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Staying Healthy on the Road Medical info, e.g. malaria, vaccinations, travel medical tips, medical insurance, where to find a doctor.
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medical insurance renewal

I'll be very interested to hear if anybody has been able to re-insure with another company once they are already on the road. We were unable to find any such company earlier this year and this and various other factors including not being able to get visas for Pakistan outside our home country made us decide to come home and finish the journey another time.
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International healthcare plans | Bupa International

it's a UK-based insurance for expats. I contacted them when I was in SE-Asia and was insured there for several years. Premiums are o.k. (about €1100 per year, age 40+) if you agree to a deductible and get worldwide insurance cover ex USA. If you need cover for USA (and maybe Canada), premiums will triple. Although they seem to have a smaller extra charge for trips of up to 3 months to North America.

That's why I changed to German insurer Ergo. Roughly same premium per year, no deductible, includes North America.

You can try to find something here: Welcome to ERV - ERV
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I'll be very interested to hear if anybody has been able to re-insure with another company once they are already on the road. We were unable to find any such company earlier this year and this and various other factors including not being able to get visas for Pakistan outside our home country made us decide to come home and finish the journey another time.
Not sure what their policy is with riding motorbikes, but on a backpacking trip a few years ago I re-insured with World Nomads whilst in SE Asia. Very easy to do just by logging into your account on their website.

My last trip by 4x4 through Africa I used Navigator. I have a UK passport, so got UK insurance, but was living in Australia before I went to Africa. Most companies want you to be in your 'home' country to start the insurance, but Navigator were happy to start it with me in Aus so I imagine they'd also extend on the road. I had to speak with them over the phone to organise it, but not really any hassle.
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I found this pretty helpful when I was last planning a journey;Before you Go - backpacking travel pre trip advice & insurance maybe see what they reccomend...
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Hey Mark try this out:

Insurance in the Netherlands | Insurance in the Netherlands | Nederland, Wereldreis, Delta, Lloyd, Huis

It's a dutch company with worldwide coverage and it can be extend till four years of traveling. I'm not sure with with a e-mail you will have the answer soon enough.

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The critical things to tell any insurance company right at the beginning before you waste time answering all their questions is

A) you are travelling on your own motorcycle (ie not a hire bike) and that it is over 125cc

B) you are already away from your home country.

Insurance companies always look for ways to deny claims - so you might as well tell them the truth (or be in a country where you can bribe everybody to lie about why you are in hospital..... and can forge air tickets..... only joking!) We tried World Nomads and Navigator but no good for us. I think we were too old (!) for Navigator....
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Hello,

For our travel we just got https://www.sevencorners.com/insuran...tional/HW7C6YH.
When you select Hazardous Sport Coverage they will cover injuries as a result of motorbiking.
We pay $ 350,- for two persons for four months.

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