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loulou41

Does anyone know whether you can extend your insurance if you have already started your travel? Son is travelling in Central America, he has got an annual world wide policy and his one single trip is for maximum 60 days. He wants to stay a bit longer. I phoned the insurance company and was told, he will not find any company willing to extend his insurance whilst he is not in UK. I asked whether he can take it in the country he is travelling and was told no.I remember when he was insured with STA, I did manage to extend his insurance befroe he expires. Can anybody help with this please? Thanks

Paulina_Fortune

Hi,

Is anyone else getting the message about technical difficulties, when trying to get a travel insurance quote out of moneysupermarket website?

Paulina.

scoobies

Just to let you know I have used Direct Travel Insurance on several occasions and found them to be very fast at sending out documents and responding to a claim I had (I got the claim form the next day - but I was just too lazy to fill it in and send back). They are (or the last few times) AXA based policies with AXA support numbers.

However I normally book direct from their website which for a standard european family deal it equates to £46. However I noticed that it is only £40.15 on moneysupermarket.com. Is this the same cover? It is only 65p more expensive than the cheapest and as I have used them before I would be happy to use them again.

Travel_Dude

mikem wrote: »

Does anyone know where I can find additional cover to an annual travel policy for dangerous activities ie paragliding and motorcycling (above 50cc) ?

YES, you can get hazardous sports single trip or annual multi-trip travel insurance from:

http://www.globaltravelinsurance.com/ihitravel.htm

TFG Global Travel Insurance also has other travel insurance plans available as well.

Travel_Dude

donny-gal wrote: »

Anyone know the best offer for cover for up to 6 months at a time, for 50 year olds in Europe?

Hi,

Yes, check out http://www.globaltravelinsurance.com for online travel insurance quotes from 5 days to 2 years.

For international health insurance, check out http://www.expatfinancial.com

The_Rip

Paulina_Fortune wrote: »

Hi,

Is anyone else getting the message about technical difficulties, when trying to get a travel insurance quote out of moneysupermarket website?

Paulina.

Hi.
All the time .I don't no why martin bothers to recommend them as it's all the same once you are 70? please ring our 0870 number to discuss .Con or what. Been trying for two months. No Current Polices to suit your criteria,I am In perfect health. What Criteria?? confused:

magpiesnest

i am currently having trouble getting travel ins for my family, the problem being that my wife had breast cancer over five years ago, and it seems no insurance company wants our business because of this. the only thing we can do is pay £375!!!!!!!!! with all clear ins or we can exclude "cancer related conditions" however no one can tell me what they would class as "cancer related conditions." any advice would be fantastic. i'm sure there are people out there in the same situation. p.s we are travelling to america so do not really want to take any risks.

LouBlue

Sorry if this is the wrong place. Quick question.

Me and OH going to Antigua on 1 June for 2 weeks. Flying with Virgin and they offered us £45 each. Is that a good deal or shall I go elsewhere??

We won't be doing any dangerous sports etc.....

saver_sue

I need to insure 86 & 89 year old relations for Spain for 10 days, any recomendations, I have been quoted really high prices (once above 85 it goes up and most companies won't insure that age) Thanks - Sue

Voyager2002

loulou41 wrote: »

Does anyone know whether you can extend your insurance if you have already started your travel? Son is travelling in Central America, he has got an annual world wide policy and his one single trip is for maximum 60 days. He wants to stay a bit longer. I phoned the insurance company and was told, he will not find any company willing to extend his insurance whilst he is not in UK. I asked whether he can take it in the country he is travelling and was told no.I remember when he was insured with STA, I did manage to extend his insurance befroe he expires. Can anybody help with this please? Thanks

This is rather difficult. In the past I did something similar with Endsleigh, but they may be less helpful now.

Or try the web-based firm Global Nomads (actually in Australia).