Hi. My husband had rectal cancer. After initial surgery he had a stoma for 12 months, This was reversed 6 months ago. I am looking for travel insurance for a trip to the USA ( !) to see our son and his family. Has anyone found a company that will insure a cancer patient where the cancer has been completely removed and hasn’t spread. I’m getting tired typing in the same details over and over then getting I “ sorry we can’t cover you “ message. Thanks
Hi Silvergranny and a warm welcome to the online community.
As you are experiencing it can be difficult to obtain travel insurance when you've have a cancer diagnosis in the family.
Have a look through the 'recommended travel insurance' thread in our Travel insurance group as it's where the majority of recommendations from other forum members are. Clicking on the link I've created will take you straight there. You might also want to look at this thread as it includes a link to a Travel Insurance Directory.
Most people recommend that it's best to phone the insurance companies rather than try and do online quotes as often at the end of the online quote it will tell you to phone the company and you'll then have to go through all the information again. Also, sometimes the broker can refer to the underwriters to see if they would provide cover when an online quote might just give you a straight refusal.
I do hope you can get affordable cover and see your Son and family.
