Advanced breast cancer - travel insurance

Hi and a very warm welcome to the online community which I hope you'll find is an informative and supportive place to be.

Unfortunately it can be more difficult to find reasonably priced travel insurance when you've had a cancer diagnosis. Everyone's premiums will be different so it's difficult for us to know if that's a good price or not. The best thing to do is to get some more quotes so you can see if there's anything better available.

I don't know if you've had chance to look through the 'recommended travel insurance' thread yet, as it's where the majority of recommendations from other forum members are. If not, 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. 

Lots of people here 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. 

Make sure that you have all the information to hand about your diagnosis and treatment before contacting the insurers. This is a list of things an insurance provider might want to know when you're applying for insurance. Some providers might ask for a letter from your doctor saying that you are well enough to travel. This could come from your cancer team or GP.

Do come back and let us know how you get on

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Thank you.  I have already spent hours on phone and internet and it appears that this is cheapest. I'll wait and see if anyone else has recommendtions.

Yes, I know what a time consuming operation trying to get reasonably priced travel insurance can be .

The only insurer that I have personal experience with is payintoomuch.com who I've used a couple of times. Have you tried them?

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