Coronavirus Travel Insurance Policies

With the COVID-19 pandemic, travel has become an ongoing challenge, whether for holidays or business. Most travel insurance policies are completely invalid if you visit a country against FCO advice. So, if the FCO state that they “advise against all travel” to a country, or they “advise against all but essential travel”, most travel policies will not cover you at all, if you choose to go anyway. Until recently, the FCO has advised against all but essential travel anywhere but has now published a list of countries where it is deemed OK to travel. You can view this list here.

Unfortunately, this list can change, as infection rates worsen in certain countries and they are taken off the “safe” list. In these uncertain times, it is important to ensure that your travel insurance is not invalidated if you choose to visit countries that are not on the list. Our Navigator Silver, Navigator Gold or Navigator Diamond (but NOT Motorcycle Silver or Motorcycle Gold) policies have a rather more relaxed approach to this situation. These three policies have a clause which states that, if you choose to travel to a country against FCO advice, your cover is not invalidated, like most travel insurances. However, they will not cover you for claims arising from the circumstances which are giving rise to the FCO advice, so in this case Coronavirus / COVID-19. This exclusion is for all COVID-related problems, whether Medical, Cancellation or Journey Disruption of any kind, but you are covered for accidents and illness etc if the situation is not related to COVID-19 in any way, and is within the normal policy terms & conditions.

To get a quote for Navigator Silver, Navigator Gold or Navigator Diamond, select one of these policies from the list on this page.

Our High Risk Voyager policy will cover you if you travel to a country against FCO advice and will even cover medical claims for Covid 19, irrespective of FCO advice. However, it is primarily for working trips to high risk areas, though leisure trips up to a maximum duration of 31 days can be covered.

The rest of our policies are invalid if you travel against FCO advice. These are the Navigator Plus, Navigator Standard, Standard Longstay, Backpacker, Motorcycle Silver and Motorcycle Gold. These are valid only if you are travelling to countries on the FCO “safe” list.