About UKTIA

The UK Travel Insurance Association (UKTIA) advocates for customers by promoting clear, fair, and reliable travel insurance. Our goal is to ensure travellers feel protected and supported wherever their journeys take them.

We set and share best practices across the industry, encouraging high standards of service and professionalism. By doing so, we help build confidence in travel insurance and provide peace of mind for customers worldwide.

UKTIA unites insurers, intermediaries, and service providers to collaborate on key issues and represent the sector. Together, we work to safeguard travellers and strengthen trust in the travel insurance industry.

HISTORY OF UKTIA

During 1989, a group of insurance intermediaries met quarterly on an informal basis to discuss market trends and to exchange and share information about the industry. Some four years later, the Association of Travel Insurance Intermediaries (ATII) was registered as a Limited Company, set up to operate as a non-profit organisation and was subscribed by eight founder members. 

Due to changing customer habits, and that most travel policies are now bought online, membership was expanded beyond intermediaries in 2025, and the name of the association was changed to The UK Travel Insurance Association.

With over 40 member companies and still growing, members of the Association are now involved in the majority of travel insurance turnover in the UK.

UKTIA members meets formally 4 to 5 times a year with a similar number of Executive Committee meetings. It organises an annual meeting of Travel Insurance specialists and providers (Insurers, Assistance Companies, Loss Adjusters etc) at which most of the Travel Industry is represented. Various ad hoc committees sit and report from time to time on such issues as Insurance Premium Tax (IPT), FCA regulation and other industry matters as and when required.

UKTIA is also involved in the annual Travel Insurance Conference held at the RAC Club in in London, where industry partners, insurers and our members come together to discuss topical issues and share their opinions with other sectors of the industry.

As a non-profit organisation, UKTIA supports various charities and makes donations to them throughout the year.