Travel insurance companies are increasing cover to take account of the extra cash that tourists will have to take to Greece this summer following the shut down of its banking system.

Spanish insurance giant Mapfre, which underwrites travel cover from Galway, has temporarily doubled its cash limit for Greece until the end of the month. Mapfre trebled cash cover for British tourists visiting the crisis-hit country, which votes today in a referendum that will decide its future in the eurozone.  Read the full story GREECE: Insurance firms increase cash cover