The UK Foreign Office is advising against all but essential travel. If you have to go, or have people there already, check your insurance: Tunisia now requires specialist cover.

Bellwood Prestbury, the independent global insurance specialist, is warning that standard insurance in Tunisia may be invalid during the current State of Emergency. Bellwood Prestbury can help people who have to travel, or expats living or working there now, to source adequate insurance for Tunisia, which will be valid despite the civil unrest.

The UK Foreign Office is advising against all but essential travel. If you have to go, or have people there already, check your insurance: Tunisia now requires specialist cover.

Ordinary travel insurance, medical insurance or life insurance will normally carry exclusions against war, civil unrest or terrorist activity. If you have standard insurance covering employees in Tunisia during the current civil unrest, you may find that they are not adequately covered.

The UK Foreign Office on Monday 17th January 2011 is advising British nationals as follows:

"We advise British nationals who do not have a pressing need to be in the country to leave Tunisia by commercial means. Whilst still in Tunisia, they should take responsibility for their own security, stay away from demonstrations, exercise caution, and observe instructions given by local security authorities and tour operators."

Bellwood Prestbury can help to arrange Tunisia insurance including global life and accident insurance and emergency medical evacuation insuranceand repatriation insurance that will be valid in the current circumstances.

So don't forget: the UK Foreign Office is advising against all but essential travel. If you have to go, or have people there already, check your insurance: Tunisia now requires specialist cover.I