Monarch customers' insurance may not provide coverage
The Association of British Insurers has warned the approximately 300,000 travellers who had booked future flights with Monarch to check their insurance providers' websites, as most policies "do not cover for the failure of a scheduled airline". The advice follows the collapse of the Luton-based carrier, which left around 110,000 customers stranded overseas. The UK government is working with the Civil Aviation Authority to bring them home.

Travellers affected by the collapse of Monarch may not be covered for cancelled flights under their travel insurance policies.

Some 300,000 future bookings have been cancelled after the airline went into administration this morning, with 110,000 customers currently overseas.

A spokesman for the Association of British