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Coverwise
Plan
Select Platinum
Medical Cover
£20 million
Cancellation Cover
£6,000
Why We Picked It
Coverwise’s Select Platinum plan provides the top medical cover we found with no excess payment due if a claim is made.
Extra Details
Cancellation Cover for Covid-related risks: Yes
Pros & Cons
- Offers some of the highest levels of cover across the board including cancellation cover (£6,000) and curtailment cover (£6,000) and medical cover of £20 million.
- £2,000 provided in hospital benefit.
- No excess levied on claims.
- A higher level of hospital benefit is available elsewhere but this plan is still generous in all areas.
Cancellation Policy Details
Accepted Cancellation Scenarios
- Fall ill with COVID-19
- Are subject to compulsory quarantine before departing from the UK
- Are required to self-isolate, preventing you from leaving your home in your country of residence due to COVID-19
- Suffer bodily injury, illness, or an unexpected complication of pregnancy
- Any other reason listed under ‘What is covered’ in ‘Section A – Cancellation’ of your policy wording
Rejected Cancellation Scenarios
- You cannot travel or you choose not to travel because the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) advises against travel to your destination due to a pandemic
- The cancellation claim is because you will have to quarantine upon return to the United Kingdom (or your country of residence)
- Your claim is caused by a reason not listed under ‘What is covered’ in ‘Section A – Cancellation of your policy wording
- Your claim is caused by another reason listed under ‘What is not covered’ in ‘Section A – Cancellation’ of your policy wording
Medical Policy Details
Accepted Medical Scenarios
- Emergency medical treatment due to injury, illness, disease (including COVID-19), or unexpected complication of pregnancy
- Compulsory quarantine due to COVID-19 or other infectious disease
- Additional accommodation and repatriation expenses should you be unable to travel home as planned, due to an illness, injury, or unexpected complication of pregnancy (whilst abroad or on a valid UK trip)
- Any other reason listed under ‘What is covered’ in ‘Section B – Emergency medical and other expenses’ of your policy wording
Rejected Medical Scenarios
- The Travel Advice Unit of the FCDO (or other regulatory authority) are advising against all or all but essential travel to your destination when you depart on your trip and your claim is related to the specific reasons for the travel advice/restrictions
- For example, if the FCDO advice was issued:
- due to COVID-19 and you contract COVID-19
- due to civil unrest and you are injured because of the civil unrest
- Your claim is caused by another reason listed under ‘What is not covered’ in ‘Section B
- Emergency medical and other expenses’ of your policy wording