Hiya. I suggest you start on the webpage indicated by Jenn in her post. I went for AllClear Insurance and did it all online. OK, the premiums are higher than standard policies but at least your known conditions are recorded against the AllClear policy and will not be used as an escape clause by the insurers should you need to initiate a claim process.
Shop around and check that whatever you are quoted for includes cover for your cancer. This may sound obvious, but in the past I've been quoted what seems like a reasonable premium only to find everything I needed cover for was excluded! Check out whether single trip or annual cover works best for you - I can only get cover for a single trip at a time at the moment.
We bank with Barclays and for £10.50 a month we have a travel pack attached to our account. For this we get worldwide travel insurance upto age 80 (very important for us as we are 70 & 73) and break down cover in UK a nd Europe
When I was diagnosed with breast cancer last November the diagnosis was accepted without any loading. We also had to cancel a holiday because of treatment and this was dealt with efficiently without any fuss and monies refunded immediately without any need to send paperwork or doctors letters.They were superb and I applaud them for that at what is a difficult time without the added stress of dealing with insurance claims.
You don't need to do your regular banking with them either. Some friends of ours have just set up an account specifically to use this package purely because of age. As long as there's emough money in the account to cover the £10.50 a month then this is all you need. It only took them a few days to set it all up as well.
The banks get a lot of bad press at the moment but I have to say a huge thank you to Barclays.
I have been using Holiday Safe. All online and takes a while to answer all of the very specific questions. I'm stage 4b incurable and got 3 weeks cover for me and my Husband to caribbean for 150 pounds.
I would also suggest getting confrimation from your oncologist that you are able to travel just in case.
Have a great time - I can't stop booking Holidays haha
