Poster: A snowHead
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For reasons I won't bore you with we need to find a new travel insurance policy. So forgive me if this has come up before (I have a suspicion it could be a revolving subject) but can anyone offer recommendations for a year round multi-trip policy that includes winter sports?
Many thanks
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Snowcard.co.uk were good for me
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Direct Travel for us as well
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The SCGB do ski insurance apparently
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Norwich Union Direct - never had to calim for anything as yet tho'
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boredsurfin wrote: |
The SCGB do ski insurance apparently |
I would avoid their policy at present - there have been lots of complaints about treatment of claims.
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Direct Travel for me, good cover for a good price. Never had to claim though, thankfully. You could try Columbus as well, i used them for a round the world trip a while ago.
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Dogtag.... Good admin - unlike SCGB
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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Direct Travel.
Includes insurance for off piste without guide.
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Gold standard is BMC.
Direct has pretty good policy.
If you're a piste only skier and ski less than 2 weeks a year there may be cheaper policies that meet your requirements.
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You know it makes sense.
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Thanks all for the input so far - keep it coming. Has anyone had to make a claim with any of the companies suggested?
fatbob, what I should also have mentioned is that we intend to ski both on and off piste and are likely to ski approx 4-5 weeks this coming season if we include weekends.
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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If you got Amex Platinum Card your covered no need to buy extra.
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Poster: A snowHead
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If you got Amex Platinum Card your covered no need to buy extra.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Direct Travel, but we haven't made a claim.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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I'm with BMC at the moment. Recent claim paid promptly wih one item omitted - subesquently also paid after a phone call to them.
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american express
slightly deerer than the average but they pay out when you need them too.
my boy broke his shoulder 6 weeks before a trip to canada. I only got back about 20% from Inghams (another reason i dont like them) but Amex paid me back the rest in full.
I also had great problems finding a company that would insure my daughter with her cp to ski. Amex will
defo worth a look but as i said they're not as cheap as you can find out there.
I've also used Dogtag but never had to claim from them
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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BMC all the way.
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D G Orf wrote: |
Snowcard.co.uk were good for me |
Me 2. And they looked after me OK when I had my injury.
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I use Direct Travel - have claimed with them once for a broken pair of glasses.
Paid up with no problems.
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Essential Travel were very accomodating on my pre-existing conditions but I haven't had to claim.
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D G Orf wrote:
Snowcard.co.uk were good for me
Me 2. And they looked after me OK when I had my injury.
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Me too !
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Have always tended to go for Snowcard. Only had to make one claim but they dealt with it quite quickly and without any fuss.
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Again, many thanks all - from the responses it would appear that the 3 front runners are:
1. Snowcard
2. BMC
3. Direct Travel
Time to get some quotes
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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Dogtag for me, or Direct travel or BMC if you want heavy duty cover
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We're on our third year of annual cover with InsureandGo. Annual multi-trip worldwide cover including full skiing cover was £110 for the two of us. Had to claim earlier this year when Deb crocked her back & couldn't make a trip. Pay-out was speedy & efficient.
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You know it makes sense.
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SHello,
Bruce Stevenson, based in edinburgh
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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Used snowcard now for the last 3 years.
Never had to make a claim so like all insurance you never know how good it is until you need to use it.
It does appear though that no matter who's insurance you have. If you are ski-ing in France then you would be advised to buy Carte Neige in resort.
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Poster: A snowHead
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Direct travel family policy worlwide cover, £75 year.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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I had free cover under my natwest advantage premier account and they paid in full (less GP25 excess) when we had to cancel on the day of trip as my daughter was sick.
A friend uses direct line and has claimed twice in 2 years for cancelled and partially cancelled holidays. In 1st one his kids got chicken pox so they went to stay with their grand parents while the parents came skiing with us. In the second one the grandparent was ill and they had to cancel a lapland trip in its entirety. It was even more impressive that Directline paid up as his parents had paid for the holiday.
However I have no skiing injury related claims experience thank goodness and touch wood.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Which of the above insurers cover unguided off piste skiing as well as SCUBA diving and mountain biking?
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PP, go look for yourself, but snowcard cover is modular, so it may do what you want. There is cover for off-piste without a guide, if required, at a specific level, and a whole bunch more. Different things are covered at different cover levels.
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