A travel insurer has revealed that it thinks acts of terrorism should be covered by travel insurance.

InsureandGo has called on other travel insurance providers to provide this level of protection, citing an increase in the number of terrorist attacks occurring around the world as a reason for offering the cover.

Perry Wilson from InsureandGo said: "Considering that tourists are becoming much more adventurous in their holiday choices, increasingly travelling to areas like the Middle East, South-East Asia and South America, where terrorism is a much more common occurrence, it's outrageous that terrorism exclusions on travel insurance policies have not been removed before."

Currently, travellers may not be covered by their insurance policies if they are victims of a terrorist attack and subsequently may face extortionate costs for medical care and, if necessary, repatriation.

The most recent figures from the US National Counterterrorism Centre (NCTC) show a 7% rise in the number of attacks since 2006, with a 24% increase in the number of people killed in these attacks. In response to the figures, Wilson says: "As these figures show, terrorism is an unfortunate fact of the modern world and insurance providers have a responsibility to their customers to offer a suitable range of policies to reflect this."