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Europe travel insurance

Travel insurance for your European holiday, with cover tailored to your circumstances, including pre-existing medical conditions.

At Freedom Insurance, we specialise in travel insurance for people with pre-existing medical conditions and older travellers. 

What is Europe travel insurance?

Europe travel insurance is designed for people travelling to destinations across Europe. 

Depending on the policy you choose, you can get cover for a single European trip or multiple trips throughout the year, helping to protect you if something unexpected affects your holiday. 

What does Europe travel insurance cover?

A European holiday doesn’t always go to plan. Depending on the policy you choose, travel insurance can provide cover for a range of situations before and during your trip. 

Cover can include: 

  • Emergency medical expenses and repatriation 

Cover for eligible emergency medical treatment if you become ill or injured while you’re away and returning you to the UK if medically necessary. 

  • Cancellation and curtailment 

Protection if you need to cancel your holiday before you travel or cut it short because of an insured event. 

  • Baggage 

Cover for your personal belongings if they are lost, stolen or damaged during your holiday. 

  • Missed departure 

Help if an unexpected event causes you to miss your scheduled departure. 

  • Travel disruption 

Cover for certain travel delays or disruption affecting your journey. 

  • Personal liability 

Protection if you become legally responsible for accidentally injuring someone or damaging their property. 

The cover available depends on the policy you choose. Always check your policy documents carefully to understand what is and isn’t covered before you travel.

What isn’t covered?

Travel insurance doesn’t cover every situation, exclusions and conditions can apply. 

For example, cover may not be available if: 

  • You don’t declare a pre-existing medical condition 
  • You travel against medical advice 
  • You claim for circumstances already known or expected when the insurance was bought. 
  • You take part in activities not covered by your policy 
  • Your claim doesn’t meet your policy conditions 

For full details of exclusions and conditions, please refer to your policy wording before travelling. 

GHIC and European travel insurance

A GHIC can give eligible UK residents access to medically necessary state healthcare when visiting countries where the card is accepted. 

However, a GHIC isn’t a replacement for travel insurance. It doesn’t cover things such as repatriation to the UK, cancellation or lost baggage. 

Planning a different type of European holiday?

If you’re planning a cruise or winter sports holiday, you may need additional cover. 

Europe travel insurance with pre-existing medical conditions

Having a pre-existing medical condition doesn’t necessarily mean you can’t get travel insurance for a European holiday. 

At Freedom Insurance, we specialise in cover for people with pre-existing medical conditions, with medical screening to help assess the cover available for your circumstances. 

Why choose Freedom for Europe travel insurance?

Freedom has more than 20 years’ experience specialising in travel insurance for people with pre-existing medical conditions.  

We’re an FCA-authorised insurance intermediary and work with a range of A-rated insurers to provide specialist travel insurance options. 

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500,000+ customers 

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  • Dedicated UK contact centre

Choose the right cover for your trip

Single trip and annual multi-trip insurance are designed for different travel plans. Whether you’re planning one holiday or several trips throughout the year, choose the option that suits how you travel.

One holiday or individual trip

Several holidays throughout the year

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Call our UK team on 01223 446 914, we’re here to help.

Applying for Pre-Existing Medical Travel and Holiday Insurance for Europe

You can apply here online or over the telephone; it’s quick, simple and totally confidential. To provide you with a quote, you’ll need to let us know where you are travelling to, and for how long. Make sure to declare all your pre-existing medical conditions for all travellers.

You will be guided through a medical screening questionnaire, where a series of relevant questions will be asked to assess your health and each individual condition. These questions should be answered accurately and to the best of your knowledge.

You will then be presented with available policy options, which include cover for declared medical conditions as well as cover for cancellation, baggage, personal accident and lots more.

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Why choose Freedom

We’ve been helping people with pre-existing medical conditions arrange travel insurance for more than 20 years.  

We’re an FCA-authorised insurance intermediary and work with a range of A-rated insurers to offer specialist travel insurance options. 

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A choice of insurance options

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Cancellation & Curtailment

Emergency Medical & Repatriation

Missed Departure

Baggage and Personal Belongings

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Up to £15,000

Up to £10m

Up to £2,500

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Cover is per person, per trip.

What’s covered with Freedom Travel Insurance?

No jargon, just straightforward cover. We believe travel insurance should be easy to understand, that’s why we’ve made our policies straightforward with flexible options. You choose what’s right for your trip, and we’ll take care of the rest.

Read the policy wording for full details.

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FAQs

Some of our most frequently asked questions.

Who is eligible to purchase cover with Freedom insurance?

Our travel insurance products are available to permanent UK residents who are registered with a GP in the UK. Some of our products can also cover residents of the Channel Islands or Isle of Man. You need to be fit to travel at the time of purchasing travel insurance cover.

We use a medical risk assessment tool to enable us to provide you with a quote. You will be asked a number of questions about your medical status. From the information provided we will base our quotes on your health status.

Yes. Our aim is to cover you fully, if you do not declare all of your pre-existing medical conditions then you will not be fully covered in the event of a claim and risk invalidating your insurance.

As we operate an on-going medical warranty, you will need to inform us of any health changes that occur between your quotation/purchase date and the date of travel. We may be required to ask additional questions to ensure your travel insurance is up to date and fully covering you for the trip.

We cover you from the time you start your trip right up until the day you return back to the UK, (except for cancellation cover which starts when you buy the policy and ends when you start your trip).

We accept all major debit and credit cards including American Express. You can make payment online during the customer quote journey, or by calling the Freedom team on 01223 454 290.

We’ll consider cover for people while they are receiving medical treatment including chemotherapy. We base all our quotes on individual circumstances. However, we cannot cover the actual cost of any on-going treatment that you know you will require during the trip, such as dialysis or cancer treatments.

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  • Yes. Cruise cover can be added to your travel insurance for an additional premium. It provides extra benefits for cruise holidays, including cover for missed departure, cabin confinement and missed ports. 

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