AVOIDING CLAIM REJECTION

Failure to disclose medical conditions

One of the main reasons people take out travel insurance is to protect themselves against expensive medical bills should they fall ill or are injured while abroad. However, if you fail to disclose medical conditions then you’re not covered if you require medical assistance relating to these conditions. This means that you’ll be left footing the bill and, depending on where you’re travelling to, this can be very expensive indeed.

To avoid a void claim, make sure you answer all medical screening questions honestly and to the best of your ability to ensure the correct cover is in place.

Lack of reasonable care

Of course you want to let your hair down and have a good time on holiday, but having travel insurance doesn’t give you a golden ticket to leave all your common sense behind.

It’s up to you to take reasonable care and precautions while on holiday, this means not leaving your expensive designer sunglasses on your sunbed while you’re having a swim, remembering to lock your hotel room behind you when you go out for the day and not leaving possessions on show in your hire car, for example.

If you fail to take reasonable care, your claim is unlikely to be successful.

Travelling against FCDO advice

If your claim is a result of travelling to a country or region to which the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) or the World Health Organisation (WHO) have advised against travelling, then your Saga Travel Insurance will not cover you. This is listed as a general exclusion in the policy documents.

Visit the FCDO website or the WHO website for further guidance and updates.

To avoid your claim being rejected, make sure that your policy is suitable for you and your planned holiday, and take care while you’re away. Hopefully you won’t have to make a claim but, unfortunately, sometimes the unexpected does happen. Visit our how to make a claim page to find out what to do in those circumstances.