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Travel Insurance - a horror story

davek
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I've just read this awful story on the BBC website which reminds us all of the need to make sure we list everything we've ever suffered from on Travel Insurance applications, however long ago or irrelevant these may seem. 

I'll not say what my feelings are about this particular company as this might breach the rules of the forum, but my sympathies are obviously with the family involved.

Dave 

www.bbc.co.uk/.../uk-england-hampshire-36721785

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    Hi Dave just read the story awful to think they had insurance , we can’t get any insurance do you know of any insurance company that will  

  • Offline in reply to fergison

    There is a guide to insurance here on cruk, with a list of companies people on the forum have recommended:

    www.cancerresearchuk.org/.../travel-insurance

    Several people on this forum have suggested insurancewith.com are worth considering. They do ask a lot of questions about what stage of disease and treatment you are at. I did an application and I think I had 54 questions but came out with a quote of around £130 I think for a week in Portugal. In the end I decided to call them when I am ready to buy as that way any doubts I had about the questions or my answers could be discussed with them and clarified. On their website they have a page specifically for cancer patients:  

    www.insurancewith.com/.../  

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    There is a guide to insurance here on cruk, with a list of companies people on the forum have recommended:

    www.cancerresearchuk.org/.../travel-insurance

    Several people on this forum have suggested insurancewith.com are worth considering. They do ask a lot of questions about what stage of disease and treatment you are at. I did an application and I think I had 54 questions but came out with a quote of around £130 I think for a week in Portugal. In the end I decided to call them when I am ready to buy as that way any doubts I had about the questions or my answers could be discussed with them and clarified. On their website they have a page specifically for cancer patients:  

    www.insurancewith.com/.../  

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