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24 Feb 2007
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So, isn't there the restriction for motorcycles bigger than 125 cc?
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27 Mar 2007
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STA Travel/Navigator/InsureAndGo - for UK Residents
I've been phoning this morning around as we're off soon. (Asked 1 year for 2, older than 35).
It seems STA travel have changed underwriters and cover motorcycles up to 125cc only!
I came down to 3:
Navigator still cover motorcycle touring (Gold or Diamond policy- I Added +25% as we're over 35!) It's possible to waive the Excess Charge by paying £15 pp. Total for 2 (removing Baggage and Money claim) is 295pp for 1 year worldwide.
Insure&Go quoted me £ 90.50pp for including motorcycle touring as permitted activity. Budget insurance for 2 (1 year ) £450 so total for 2 = £630.
Wordlwideinsure: £456 (no compensation in case of disability as a result of a motorbike accident, but medical costs covered)
Has anyone used and made a claim on one of these 3 above?
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27 Mar 2007
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Funny, when I pretend on WN's site that I'm in the UK they still list motobikes as covered...
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29 Mar 2007
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Navigator
will not insure you if you are over 50.....
Who said ageism is a thing of the past?.....
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29 Mar 2007
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I`ve just got basic health insurance (think its WorldWide) for 8 months for about 120GBPs and covers motorcycle travel on bigger bikes. There is really no point in insuring belongings in my opinion as I haven`t brought anything I can`t afford to loose (except my bike that is!). The amount of excess they charge would cover most things anyway. Also read the small print as there seems to be a quite lot of strict proceedures to follow/numbers to call etc when your arm or leg is hanging off as to what medical services you can use.
Another thing to watch is depending on what the Foreign Office is saying, the insurance co might not pay out. I understand that Colombia and maybe even Equador are classed as no-go areas in their opinion and I´m led to believe that a claim made here might not even be granted.
We recently met an english guy here who`d had a 750GBPs laptop stolen out his room and because he`s in Colombia and the Foreign Office says don`t go there, he can`t make an insurance claim.
Maybe someone else can shed some more light on this issue though.
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Originally Posted by maria41
I've been phoning this morning around as we're off soon. (Asked 1 year for 2, older than 35).
It seems STA travel have changed underwriters and cover motorcycles up to 125cc only!
I came down to 3:
Navigator still cover motorcycle touring (Gold or Diamond policy- I Added +25% as we're over 35!) It's possible to waive the Excess Charge by paying £15 pp. Total for 2 (removing Baggage and Money claim) is 295pp for 1 year worldwide.
Insure&Go quoted me £ 90.50pp for including motorcycle touring as permitted activity. Budget insurance for 2 (1 year ) £450 so total for 2 = £630.
Wordlwideinsure: £456 (no compensation in case of disability as a result of a motorbike accident, but medical costs covered)
Has anyone used and made a claim on one of these 3 above?
Cheers,
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I have just had a quote from this company too, for 2 people 1 years cover to include motorcycle travel £644.39 both people are older than 35! out of interest Maria which one did you go with?
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Steve
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26 Nov 2007
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I have just had a quote from this company too, for 2 people 1 years cover to include motorcycle travel £644.39 both people are older than 35! out of interest Maria which one did you go with?
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Steve, I went with Navigator, for the 2 following reasons:
The underwriters for the 2 others were one "unknown", the other was AXA, and AXA being a nightmare to deal with, it was enough to put us off.
Navigator underwriter is Lloyd Ins..
Second, when you phone NAvigator you get to speak to a guy straigh on, no bullshit call centres. and when you are in the otherside side of the world with problems, it is a BIG plus point! So far we made no claims. We had few health problems along the way, and we saw doctors, but all is so cheap that we preferred to leave it. Better keep insurance in case of big trouble, never know, they may cancel the policy if we make several small claims.
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