Recommended travel insurance 2023-2025

  • 197 replies
  • 105 subscribers
  • 55587 views

Hi everyone, 

The lovely @latchbrook set up the original 'recommended travel insurance thread' which you can still view here. Just so you don't have to go through the different pages of information to find recent recommendations, you can find the most recent experiences in this thread. 

Please note, all recommendations are from Community members and are not recommendations from Macmillan. Please do your own research as to whether the companies are suitable for you. 

This thread can be used to update the group when you've found an insurance company that provided you with cover at a reasonable cost from a recommendation you found here or elsewhere. 

If you could put a little bit of additional information eg. whether you got a single trip or annual, cover for a cruise, worldwide, etc along with anything else that you think others would find helpful when they are researching that would be great.

You may also find Macmillan's 'Cancer and buying travel insurance' page to be helpful

  • Thank you very much xxx

  • Hi Vix2000

    There's no more info on the policy I'm afraid.

  • Hi,

    Following stage 4 stomach cancer treatment (Chemo - Op - Chemo) I managed to get annual multi trip insurance from Avanti for myself and my wife for about £800 which educed to £550 when I renewed it. Sadly when I was recently diagnosed with secondary/terminal cancer they said they could not insure me despite that I am currently fully able and largely without symptoms.  This suggest they will insure unless you have a terminal prognosis.

  • Yep, my experience has been the same, with my stage 4/terminal breast and bone cancer. I can get single trip insurance, but no one will I've me an annual policy. The insurance I've used was expensive, but Need to have it cos you're so much more likely to get ill when travelling. Frustrating. 

  • Thank you very much 

  • Hi MandaPanda, 

    Can you share which company covered you for single trip? 

    Les

  • AllClear was the only company which would offer me travel insurance in early 2025. This was for a 7 day single trip to Europe. I was undergoing investigation for a non-cancerous health condition and didn’t have a diagnosis at that point. I also have a number of chronic health conditions. My cancer is in remission. AllClear were superb. It was a ling process to find out if they would offer cover, but the decision was fast and the customer advisor was so knowledgeable about health. Don’t apply online, phone them if your situation is complex regarding health, it can’t hurt.