the Royal Bank of Scotland who purchased them from Credit Suisse in 2003. All of Churchill Travel Insurance’s business is done via telephone and internet. It is therefore relatively simple to get online travel insurance quotes. In fact, Churchill Travel Insurance has been providing holiday insurance quotes since its inception in 1989.Indigo guide provides a useful travel insurance review for Churchill Travel Insurance. It goes through a basic travel insurance comparison on their basic policy. The review shows that Churchill Travel Insurance provides the following basic coverage:

Luggage coverage up to 2000 pounds with a 250 pound per bag limit, personal cash up to 250 pounds, valuables to 300 pounds, cancellation or curtailment of the trip up to 5000 pounds, terrorism coverage for the total cost of the trip, personal liability insurance up to 2M pounds, legal expenses up to 25K pounds and medical expenses to 5M pounds. If you happen to insure your car or home with Churchill they will waive all of your deductibles on any of the coverage.

For skiing coverage Churchill charges a premium like most other companies, but they are considering dropping the rates to cover you at destinations in both Italy and Austria. Both countries have instituted ski marshals that can administer on slope blood alcohol tests. It remains to be seen if these policies reduce the number of claims so that the various insurers can drop their rates.

Some other travel insurance deals that Churchill offers is a ten percent discount for buying a new policy if you made no claims on your previous one. Children are half price of the adult travel insurance quote as long as they are under 14 years of age and are accompanied by an adult. Single trip insurance for a single adult starts at less than 8 pounds and you only pay for the actual days of your trip. Churchill gives you a 15 percent discount for buying online and an additional 5 percent off if you are a Churchill home or car insurance customer.

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