Insurance, again

[dag]

Hi folks

In the process of digging up information regarding insurances for my wife and me plus the bike(for our upcoming Pan American trip), I have a couple of more questions this oracle might be able to answer:

1) Which company do people recommend for long term(one year at least)personal health/travel insurance? We cannot use any of the Norwegian companies, because we are thrown out of the national health scheme when beeing away for so long(which is good because it saves a lot in tax - another story). Any experience with www.worldtravelcenter.com, IMG Ex Patriot plus?

2) Have anyone tried and been succesful in getting a "valuable item insurance" on their bike? I'm thinking of coverage against theft, vandalism and fire only, just like you would insure your laptop or camera. My company back home said it was an "interesting" idea, but unfortunately this kind of coverage wasn't in their "database".:-)

regards
Dag

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[This message has been edited by dag (edited 25 March 2000).]