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Personal Lines Broker of the Year Winner

Posted on 2nd August 2021

  We were proud to be awarded Personal Lines Broker of the year at the National Insurance Awards 2021 on Wednesday 14th July. The awards ceremony took place at Grosvenor House, Park Lane, London and Nikki Sparks Chief Operating Officer (COO) was delighted to represent P J Hayman & Company and collect this prestigious award. After a challenging year, our thanks go to every P J Hayman team member,...

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Free Spirit’s Extended COVID-19 Cover

Posted on 1st July 2021

ALL new Free Spirit policies purchased from Wednesday 1st July will now include extended COVID-19 cover if an insured person has to cancel their trip due to being taken ill with or testing positive for COVID-19. Super cover – up to £2,500 Super Duper cover – up to £5,000   Cancellation, found in Section A1 & Curtailment, found in section B3 of the policy.   Your proportion of costs that...

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Travel Plus New and Improved for 2021

Posted on 1st February 2021

With the New Year well and truly upon us, we are delighted to be able to bring you some good news about our flagship Travel Plus scheme. We have agreed with the new underwriter’s enhanced COVID-19 cover under the Cancellation section. With a change of insurers from Zurich to Syndicate 1084 at Lloyd’s, managed by Chaucer Syndicates Limited, we have also kept premiums in check. Please see below for...

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Staycationplan and Cancellation Cover

Posted on 21st October 2020

Cancellationplan has been renamed Staycationplan. However, not that much has changed… (the same innovative product, specially designed for UK holidays – or if you prefer stay-cations.) …except it now includes COVID-19 Cancellation Cover. So if someone on the policy is taken ill or tests positive for COVID-19, they will be able to claim for irrecoverable costs. Key Features Protection for loss of Deposit, Cancellation (including COVID-19) and Curtailment. For...

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Coronavirus Travel Advice Update

Posted on 28th September 2020

Please read the update on COVID-19 from our Director, Peter Hayman. With the coronavirus pandemic situation developing regularly, we created this page on the 30th January as a dynamic resource. We aim to provide all relevant and up-to-date information relating to how COVID-19 is affecting travel insurance and travel in general. The Foreign Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) advise that British nationals should avoid all non-essential international travel. However, on...

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New Features Added To Free Spirit

Posted on 3rd July 2020

Free Spirit was the first scheme of its kind anywhere in the UK. Now, with well over 20 years of giving people with medical conditions of any age the confidence to travel, we have made it better than ever. Free Spirit has been a success for this time due to the regular improvements we have made along the way. We are pleased to say that it offers a range...

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P J Hayman and The UK Broker Awards

Posted on 22nd June 2020

We are pleased to say that P J Hayman have been shortlisted in the Schemes Broker of the Year category in Insurance Age’s UK Broker Awards 2020. It gives us great satisfaction that key successes in the previous year have been recognised by the judging panel, such as: making further improvements to our personal and online service to brokers. expanding the number of products, and range of functionality on...

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COVID-19 Update From P J Hayman

Posted on 19th June 2020

In my 30 years in Travel Insurance, I have never known a time like the present. The Ash Cloud in 2010 created havoc for travellers and insurers alike – we thought that was a catastrophic event at the time. COVID-19’s impact has far surpassed this with tragic consequences, while devastating the travel industry and affecting each of us personally and financially. Many of our customers have expressed a continuing...

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Peter Hayman Stars in Insurance Age

Posted on 29th May 2020

This week our director and founder, Peter Hayman, took part in a video for Insurance Age. It took the form of an ideas exchange on the ongoing COVID outbreak and its wide-ranging effects on the travel insurance industry, alongside other leading minds in the field. Moderated by Insurance Age’s Jonathan Swift, they discussed the impact on claims and sales; changing consumer perceptions; potential changes to insurance products and wordings;...

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Use Cancellationplan Travel Insurance

Posted on 27th January 2020

Does your client feel a UK holiday for the family is an easier option this year than heading off overseas? Or maybe they don’t want to travel abroad, due to an exciting trip planned next year and are taking a short break in the UK instead? Whatever the reason, take care of their UK holiday with Cancellationplan Travel insurance and ensure they travel with peace of mind. The benefits...

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