Not sure if some-one has already mentioned TRAVEL NATION- we used them and they were great! You can start your policy over the phone ( so you could already be abroad- unofficially), it can be renewed on the road, it covered every country in the world for a full non stop 365 days trip, and it only cost 550 quid for 2 over 40 adults with pre existing medical conditions that were accepted and agreed to be covered.
The other half needed surgery in Turkey, it took only 2 phone calls and within 24 hours he was on the operating table for a non emergency operation!
Check them out.
Rose

Just been quoted £337.76 by Carole Nash for two adults, 6 months, worldwide.

Can be done over the phone and obviously covers motorcycling using own machine, I say this because I could get cover using a hired machine but not my own.

No reply from 1stop travel or Campbell Irvine.

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.. no gods .. precious few heroes ...

I just got mine thru WorldNomads. Just to clarify, the wording changes depending on where you are located. I'm in the States. California. So I'm really buying the policy thru Access America and Jefferson BCS Insurance Company. Their wording is apparently different than UK version of WorldNomads. There is no limitation on the engine size here. Here is the only part that made me call them to clarify.

Under Sports Coverage, it says:

... you can participate in any of the sporting activities listed below and still be eligible for all coverage and assistance services, as long as the activity is:

* provided by a recognized company that is regulated or licensed where required
* not for professional competition or training for professional competition.

Further down the list under other sports and activities is motor biking among other things such as bungee jumping or caving...

I talked to Lara(dot)Burchett(at)accessamerica(dot)com today and explained her that my trip was NOT being provided by a professional company and it was going to be my main form of transportation around the world for 6 months.

She clearly stated that there were no such licence requirements for motorcycling around the world, and my trip would be covered under this policy. (Feb 6 2009 ≅ 12:30 PM)

Basicly, they are trying to exclude the expenses occuring from people jumping into canyons with home made bungees. It sounds fair to me.

I paid $258.00 and got it for 6 months worldwide.

I like their operation. I feel good about having bought my insurance thru these guys.

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RTW314559

We are travelling for over a year to countries that are on the FCO bad list, so have found that very few will cover us. So far this is the response I have had:

Campbell Irvine £412 each
M + S - No cover as we have to be returning to UK
Globelink - No cover for FCO countries
Navigator - No cover for FCO countries
Healthcare Int - £1275 each
1Stop Travel Insurance £188 each - but only for one year

We are going to get the 1stop paper work and check the small print

I will update when I ring some more.

NOTE We are in 4WD not a motorbike

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Ollie

www.jollyfollies.com

Land's End to Sydney 2009

Just to update - We called Travel nation today to set up a new policy for our next trip and, after reading some of the issues mentioned above, we asked some specific questions:
Q 'Do you cover us for FCO essential travel only countries?'
A 'You are welcome to take out insurance that covers these countries and we will continue to cover you - if, for example you have a genuine health problem BUT if you are injured as a result of a riot in a area that they state you should not be- then we cannot cover that'
We also asked about pre- existing conditions again.
Q ' Do I have to cover pre-existing conditions?'
A 'No, it is entirely up to you whether you want to extend your policy to include these conditions or not.'
Our basic policy costs £289 per person for 365 day cover on a standard package. For Rose to cover pre-existing conditions will cost an extra £14, and that's for some major health issues! For me to cover my one illness will cost an extra £551 pounds!!!!!!!!!!! Gob smacked!!! Reckon we'll give mine a miss.
The bonus is we can renew over the phone for a further 12 months as many times as we want- so long as we don't use it as medical cover permanently live in one country.
Hope this helps. Dave nately