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It’s important to declare your hernia as a pre-existing medical condition on your travel insurance.
With a tailored travel insurance policy, you can go on holiday with cover for your hernia, knowing that if something goes wrong, you have our support.
If the worst happens when you’re on your travels, you can be put at ease knowing you’re covered by the nation’s Most Trusted Travel Insurance Provider.*
Find out more about how our travel insurance can cover you when travelling with a hernia. Get your quote online today or call our friendly team on 0800 033 4902.
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It’s important you declare your hernia, and any other pre-existing medical condition you may have, when taking out a policy with us.
You can declare your medical condition through our online medical screening process, which is a straightforward set of questions for us to understand how your medical conditions affect you. Or, if you prefer, you can complete the medical screening over the phone.
It’s important that all pre-existing conditions are declared on your medical travel insurance policy. This will avoid large medical bills if you need treatment in another country. Failure to disclose any pre-existing medical conditions may affect the validity of your policy should you need to claim.
| Basic | Comprehensive |
|---|---|
| Medical emergencies and repatriation | |
| Up to £5 million | Unlimited |
| Cancellation | |
| Up to £500 | Up to £5,000 |
| Cutting your holiday short | |
| Up to £500 | Up to £5,000 |
| Baggage claims | |
| Up to £300 | Up to £2,500 |
| Cash lost or stolen | |
| Up to £250 | Up to £500 |
| Personal liability | |
| - | Up to £2 million |
| Legal protection cover | |
| - | Up to £25,000 |
| End Supplier Failure | |
| - | £3,000 |
| Excess | |
| £85-£100 | £65 |
Tailor your policy to suit your needs. Not all holidays are created equal, so whether you’re hopping over to Paris for a weekend, or planning an epic worldwide tour, you’ll want to tailor your policy to cover you properly.
Before you take out a policy with us, it’s worth thinking about the areas where you might need to upgrade your level of cover. Call us or get your quote online today.
| Basic | Comprehensive | |
|---|---|---|
| Medical emergencies and repatriation | Up to £5 million | Unlimited |
| Cancellation | Up to £500 | Up to £5,000 |
| Cutting your holiday short | Up to £500 | Up to £5,000 |
| Baggage claims | Up to £300 | Up to £2,500 |
| Cash lost or stolen | Up to £250 | Up to £500 |
| Personal liability | - | Up to £2 million |
| Legal protection cover | - | Up to £25,000 |
| End Supplier Failure | - | £3,000 |
| Excess | £85-£100 | £65 |
Tailor your policy to suit your needs. Not all holidays are created equal, so whether you’re hopping over to Paris for a weekend, or planning an epic worldwide tour, you’ll want to tailor your policy to cover you properly.
Before you take out a policy with us, it’s worth thinking about the areas where you might need to upgrade your level of cover. Call us or get your quote online today.
Your doctor or medical team should be able to advise you on whether it’s safe to travel (and fly) with your hernia.
We can only provide travel insurance if your doctor would declare you’re fit to travel.
There may be occasions where travelling immediately after hernia surgery can be deemed safe and you’re fit to travel, as long as extra precautions are taken. This can mean not lifting heavy suitcases or undertaking strenuous activity.
There is an increased risk of swelling and strangulation, if you travel with a protruding hernia, so it’s important to listen to the advice of your doctor.
Some of the types of hernia we cover include:
To find out whether we can cover your hernia, we'll first need you to complete our medical screening process.
Common questions we may ask you include:
You can answer these questions online or by talking to a member of our helpful team over the phone. They'll help you through the process and answer any other questions you may have.
Carrying an EHIC or GHIC is a condition of our travel insurance if you're going on holiday in most parts of Europe (excluding Norway, Iceland, Liechtenstein and Switzerland).
If you use your EHIC or GHIC for emergency hernia treatment and have to pay a subsidised fee, we’ll remove the excess fee from your medical emergency claim.
However, it's worth remembering that an EHIC or GHIC is not a substitute for travel insurance and will not cover you for non-medical claims. If you’re forced to cancel your holiday, or you have to pay for emergency medical transportation home, an EHIC or GHIC will not cover these costs.
That's not a problem. You can call us 24 hours a day - so it doesn't matter which side of the world you're on.
We'll help arrange medical treatment with local doctors, and we'll also provide translation if you need it. If you need to, you can even reverse the charges when calling us.
If something changes before you go on your trip, we'll need you to tell us. It's always worth doing right to make sure you’re covered.
Whether it's an update on your medical conditions or medication, or adding optional extras to your holiday, please do speak to us and we'll do our best to see if we can increase the coverage where necessary.
Whenever you need us, our 24/7 claims team is here for you.
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