Insurance industry will not suffer in BA strikes - ABI

Few travel insurance policies cover against industrial action and even those which do may not pay out if the holiday was booked after the 2 Novemeber strike ballot announcement, the trade body says. Malcolm Tarling, of the ABI, says: "They should have 'assumed' a walkout would occur and not gone ahead with planning trips." The estimated one million BA holidaymakers who will be affected by the action between 22 December and 2 January now face the cost of buying tickets with rival airlines. BA has begun legal action to prevent the strike, citing 'irregularities' in the ballot, includ...