Attempts to introduce a compensation package for British victims of terrorist attacks overseas are to be stepped up following the massacre in Mumbai.
In the aftermath of last week's atrocities, during which a British businessman was killed, details have emerged of a new funding system to match the maximum £500,000 payout to UK citizens injured in a terror attack on British soil.
The London law firm Lovells said it was entering advanced stages of talks between the government and 10 largest travel insurers to create a compensation system for Britons caught up in terrorist atrocities abroad.
In a Commons debate last month, Tessa Jowell, the minister responsible for humanitarian assistance, acknowledged that the situation was unsatisfactory. 'We must find a solution - and not be prompted only by the next atrocity,' she added. more
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