insurance companies

jeanniebeanie_2

FH_Brit wrote: »

Well Jennifer - I have been doing that for (however many years on here) but unfortunately people buy on price and not decent cover. Buy cheap and get a claim then wonder why the insurers won't pay - you REALLY do get what you pay for - Post Office & Fortis are THE best value for money I truly beleive and I've never been insured by them or do I have shares!!!

Good for you Fortis - I knew you'd do right.

It was your posts, FH that led me to choose Post Office insurance. I can relax now knowing that if things are not sorted or there is a recurrence my trip in just over 3 weeks is covered. Cheers! :beer:

FH_Brit

Jeannie - My brother & Family comming over in July he has done too and covered PEMC's.

Glad to be of help

kiis102

How much is Fortis Travel Insurance? I booked Mondial Assistance but noticed I won't be covered (not flying out to the states till May 14th-26th) so I've cancelled with them. I'm going to head down to one of the insurance shops but I'd like to know how much Fortis will cost?

Apricot

Anybody know if direct line are covering this? I can't call them atm as Im in work and it doesn't mention anything on the website.

annod27

FH_Brit wrote: »

Well Jennifer - I have been doing that for (however many years on here) but unfortunately people buy on price and not decent cover. Buy cheap and get a claim then wonder why the insurers won't pay - you REALLY do get what you pay for - Post Office & Fortis are THE best value for money I truly beleive and I've never been insured by them or do I have shares!!!

Good for you Fortis - I knew you'd do right.

hi fh brit-sorry if its of topic you mention you have disscussed insurance on here for years is there a forum you can post a link to please i have searched for a forum on travel insurance advice but other than martins main info i cant find anything,i am travelling in 8weeks and normally would have just gone with travel agent but this year decided to do it myself and now im finding some companies are saying if you buy insurance after the 15/04/10 they will NOT pay out for claims to do with the volcanic ash as it is now a known event. thanks for any help.

KeithP

annod27 wrote: »

...now im finding some companies are saying if you buy insurance after the 15/04/10 they will NOT pay out for claims to do with the volcanic ash as it is now a known event. thanks for any help.

I think you'll find all insurance companies will take this stance.

You cannot insure against something happening that has already happened.

poet123

princessleah_ wrote: »

Anybody know if direct line are covering this? I can't call them atm as Im in work and it doesn't mention anything on the website.

I *think" that Fortis underwrite Direct Line. We had a claim for theft a couple of years ago through direct line and I am almost sure the company that we dealt with was Fortis....they were excellent. Will try and check the docs.

dacouch

poet123 wrote: »

I *think" that Fortis underwrite Direct Line. We had a claim for theft a couple of years ago through direct line and I am almost sure the company that we dealt with was Fortis....they were excellent. Will try and check the docs.

Directline underwrite Directline policies, they are separate companies with no connection

poet123

dacouch wrote: »

Directline underwrite Directline policies, they are separate companies with no connection

Maybe I am confused, as our claim was a complicated one involving travel/house insurance. I have definitely dealt with Fortis though and they were great to deal with. Actually, now I think about it, it was the house insurance policy that paid out, so that policy was through Fortis.

FH_Brit

kiis102 wrote: »

How much is Fortis Travel Insurance? I booked Mondial Assistance but noticed I won't be covered (not flying out to the states till May 14th-26th) so I've cancelled with them. I'm going to head down to one of the insurance shops but I'd like to know how much Fortis will cost?

Fortis is most available through the Post Office. Otherwise you'd have to go through a broker.

Not covered for what?
If you mean the ash, then you won't be covered at all now - it's a known event.