UK Insurer Saga Refunds £44M to Customers on COVID-19 Travel Interruptions
The company, which has canceled all travel departures up to and including August, said it continues to expect some travel to resume this year but added that it has considered various scenarios including one that assumed a delay to the resumption of travel until 2021.
Saga said its total number of insurance policies dipped by 5% during Feb.1-June 21, dragged by a significant decline in its travel business, even as motor and home insurance policies rose 1% in the same period.
“Market conditions continue to be challenging, in part due to COVID-19, with an easing of competitive conditions in February and March but with signs of a return to more competitive conditions in motor and home in the last month,” the company said.
The owner of Saga Holidays, Saga Cruises, Titan and Destinology has seen its stock price plummet by 65% so far this year, in line with stocks exposed to the leisure sector.
($1 = 0.8081 pounds) (Reporting by Muvija M in Bengaluru; Editing by Ramakrishnan M.)
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