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Travel Insurance

travellerbod
travellerbod Posts: 1 Newbie
in Overseas holidays & travel planning
My wife and I travel to Australia each year to see family. Due to ages - 71 and 67 plus health problems in the past it is difficult to get cover. Have found a cheap cover through "Mature Times" with Rothwell and Towler (seems too good to be true!). Has anyone had any experience with them or any other suggestions for companies to try?

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  • Wammer
    Wammer Posts: 1,060 Forumite
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    Their trading name is World First which has been mentioned on here in teh past. Have a search of this forum and the Insurance one.

    http://www.world-first.co.uk/home/travel-insurance/medical-problems/medical-screening.aspx
  • KatieDee
    KatieDee Posts: 710 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 500 Posts Combo Breaker
    Have you tried Saga and AgeUK? I have been trying to find specialist insurance recently (volcano related :p) and both of these companies kept popping up with a lot of praise! They only insure people over a certain age, so I assume they cater for health issues too.
  • lonestarfan
    lonestarfan Posts: 1,232 Forumite
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    Try Allclear Or Travelwith both mentioned in the Daily Mail Money section a few weeks ago.
  • pollypenny
    pollypenny Posts: 29,444 Forumite
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    Saga is very expensive if you have health problems. We are in exactly the same situation as the OP. Our quote was nearly £500 pa.
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    Words, words, they're all we have to go by!.

    (Pity they are mangled by this autocorrect!)
  • mersey
    mersey Posts: 1,298 Forumite
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    My wife and I have booked with this company,seems good on price and better to talk to than some other well known places.Have had a good look around and can,t find any bad reviews.
  • PeteDoff
    PeteDoff Posts: 428 Forumite
    edited 25 August 2014 at 9:55PM
    mersey wrote: »
    My wife and I have booked with this company,seems good on price and better to talk to than some other well known places.Have had a good look around and can,t find any bad reviews.

    Please can you point me to some good reviews for people who have made claims with,

    ROTHWELL & TOWLER (2013) LIMITED
    Turning left avoids some of the idiots (only some)
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