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27 Jul 19, 07:14 PM |
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Getting Excited
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Pre-Existing Travel Insurance
Can anyone help please... I am searching for reasonable quotes for insurance for our trip next May ( First trip exceeding 3 weeks!) I accept that any insurance is risk based subject to the health conditions to be covered, however I do not wish to either pay exorbitant prices or be inadequately covered, has anyone had recent good or bad experience with quotes from insurance companies, any advice would be welcome and thanks in advance.
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27 Jul 19, 07:24 PM |
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We are both over 70 and have had a fairly serious PEMC each coupled with travelling to the USA none of these things help with premiums.
The important thing in our opinion is medical expenses cover. I used to "rave" on here about Boots Platinum - good individual cover on each item, no excesses and £10m medical. Their premium in May 2017 was c£800, in May 2018 c£820 - best I could find after testing 6-8 companies. However their quote in May 2019 was £1,250. Told them politely that it was not acceptable and tried the market again. Best this time was Staysure Comprehensive at £850 - no excesses, adequate cover on all elements and UNLIMITED medical. The important thing in my opinion is to make sure you compare apples with apples. A premium of £500 that only covers cancellation up to £2,000 with a £100 excess for example is not as good as a £600 premium with cancellation up to £3,000 with no excess. Mick
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27 Jul 19, 07:29 PM |
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VIP Dibber
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Try InsureAndGo we have their annual policy, DH has asthma, I have a tumour & we do whats termed an extreme sport in winter in Canada & we find their prices fine. You get what your pay for after all .
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27 Jul 19, 07:31 PM |
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My wife and I both have PMEC's and we went with Staysure as well, we're only in our 50's so the cost was quite low.
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27 Jul 19, 08:39 PM |
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I want to go now!
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I found trying to get insurance with a pre existing condition a bit of a minefield too. I have cardiac issues and found through the British Heart Foundation that they provided names of in insurers that might help. So it might be an idea checking through websites to see if there are any recommendations. We went with Sainsbury’s last time but this time it will probably be insure and go this time.
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27 Jul 19, 09:25 PM |
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Trainee Dibber
Join Date: Jun 16
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I’ve used staysure and freedom and found them both reasonable. I have complex health issues but found them reasonable with good coverage
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27 Jul 19, 09:42 PM |
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This is very much dependent on your medical condition(s), how they are managed and what risk they pose.
My mum has RA, hypertension and has had a heart valve replaced as well as a shoulder. Both conditions are stable and treatment working. She banks with Barclays and gets one of their travel packs for insurance. It’s a minimum six months for the travel pack but it works out to about £100. This was far cheaper than any quotes we got for single trip policies. She is covered without any additional payment. Her last trip was seven months after the op. Next best I found was LV. |
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27 Jul 19, 09:52 PM |
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I’m with puffin second year , and their prices are really good , annual policy , easy to claim if needed to
Jules
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27 Jul 19, 09:55 PM |
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Me and the wife have PEMC's and got a great quote from Boots, cheapest around and their platinum service.
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27 Jul 19, 10:24 PM |
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Join Date: Apr 11
Location: Warwickshire
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What I did was look at what the British Diabetic Association recommended.
Is there a web association for your existing condition? if, so, see who they recommend
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