Will your insurance help if you fall ill on holiday?

Thousand of Britons be off abroad on holiday this month. While most will have a matter-free trip, others will succumb to illness or have an misfortune.

And illness abroad doesn’t just mean a touch of sangria-induced abide problems. You, like celebrity Cheryl Cole – who is now on the further after contracting malaria on holiday in tanzania – could pick up a unclean tropical disease.

Most holidaymakers hope travel insurance will cover them.