I was really pleased to be asked to take part in the above BBC program which was shown yesterday. The episode I was asked to take part in was about medical conditions travel insurance. The program featured a case study of ours from the Daily Mail. It featuring one of our customers, Rita.
Rita had unfortunately been diagnosed with secondary cancer. However, the cancer had responded very well to treatment and she was in remission. You can imagine her shock when she checked the cost of travel insurance including cancer cover to the USA using a comparison site. The premiums offered were all in excess of £1000, far more than the cost of her flight.
Thankfully, through Twitter, someone recommended that Rita try Insurancewith. She did, and our quote was a far more reasonable £98. She took the policy out and had a wonderful time visiting her Daughter in America.
I get asked all the time why Insurancewith is not on any of the comparison sites. The simple answer is that the medical screening used by ALL of the comparison sites is just not sophisticated enough. It cannot rate a medical travel insurance risk fairly for the consumer. When I first started to develop Insurancewith, I wanted to be able to gather more information about the medical risk. This meant we could fairly rate it and offer the consumer lower premiums, as Rita’s case shows.
If you missed the program, the link is here. Oh and along with Rita’s piece I am also giving advice about finding affordable travel insurance with medical conditions cover.
