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Travel Insurance

 

You are strongly advised to take out travel insurance before embarking on any holiday. Most tour operators will insist that you are covered before accepting a booking.

View the guide to Travel Insurance produced by the Association of British Insurers .

However you do not have to take the insurance offered by the travel company. It pays to shop around first.

A travel company may charge as much as £40 per adult for a single trip whereas you can purchase an Annual travel policy covering several trips for the whole family from £50 upwards - but do compare the cover offered by different policies. Some budget versions exclude luggage, for example. Remember that travel insurance covers you for cancellation as well as medical expenses, lost baggage etc. and therefore an annual policy can be used cover you for short breaks in the UK as well.

The companies below all offer online quotations and purchase for single trip and annual travel policies. Check them out!

You should also make sure that you have an E111 form and from Jan 2006 the new European Health Insurance Card - see Department of Health Advice for Travellers for further info on E111 and travelling abroad. Also DH Information on Getting Treatment in Spain and the Islands . As they state "It is essential to establish that the medical practitioner you consult works within the Spanish State Health Service. Treatment under the E111 arrangements is only provided by practitioners within the Spanish State Health Service, and in some parts of the country, particularly the outlying islands , you may have to travel some distance to attend a surgery ( consultorio ), health centre ( centro sanitaro ) or hospital clinic ( ambulatorio ) operating within the health service." Therefore private travel insurance is advisable.

on-line travel insurance

Insure For All - Travel Insurance for the Over 65s Insure For All
- Travel Insurance for the over 65s

InsureForAll specialises in providing travel insurance to people aged
over 65 at very competitive prices and with reassuringly high levels of cover. They offer single trip travel insurance - Europe and worldwide – for people aged between 65 and 84 and annual, multi-trip policies for Europe only for people aged between 65 and 74. They can even cover you for pre-existing conditions.

See InsureForAll for more details.

Travel Insurance Web Travel Insurance Web
Travel Insurance Web is a fast growing, internet only travel insurer. With a reputation that comes from its amazingly low prices and high quality cover.

How do we keep our travel insurance prices so low? Simple. We keep our overheads to an absolute minimum to ensure maximum efficiency, and pass the savings directly onto our customers.

We offer single trip travel insurance and annual multi-trip travel insurance including worldwide annual cover for those aged under 49

Over 49s Cover

If you are aged over 49 years of age and are looking for single trip or annual travel insurance. Holiday Insurance Web provides comprehensive, cheap travel insurance for people aged up to 64 – plus kids go free! It can also be completely tailored to suit your precise needs – with the same high levels of cover – including single trip and annual policies.
See Travel Insurance Web for more details.

Over 65s Cover

Insureforall specialises in providing travel insurance to people aged over 65 at very competitive prices and with reassuringly high levels of cover. They offer single trip travel insurance - Europe and worldwide – for people aged between 65 and 84 and annual, multi-trip policies for Europe only for people aged between 65 and 74. They can even cover you for pre-existing conditions. See Travel Insurance Web for more details.

Go Travel Insurance
Go Travel Insurance is one of the leading providers of online travel and holiday insurance for UK and Irish residents on the Internet. Go Travel Insurance offers great cover at the best prices for single trip, ski, annual and backpackers insurance.

Go Travel Insurance has had an Internet presence since 1998. Our website promotes a simple user interface together with instant online cover. Full policy documentation can be downloaded from the site prior to any purchase. Users have access to comprehensive travel insurance products that are competitively priced. Our policies are tailor made for travelers going on holidays, business trips, weekend breaks or backpacking for 12 months. The policies are underwritten at Lloyds of London. All payments are taken via credit card using our secure SSL providing customers with the confidence they require when transacting online.

Travel Insurance Online

Travel Insurance Online is one of the leading providers of online travel and holiday insurance for UK and Irish residents on the Internet. Travel Insurance Online has been on the Internet since 1999 and has now over 25,000 policyholders.

Our policies are tailor made for travelers going on holidays, business trips, weekend breaks or backpacking for 12 months. The policies are underwritten at Lloyds of London.

Essential Travel - fast, simple travel insuranceEssential Travel
Essential Travel is the easiest way to buy travel insurance online. We pride ourselves in having the fastest and most user friendly quotation engine on the web. An Essential Travel customer is able to receive a quotation for travel insurance in just seconds and can complete their purchase in just 4 additional easy steps The prices of our policies are very competitive and our levels of cover are excellent.
get a quote now StaySure.co.uk

Staysure.co.uk specialise in providing the best value online travel insurance for over 50's. Our comprehensive range of policies will cover for a single trip, annual multi-trip, short or long stay (3 to 18 months), backpacking, golf, winter sports and even weddings, in every corner of the world. Unlike most companies we cover up to the age of 80 and include up to 250 pre-existing medical conditions at no extra cost.

All Staysure’s online travel insurance policies are underwritten by Mondial Assistance, one of the world’s leading providers of travel insurance, ensuring your peace of mind, together with efficient and friendly customer service should you need to make a claim.
Booking your travel insurance policy could not be easier. Select the level of cover you require according to your destination, activity and length of trip to get an instant online quote.

All destinations and types of trips are covered plus winter sports and cruise holidays too.
Direct Travel Insurance
Direct Travel Insurance

Direct Travel Insurance Services was established in late 1992 and commenced trading in 1993. Since that time, they've become one of the UK's leading independent travel insurance specialists, having arranged insurance for over four and a half million travellers.

Direct Travel Insurance design their travel insurance policies to suit the needs of customers.

  • European and Worldwide Multi Trip insurance from £29
  • Standard Europe Single Trip insurance from £8.50
  • Family Annual Policy to Europe from £46
All policies are underwritten by AXA Insurance UK plc, the largest travel insurer in the UK.
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Overseas Health Insurance for Residents

See SA29. Your social security insurance, benefits and healthcare rights in the European Economic Area

If you are resident in Spain you may be entitled to reciprocal state health insurance for a limited time but may still to prefer to take private health insurance.


 

Amex International Healthcare Plan
What are the benefits of the American Express International Healthcare plan?:
  • If you are living and working away from home, this is the perfect policy for you - especially tailored for expatriates.
  • In an emergency, one call to an 24 hour, Alarm Centre, staffed by multilingual operators will immediately ease your situation.
  • Three levels of cover that give you choice and flexibility