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Travel Insurance for EU Residents

 Poster: A snowHead
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Hey,

Anyone help me out?

I've drawn a complete blank trying to find travel insurance for EU (not UK!) residents that covers you for skiing outside resort boundaries (even with a guide!), let alone ski touring.

I'm looking for something like the BMC insurance I had when I was based in the UK.

Austrian Alpine club covers rescue/repatriation, but only €10,000 towards medical bills, and no cancellation cover or baggage (not so fussed about that) cover.

Anyone know anyone??!
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 Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Loads of threads on this subject but for cost effectiveness go for a cheap basic insurance plus the ACC for your off piste.
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 Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
All the threads, IIRC, are for people based in the UK. If I understand correctly, clarky999, being based in Austria, is after something European based.
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Doesn't the BMC accept EU address memberships?
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 Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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clarky999, I started using these guys when I was living in Germany for the same reasons as you. It's a German company but they will cover you from anywhere in Europe. I'm now back in the UK but continue to use them as think it's a fair price and they seem to have a reasonable attitude yo off piste /touring. You can tailor make your policy by paying for the bits that are important to you.

www.ski-online.de/ski-insurance.html
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Gämsbock, thanks, I'll check them out.

Masque, BMC only cover UK residents, which is annoying as I'm a member anyway.

Avalanche Poodle, I don't think there are any threads for non-UK-resident insurance. My Alpenverein insurance will cover pretty much everything, but if the worst happens and I break a leg or something in Japan, I imagine the costs of an operation and hospital stay may well significantly exceed the €10,000 limit. Or maybe I'm wrong?
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 Then you can post your own questions or snow reports...
Then you can post your own questions or snow reports...
clarky999, I had cover from the ADAC when I went paragliding in South Africa. I also have annual insurance from another provider which was recommended by my paragliding club, Die Europäische Rieseversicherung AG. They seem to cover people for so-called extreme sports.
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 After all it is free Go on u know u want to!
After all it is free Go on u know u want to!
clarky999,

could you ask the BMC who their broker and underwriters are and try and go direct, although it may not be cheap.
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Maybe if you use google.at you could find what insurance an Austrian skier going to Japan would have. I'd agree that €10K might not be enough to cover serious accidents, intensive care, long stay, services of your own personal rehab geisha, etc.
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