Insurance claims for lost baggage almost doubled in the first half of this year, according to new figures. Travel insurance company InsureandGo said it received 2,094 claims between January and June, an 85% rise on the number for the first six months of last year and the equivalent of a bag going missing every two hours. According to InsureandGo's analysis of statistics from the Association of European Airlines, the amount of lost baggage across Europe has increased by 22% compared with 2006, despite the number of passengers increasing only by 1.4%.