What is the best place to get travel insurance?

Best place to buy travel insurance for someone with per existing medical conditions?

• I am looking for the best place to buy travel insurance for our visit to Florida in July. However, we are finding it difficult or very expensive to cover the flowing for my dad. Age 51 Has High blood pressure Over active thyroid High high cholesterol Diet controlled diabetes Had kidney stones once last year, awaiting outcome from specialist Any idea where the best place to get it from? Thanks in advance

• Answer:

  I don't know what you mean by 'expensive'? If you want a quick check on various insurance companies in the broker market then you could look at http://www.portwood.co.uk/travel-insurance/online-quotation-system.htm which will give you the numbers of the various medical screening lines of various insurance companies, once you have run a quote through. However it would be up to your father to contact the various insurance companies to see what terms would be imposed (I think Arch is quite good). You will also see a couple of insurers there (Goodtogo and Insurewithease) who have online medical screening i.e. you enter the conditions and get a premium without having to contact anyone. Please note that it is inadvisable to take out insurance with one companies and just insure your dad with another since if you had to curtail or cancel the holiday due to your father's condition then you might not be covered. Regrettably travel to the USA with pre-exisitng conditions is expensive - the only good point is that your father is relatively young - that should help.