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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Simon Calder

‘No one wants travel insurance, but everyone needs it’ says founder of Go Walkabout

High risk: Trekkers at 5,000m in the Himalayas - (Simon Calder)

“Nobody wants it. But everybody needs it.” Harold Lawrence, founder of travel insurer Go Walkabout, succinctly sums up his product.

Every traveller planning a trip focuses on what can go right, not wrong. Who wants to spend money on something they hope never to use? That's travel insurance for you: the ultimate pain purchase, a necessary evil.

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