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Travel Insurance??
Posted: Mon Jan 31, 2011 3:03 pm
by sbalaji
Hi
My wife and I are coming to UK from India on 16th Feb on Tier 1 visa. We are planning to take a Travel insurance for some 3 - 6 months tenure, which we believe would be worst-case duration to get a job. Does anyone have any idea of a good travel insurance here in India?
I know of icicilombard and reliance travel insurance. Anyone has good / bad experiences with any of them?
Thanks
Sankar
Posted: Mon Jan 31, 2011 5:01 pm
by goldfish
You may want to check whether the travel insurance covers you if you take up residence in another country (most covers you for "visits" only) and the maximum coverage days
Posted: Mon Jan 31, 2011 9:56 pm
by kenfrapin
Suggest you take single trip allowance from any Indian company to cover your journey from India to the UK.
Once here, there are lots of options to chose from - as mentioned above, insurances are mostly applicable if you are resident in the country where you take it - so come here and take a long term one
KP
Posted: Tue Feb 01, 2011 3:19 pm
by pennylessinindia
I use ICICI lombard on my visits to the UK
There is a section on the application form that asks if you are travelling on an immigrant visa - try this online and you will see if you can take insurance
http://www.icicibank.com/Personal-Banki ... TRAVEL-INS
private insurance
Posted: Fri Mar 04, 2011 12:53 am
by giuseppenero
Just wondering, if a foreigner has a contact in the UK, could the contact not purchase the health insurance for the visitor/immigrant, as is the case in other countries?
Or, with no contact, couldn't the immigrant in this case Sankar, purchase from a local British insurer online? Wouldn't he rather deal with any claims with a local insurer rather than the one back in India?