Just Travel Cover
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I feel I have to steel myself to…
I feel I have to steel myself to telephone this company regarding my husband”s travel insurance. He is a 72 year old with existing health problems. It is not sufficient to say that he has angina, has had two bypasses etc. You are questioned to within an inch of your life. What tablets does he take? Why does he take them? Having said he takes tablets for high cholesterol you are then asked if he has ever had high cholesterol !!!!!! Having been told he takes tablets for high blood pressure you are asked if he has ever had high blood pressure. I can tell you I had high blood pressure by the time I had finished with them. There seems to be no end to the nonsensical questions asked. Has he ever had cancer - Yes. 30 plus years ago and all fine and no further treatment. Then you are asked “Within the last 6 months, year or more than five?” Which category does 30 come in I wonder? There is a vast difference between cancer in the last six months/year than 30+ years ago with no recurrence!!! At the end of all these questions you are then quoted an extortionate sum of money and told - well its because you stay for longer than the average time. I accepted the quote purely because I could not go through all the questions again with another company. When you think of everything logically, a person like my husband who is regularly controlled by his GP and consultant has far less chance of dying abroad than someone like me who never goes to the doctor so therefore has no known illnesses and could drop dead tomorrow from an undiagnosed problem - but does not pay an extortionate premium. In fact gets it free with the bank.