| > | | | | premiums or else flatly refuse the travel insurance all |
| | | | together. So, as a result of the insurer’s |
| People who have had cancer in the past are still | | | | reluctance to offer a reasonable policy to cancer |
| struggling to get travel insurance, as this article | | | | sufferers, one in 20 in the survey chose to simply |
| explains. | | | | travel anyway and one in ten decided to cancel their |
| Dealing with the ugly disease cancer is one of the | | | | trip all together because travel insurance was not |
| most distressing things anyone can face in their | | | | available to them. |
| lifetime. First the person has to come to terms with | | | | Says a spokesperson for a well-known Cancer |
| the fact that they have the life threatening illness, | | | | Support Charity: The insurance industry needs to |
| then they undergo a long and grueling process of | | | | recognise that not all cancers are the same and treat |
| chemotherapy which takes its toll not just on | | | | people accordingly. |
| themselves but on their entire family. And then, once | | | | The charity predicts that because at least one million |
| their chemotherapy treatment is over, there is | | | | people have been given the bad news that they |
| always the chance that the cancer will again | | | | have the disease at some stage in their lifetime, the |
| resurface. | | | | problem with travel insurance is one that is likely to |
| So you can imagine how soul destroying it can be for | | | | get worse. |
| those who, having battled the illness for some time, | | | | The Association of British Insurers (ABI) will tell you |
| want to go on an overseas trip as a way to put | | | | that travel insurance is available for those who have |
| their difficult experience behind them only to find that | | | | had or currently suffer from cancer. But the problem |
| they are discriminated against when it comes to any | | | | is that this unavailable from the mainstream |
| travel insurance policy. You have a situation where | | | | companies offering the cheap deals. |
| some people who have had cancer are paying more | | | | Some specialist insurers will offer policies, but at a |
| for their travel insurance than for the cost of their | | | | cost. For example, one company charges a |
| flight. Many just take a gamble and travel without | | | | 48-year-old woman who had breast cancer five |
| any cover because they cannot get insurance at all. | | | | years ago £248.70 for a 17-day worldwide policy. |
| A survey by the charity Cancerbackup’ | | | | For someone without any health concerns the cost |
| has revealed that nine in ten people who have cancer | | | | of the insurance is as little as £20. |
| struggle to get travel insurance. Seven in ten find the | | | | A spokesperson for a large broker said, The exta |
| attempts to get the insurance distressing. Inclusive in | | | | costs can be worth it because when someone is |
| these results are the people who have suffered from | | | | feeling low, a holiday can be just what they need. |
| cancer in the past and are now free of the disease. | | | | They sympathise with people being refused travel |
| The results also show that seven in ten people were | | | | insurance outright. Being refused insurance can have a |
| fit to travel, yet were quoted with significantly high | | | | terrible impact on their morale. |