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Holiday insurance again

User
Posted 12 Jul 2014 at 14:00
Just had a review with the Halifax. Changed our standard account to an ultimate reward one. For £10 a month we get AA cover, emergency home cover, mobiles covered, cards covered and annual holiday insurance. We spoke to the insurance and due to PCa dx I have to pay a one off £61 for the annual world wide travel insurance. I paid £64 for a single trip recently

I think that's the best quote I have had by far.

Bri

Edited by member 12 Jul 2014 at 21:34  | Reason: Not specified

User
Posted 25 Nov 2016 at 19:40

Hi all. Just a brief point to add to this discussion. We are with Nationwide and paid the additional premium for pca. We recently had to cancel a trip to Australia with a cruise included. Very quickly and efficiently they paid out in excess of £3500 without question. How good an insurance is depends on how well they pay out. Nationwide scored ten out of ten. Thought this might be of use to you.xx

Max

"You can only play the hand you're dealt"

User
Posted 15 Jul 2014 at 16:44
Hi I'm wondering about holiday insurance we have been traverling the last three years without PC cover

Now after my husband had a spinal cord compression it is a bit more worrying but we wouldn't go if we thought there

Was a problem and that's when he's a bit further on than he is now ,fingers crossed ,the amount the company's want

Is huge do most people travel without it? After all the stresses a holiday is what some people need any tips?

User
Posted 29 Aug 2016 at 08:17

ok to open up an old chestnut

just had a great two weeks in Canada, used Insurewith got full cover for holiday, found them very helpful

what I learnt

if diagnosed before 1year of travel found it impossible to get full cover

always be truthful in what you tell them, and if anything alters ie medicines or treatment inform them

regards

nidge

run long and prosper

'pooh how do you spell love'

'piglet you dont spell love -you just feel it'

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User
Posted 15 Jul 2014 at 06:28
I applied for holiday insurance with the Royal Mail yesterday and was told that although they would insure me at the normal rate any claims related to PCA would be excluded from the policy. Very generous of them I thought!
User
Posted 15 Jul 2014 at 16:44
Hi I'm wondering about holiday insurance we have been traverling the last three years without PC cover

Now after my husband had a spinal cord compression it is a bit more worrying but we wouldn't go if we thought there

Was a problem and that's when he's a bit further on than he is now ,fingers crossed ,the amount the company's want

Is huge do most people travel without it? After all the stresses a holiday is what some people need any tips?

User
Posted 15 Jul 2014 at 18:04
I should stress I have no known spread, not on any pain killers or HT. I guess if I'd answered yes to any of these it would have been different

Bri

User
Posted 15 Jul 2014 at 18:37
We recently changed bank accounts to Nationwide and got free travel cover. Obviously medical conditions have to be declared amd consequently my spouse wasnt covered by the free option for pca, although he was with pca excluded. We had a quote from them of £140 to cover pca for an annual Europe policy for up to 60 days holiday per trip max. My spouse has metastatic pca with bone and lymph spread and is on ht.
Max

"You can only play the hand you're dealt"

User
Posted 15 Jul 2014 at 19:09
That's sounds reasonable Max
User
Posted 15 Jul 2014 at 19:34
That sounds very good max, my husband has PC spread to bones I have been looking for single trip insurance and it's £2000!

That's to travel in eu.

User
Posted 15 Jul 2014 at 20:03
Yes I know. I thought it was good. It could also be extended for a further charge to cover long haul. We were previously quoted £1350 for just seven days in Lanzarote. Like others we have travelled to europe with just the ehic.
Max

"You can only play the hand you're dealt"

User
Posted 16 Jul 2014 at 16:13
Hi after reading this topic my husband rang nationwide took out a flexi plus account £10 a month fee

Told them he had PC told them he was having chemo they didn't ask if there was a spread like most seem to but

They told him he can be fully covered for £80 I can't believe it I've had several quotes all silly money

Thankyou to max as if I had not read this topic I would never had known x

User
Posted 20 Jul 2014 at 09:00
Just confirmed my annual worldwide travel insurance and for the. £61 I am fully covered ie

PCa

Chronic Renal Fsilure

Hydronephrosis

Metastatic Disease

Renal Tract Infection

Happy days

Bri

Edited by member 20 Jul 2014 at 09:09  | Reason: Not specified

User
Posted 30 Sep 2014 at 18:06

Hi Everyone, where are you getting this insurance Bri as I was quoted £3234 for one trip to Madeira. I have advanced PCa with bone metastases, post radiotherapy and on HT.

Wall, was that a current account you had to open with the Nationwide to get this cover?

Albert 

User
Posted 30 Sep 2014 at 18:28

Its a Nationwide Flex account and you have to pay in £750 per month I think. My spouse has bone metastases as well and he was quoted £144 for Europe annual.

Max

"You can only play the hand you're dealt"

User
Posted 30 Sep 2014 at 19:49

Also with nationwide £90 for UK and European cover also had the option to exclude cover related to prostate cancer, the addition cost would then be nothing.

Thanks Chris

User
Posted 30 Sep 2014 at 20:02

Interesting http://community.prostatecanceruk.org/editors/tiny_mce/plugins/emoticons/img/smiley-innocent.gif

 

I have a current account with nationwide and free travel insurance but they wouldn't quote me for PCa cover. They did, however, pay up when my mobile phone was stolen in Paris earlier this year http://community.prostatecanceruk.org/editors/tiny_mce/plugins/emoticons/img/smiley-innocent.gif

 

I'm also with StaySure (annual worldwide) with PCa excluded

Nil desperandum

Allister

User
Posted 30 Sep 2014 at 21:38

Albert, mines with an ultimate reward account with the Halifax, check my first post at the start of this thread

Bri

User
Posted 29 Aug 2016 at 08:17

ok to open up an old chestnut

just had a great two weeks in Canada, used Insurewith got full cover for holiday, found them very helpful

what I learnt

if diagnosed before 1year of travel found it impossible to get full cover

always be truthful in what you tell them, and if anything alters ie medicines or treatment inform them

regards

nidge

run long and prosper

'pooh how do you spell love'

'piglet you dont spell love -you just feel it'

User
Posted 25 Nov 2016 at 12:43
Hi I just saw this post ive got an uktinate rewards account and husband got diagnose with locally advanced Prostate cAncer a month or so ago. What sort of questions do they ask. He's kn hormone therapy at moment and feels find and diesnt havs to go back until end if feb and we are going to Carrabean early january for two weeks ?
User
Posted 25 Nov 2016 at 12:59

Hi you just declare all the medical conditions etc. They will ask what medication he is on, how many times seen consultant in the last year etc. They will then let you know what they can cover and any additional cost

Bri

User
Posted 25 Nov 2016 at 13:31

The questions they ask, and the conclusions they reach, vary enormously. When my husband had advanced Pca with extensive metasatic spread, he tried all sorts of companies, including some who claimed to specialise in cancer or in medical conditions. For a two-week holiday in the Canaries, one quoted a four-figure sum; some would not insure the cancer, others refused to offer any cover at all. One company asked d for a list of all the bones in his body that were affected by the metastates! Even if such a list had ever been compiled, what was the point of that? And you can imagine how distressing it all was for my husband.

But then a friend recommended Nationwide. Their FlexPlus account costs £10 a month, and there's no requirement for any other payments into the account (although the interest offered on the first £2500 makes it worth keeping that much in the account). This includes worldwide travel cover as well as other insurances that you may or may not want. You do, of course, have to declare any medical conditions, but the main thing they're interested in seems to be the number of drugs or treatments you're having. My husband had to pay an extra fee - might have been £50 or so - to top up the cover, then he was covered for a year. It's well worth looking into.

Marje

User
Posted 25 Nov 2016 at 15:28

I had an account with Nationwide nearly 5 years ago now and said I wanted to close it because I thought I could do better elsewhere. When I was interviewed they said "but you are benefiting from the insurance cover we provide", whereupon I pointed out that under their terms I was too old to qualify.

What you have to bear in mind is that insurers change their terms and conditions from time to time and as an individual your situation can also alter with advancing PCa, yet alone other medical conditions. Are you likely to just need a single trip cover (and to where) or multi trip cover (and to what countries/regions)? Is it better to insure individually or jointly? Is any free or cheap cover provided by someone being more than offset by having to be tied to them for an account that would offer better overall advantages elsewhere?

When seeking Travel Insurance, I have always fully answered questions about my medical history but have specifically excluded PCa, as extremely unlikely that urgent medical attention would be needed because of it. This may well change at some point with the possible effects of advancing PCa/other conditions. At this stage I will change to somebody else. A bit like car insurance where if you have an accident or have points on your licence, you may find that on renewal your current provider no longer offers the most attractive terms.

Read of a case where a tourist needed major medical attention - I think this was in Spain. The courier directed patient to what turned out to be a good but private hospital and insurers refused to pay. The patient was told he should have gone to a general hospital. So it's important to read the terms of cover and go with a reputable insurer who covers your individual requirements at most reasonable cost.

Barry
 
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