Travel insurance

horse7

Apparently the green list is purely a European plan, and the government has not compiled a list of third countries , see this list from Germany. :Travel from third countries
Since 17 March 2020 entry restrictions have applied throughout the EU for non-essential travel from third countries. These restrictions also specifically apply to travel to Germany.

On 30 June 2020, in view of the improved global epidemiological situation in some regions, the Council of the European Union adopted a recommendation on relaxing the entry restrictions on the basis of a draft drawn up by the Commission. Germany will implement this recommendation from 2 July 2020 as follows:

Third countries without travel restrictions
From 2 July 2020, unrestricted travel to Germany is once again possible from the following third countries with low rates of infection:

Australia
Georgia
Canada
New Zealand
Thailand
Tunisia
Uruguay

So I just got my renewal email from TheAA and the premium has jumped up 30 euros for worldwide (excl USA, Canada & Caribean). Death benefit has reduced by 5000 euros.

I have no plans to travel anywhere this year so I see no point in paying for something until I’ll need to use it next.

horse7

Did they also tell you your not covered unless you're on the green list and the insurance company is ok with that too.

horse7

horse7 wrote: »

Did they also tell you your not covered unless you're on the green list and the insurance company is ok with that too.

I haven’t gone through all 90 pages of the policy document yet. I’ll keep you posted

Meglamonia

struggling to find an insurer who will insure going to a country in which the DFA have issued an advisory against. Chill do not do the above despite rumours that they would insure.

Sheep Shagger

Meglamonia wrote: »

struggling to find an insurer who will insure going to a country in which the DFA have issued an advisory against. Chill do not do the above despite rumours that they would insure.

bladespin on this thread said Trailfinders insurance does.....I have my doubts but ask them...

bladespin

Sheep Shagger wrote: »

bladespin on this thread said Trailfinders insurance does.....I have my doubts but ask them...

They’ve clarified that it’s green list only though they were touting cover previously.

kenkin

Is there any company that will insure you if you are travelling against government advice and not on green list

bluejay01

kenkin wrote: »

Is there any company that will insure you if you are travelling against government advice and not on green list

I'm trying to find out this information as well

Despite what was said earlier neither Chill Insurance or Trailfinders will cover for travel against DFA advice.

Anyone found a company for cover yet?

jimmycrackcorm

I'm going to ring Chill about getting a refund for my annual travel as I've been unable to use it and likely won't be able to.
For Europe at least I ahve my EHIC card but it's a piss that non-medical cover is withdrawn that isn't related to covid.

Tuttlinghorn

in case anyone is trawling this thread to get an answer to the question above :

battleface are an insurer that will provide cover for 'non essential travels in locations against FCDO advice'

from what i can see, the DFA are a bit more conservative than FCDO . battleface also cover irish residents. downside is v expensive and can only buy cover from 90 days before departure. So .. you could book your travel well in advance, with an expectation of paying X for insurance .. and then get closer to travel and get hammered if the situation in the destination is deemed riskier.

oh and they dont seem to provide cover in the event of cancel / curtail due to de covid .. 😒

beachhead

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/114281838#Comment_114281838

Let's wake up this post again.An insurance will not refund anyone for an used travel insurance policy.What they will do if you push them is give a 10 or 20% reduction on your next policy having first bumped up the price by 30%

beachhead

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118688630#Comment_118688630

Should have said unused annual travel policy in the above post on 24th Feb