Money & Savings Expert
Kate Hughes
Multi award-winner and best-selling author Kate Hughes has been a financial journalist for more than 20 years. She started out at the Financial Times at just 21 years old, holding several senior editorial positions, including Online Editor and Deputy Features Editor for the Business arm of the internationally acclaimed paper over 5 years, before moving on to The Independent as Deputy Personal Finance Editor - just as the Financial Crisis kicked in!
As a freelance writer, Kate has written for most of the UK's broadsheets, a huge range of specialist financial media outlets, and several international titles. A big fan of data and examining the way money shapes all our lives, her work has informed everything from parliamentary debates to local radio phone ins. She regularly works with the BBC as a radio and TV commentator.
In her free time, Kate is working with her family to create a 100,000 tree woodland near her home on Exmoor to help battle climate change and biodiversity loss.
YouGov Survey 1st July 2024 to 30th June 2025. Net Recommend score derived from “Which of the following online service websites would you recommend to a friend or colleague, or tell them to avoid?” Base: Current Customers of (MoneySuperMarket n=18,382, Compare the Market n=16,802, Go.Compare n=10,162, Confused.com n=8,229, Uswitch n=528).
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Using the 10th percentile of premiums, based on a daily rate for an individual aged 30 with no pre-existing medical conditions, taking single trip cover for 3 days to France. Using Moneysupermarket policies sold between February 2026 and April 2026. Moneysupermarket data correct as of 2026-05-19.
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Based on 1 visit per month – average ticket value £15.30 (Oct 24)
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Data based on the median price of travel insurance sold through MoneySuperMarket with medical cover in May 2026.
Source: Consumer Intelligence, September 2025, 'Confusion over weight loss jabs and insurance disclosure as travel insurance benchmarking tool expands to cover pre-existing conditions' https://www.consumerintelligence.com/articles/confusion-over-weight-loss-jabs-and-insurance-disclosure-as-travel-insurance-benchmarking-tool-expands-to-cover-pre-existing-conditions
Source: University College London (UCL), 2026, 1.6 million UK adults used weight loss drugs in the past year, https://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2026/jan/16-million-uk-adults-used-weight-loss-drugs-past-year
Data based on the 10th percentile price of travel insurance sold through MoneySuperMarket with medical cover in May 2026.
The number of providers for travel insurance with medical cover in May 2026
