How travel insurance works if your holiday is disrupted by war

Hundreds of thousands of Britons have been stranded across the Middle East by the Iran conflict and many more could see holidays cancelled due to flight restrictions and airport closures.

However, people who purchased travel insurance to protect against such disruption might be out of luck.

Travel insurance often excludes protection against war, said the Daily Express, so “you may not be covered by your holiday insurance at all”.

How travel insurance works

Travel insurance typically covers a “range of possibilities”...