The big brand travel agents are continuing to rip off customers with their outrageous travel insurance prices – that’s the warning given by specialist provider TravelInsurance.co.uk as it releases the results of its 2004 independent research.

The survey, conducted by Dipstick Research, highlights that consumers should always shop around for their cover as enormous savings of £218 for Single Trip European cover and £360 for Annual European cover can be made by buying comparative cover from TravelInsurance.co.uk, rather than from a high street travel agent.

To insure a family visiting Spain for 2 weeks, First Choice would charge a whopping £248 – the price that topped the rip off charts for single trip cover. However when asked how much its annual cover including winter sports would be, the price given was a baffling £200. InsureandGo’s cover would cost just £29.17.