Compare Travel Insurance Deals Part II

Ski Travel Insurance

• Focus: Skiers and snowboarders insurance
• Policies provided are completely tailored for the Ski & Snowboarding markets.
• Their specialty include the 'Emergency Rescue' cover for both International and Domestic policies
• Bad weather & avalanche closure, Piste closure, Snow Skiing Hire Equipment and a "Ski Pack" make this a supreme niche product.

World Nomads

• Focus: Backpackers Travel Insurance
• Specialise in insurance for Backpackers and Budget travellers
• The levels of cover are generally lower than the 1cover's in the market of backpackers
  
• Easy enough to navigate and policies delivered via email.

Ouch Travel Insurance

• Quoting process is a little bit cluttered and confusing
  
• But if you spend time digging deeper into the products, you will find that Ouch can provide you with exceedingly high levels of cover
• Each comprehensive single trip policy provides you with up to $10,000 baggage
• If you are looking to take away a big bag full of Gucci and Louis Vuitton then this policy is worth a look at

(Some parts are referenced from the Compare Travel Insurance website)

Compare Travel Insurance Deals Part I

STA Travel: Blue Cover

• For students and under 26 years
  
• World wide medical cover available should anything go wrong
• Coverage for medical evacuation and repatriation should anything go really, really wrong
• Basic cover for your stuff
• Cover for some stupid and dangerous things like adventure sports and activities (most policies freak out at stuff like this)

1Cover Travel Insurance

• Focus - General travellers, long stay, multi trip annual insurance
• Underwritten by Allianz
• Has 10 years of expertise under their belt
• Definitely the online travel insurance market leaders

Globetrekkers

• Focus: Backpackers, long stay travellers insurance
• Offers a wide range of policies for backpackers and other longer trip travellers,
  
• You can finally get excellent cover for backpacking
  
• Underwritten by Allianz.
• Their wide spectrum cover of long stay policies from "bronze" medical only policies for people on a budget through to "platinum" for full coverage against any eventuality, at some of the best value prices we've found.
  

(Some of these information was contributed by the 'Compare Travel Insurance' website)

Why Travel Insurance is a MUST?

Evidence:

• Over 20,000 cases involving Australians in difficulty overseas
• Includes over 700 hospitalisations
• 600 deaths
• 100 evacuations to another location for medical purposes

Financial burden:

• Daily hospitalisation costs in Southeast Asia regularly exceed $800
• Return of remains from Europe in excess of $10,000
• Cost of medical evacuations from the US up to $300,000
• Medical evacuations from nearby Bali in which costs have exceeded $60,000