travel insurance

[ceilog]

this query follows on from TUPS 's query. My 33 year old daughter has a severe allergy relating to nuts and mustard and has suffered several anaphylactic episodes. She always carries an epipen. When attempting to get her travel insurance renewed with Halifax yesterday she was told that it would cost her an extra £120 because she has a pre-existing condition and that she carries an epipen. She is adamant that she informed Halifax of this last year but they say not. It seems that it isn't the allergy as such but that she carries the epipen. At a cost of £120 it makes any holiday very much more expensive and I doubt whether she'll be able to visit Canada and the USA again and other non EUC countries. can anyone out there advise. Does this also apply to diabetics etc? Thanks for any help.

[bednobs]

well she could simply cover eberything except the allergies.
All insurances are going up, as insurance companies are finding they are paying out more than they are getting back.
Each individual illness will be looked at on its merits (ie diabetes) but i can most assuredly say yes, it will raise the premium over someoe who dsent have diabetes

[bushbaby_de]

As I said on Tups post, you could use Go Travel Insurance and just not be covered for the pre-existing condition?