Travel Insurance & Cancer terminology

nic_santorini

Just a question, I get travel insurance through work (pay monthly for it) and it has recently been updated and now you don't even have to tell them about pre-existing medical conditions, as long as the doc says you are fit to travel then off you pop and are covered. EXCEPT - it does not cover people diagnosed with terminal disease. I was diagnosed with 'advanced breast cancer' 5 years ago, and I am (touch wood and whistle) fit as a fiddle and not even on medication. I still have it, but it is just hanging around and not doing a lot - how can they class this as terminal. My physicians don't like to use this terminology anymore anyway, and they leave this to describe someones last few months really.

I am obviously very happy for my health - but is there anything I can do about this exclusionary language, because I really am healthier and fitter than most people without cancer. It does not seem right, nor fair and means I have been travelling all over the world on various holidays with no insurance for the last 5 years :mad:

Quentin

Check the cancer research website for info on insurers who will cover cancer patients.

http://www.cancerhelp.org.uk/coping-with-cancer/coping-practically/travel/travel-insurance