Insurance problem

Grem

Hi all,

I hope someone can help - i've searched the internet for any info and im not having much luck at all so i hope one of you can help me out.

Basically my problem is that last year myself and a friend came away on a WH visa to Australia. Before we left we got travel insurance to cover us for a trip through Asia on the way over and for our time here in Oz. We were due to go back home through the US but we never got cover for that before we left - dont ask me why, we just figured we could do it while we were away. But we never anticipated the trouble it would be to find!

So ive searched online but any Australian companies have said that you need to be an Australian resident to get cover (i.e. be returning to Australia after the trip) and any Irish companies have said you need to be in Ireland for the 6 months prior to your trip. My friend emailed the company we currently have cover with (FYI) and explained our situation to see if we could get our policy extended but we've had no luck from them either.

We're getting a bit concerned at this stage because its just over 2 weeks till we depart Oz for the US! I know we could leave it and not get insurance, its only a 17 day trip but im not prepared to risk it as we'll be doing a lot of driving.

Has anyone been in this position before?

And more importantly can anyone recommend a company that can cover us?!

Our man in Havana

Surely for the purposes of this you can be Aussie residents and say that you will go back in a year or so?

Dellas

Doesnt work like that !!! Try Accident and General in Dublin

www.accidentgeneral.ie email them and explain the situation