Scriv Posted May 5, 2021 #551 Share Posted May 5, 2021 Important Travel Information | Nationwide - a Confirmation of Cover letter is available to download via via the Travel Insurance Portal link on this website. Think it goes to the UK Insurance Ltd website, who are the underwriters. I may have given wrong info on this page that UK Insurance Ltd are also the underwriters of HSBC. I have since seen this : HSBC travel proof of cover - Aviva Apologies for any confusion I have caused. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seapals2 Posted May 5, 2021 #552 Share Posted May 5, 2021 (edited) 3 hours ago, Scriv said: Hi Mike.. sorry, I haven't as I am with Nationwide. I think you have to go onto their website or phone them to ask for the link. Sorry I can't be more helpful. This is what I read about HSBC : They’ve confirmed that the policy meets or exceeds the requirements for P&O. If you have an account with them that qualifies, call them. They’ll send you a link to an on line form. Complete this and they’ll send you a certificate of insurance to show on departure. Simple and quick. Reply I had the same information when I went on to the Aviva website for travel proof. What I actually received was a pdf download of the policy booklet I already have. They then referred me back to M&S who act as a broker like other banks and are underwritten by Aviva. The endorsement has to come from the broker ..in our case M&S. I think Barclays .. Nationwide and HSBC use Aviva to underwrite their travel insurance. Edited May 5, 2021 by seapals2 Reply not showing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bin man Posted May 5, 2021 #553 Share Posted May 5, 2021 Notice a lot of the banks use aviva for the insurance cover really find it strange that you can't get aviva direct travel insurance with aviva , I had a policy with them and would let me carry on at double the price at renewal when all this started but didn't renew as I won't be cruising till 2022 fingers crossed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scriv Posted May 6, 2021 #554 Share Posted May 6, 2021 (edited) 17 hours ago, seapals2 said: Nationwide's travel insurers are UK Insurance Limited, who also act on behalf of several other banks. The link on Nationwide's website goes to the UK Travel Insurance portal, where you can download a Confirmation of Cover letter specific to you and your policy number and upgrades/add ons etc. The letter is addressed to you and specifically mentions the UK cruises and amount required and also clarifies their Covid Cover. Edited May 6, 2021 by Scriv 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlanCruise Posted May 6, 2021 #555 Share Posted May 6, 2021 Having just managed to get the Confirmation of Cover letter for a Nationwide travel insurance, the process is to use the Nationwide link, scroll down to the "Make a claim online" Section where there is a link to "UK Insurance Portal" If you haven't already created an account on the portal you can do so using the Nationwide account details. Then under the "My Policy" tab select "Cover" - on this page there is a link for "Confirmation of Cover Document" which gives a personalised letter as confirmation of cover. It has a section saying that it "will provide cover for emergency medical and repatriation costs up to £10,000,000 when you are travelling on a UK cruise that departs in 2021 (for a minimum of two nights)" 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmcd1969 Posted May 6, 2021 #556 Share Posted May 6, 2021 Natwest (also UK Insurance) have also updated their cover:- UK Cruise As a result of the Covid-19 pandemic some UK cruise providers now require travel insurance to provide at least £2,000,000 of cover for emergency medical and repatriation costs. In response to this change we are extending our limit for UK cruises departing in 2021. This policy will provide cover for emergency medical and repatriation costs up to £10,000,000 when you are travelling on a UK cruise that departs in 2021. The cruise duration must be for a minimum of 2 nights for cover to apply. You must ensure you meet all the conditions of carriage for your cruise provider. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beckett Posted May 6, 2021 #557 Share Posted May 6, 2021 9 minutes ago, jmcd1969 said: Natwest (also UK Insurance) have also updated their cover:- UK Cruise As a result of the Covid-19 pandemic some UK cruise providers now require travel insurance to provide at least £2,000,000 of cover for emergency medical and repatriation costs. In response to this change we are extending our limit for UK cruises departing in 2021. This policy will provide cover for emergency medical and repatriation costs up to £10,000,000 when you are travelling on a UK cruise that departs in 2021. The cruise duration must be for a minimum of 2 nights for cover to apply. You must ensure you meet all the conditions of carriage for your cruise provider. Thanks for this information jmcd. It's valuable to me as I'm with Natwest and when I called them last week they said they weren't covering UK cruises to the value that most cruise companies are demanding - they must have had a rethink. I'll call them again tomorrow to ask them about this change. Thanks again. Jane.x 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jevsy Posted May 7, 2021 #558 Share Posted May 7, 2021 After following this thread for a few weeks I finally phoned Nationwide this morning re- my Flexplus policy. I received an updated policy document in my new insurance Portal within the hour. This is an excerpt from it. ----------------------------------------------- Specific Requirements As a result of the Covid-19 pandemic some UK cruise providers now require travel insurance to provide at least £2,000,000 of cover for emergency medical and repatriation costs. In response to this change we are extending our limit for UK cruises departing in 2021. This policy will provide cover for emergency medical and repatriation costs up to £10,000,000 when you are travelling on a UK cruise that departs in 2021. The cruise duration must be for a minimum of 2 nights for cover to apply. You must ensure you meet all the conditions of carriage for your cruise provider. ------------------------------------------------ Big relief and thankfully I can cruise in less than 3 weeks knowing we are covered if the need arises and also fulfil the cruise company's requirements. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmcd1969 Posted May 7, 2021 #559 Share Posted May 7, 2021 8 hours ago, Beckett said: Thanks for this information jmcd. It's valuable to me as I'm with Natwest and when I called them last week they said they weren't covering UK cruises to the value that most cruise companies are demanding - they must have had a rethink. I'll call them again tomorrow to ask them about this change. Thanks again. Jane.x If you log in to your membership benifits NatWest Membership Services and then select user benefit, you can click on a downloadable, personalized Confirmation of Cover document. Should save a phone call 🙂 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beckett Posted May 7, 2021 #560 Share Posted May 7, 2021 1 hour ago, jmcd1969 said: If you log in to your membership benifits NatWest Membership Services and then select user benefit, you can click on a downloadable, personalized Confirmation of Cover document. Should save a phone call 🙂 Brilliant! Thanks so much for this. Jane.x Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scriv Posted May 7, 2021 #561 Share Posted May 7, 2021 23 hours ago, AlanCruise said: Having just managed to get the Confirmation of Cover letter for a Nationwide travel insurance, the process is to use the Nationwide link, scroll down to the "Make a claim online" Section where there is a link to "UK Insurance Portal" If you haven't already created an account on the portal you can do so using the Nationwide account details. Then under the "My Policy" tab select "Cover" - on this page there is a link for "Confirmation of Cover Document" which gives a personalised letter as confirmation of cover. It has a section saying that it "will provide cover for emergency medical and repatriation costs up to £10,000,000 when you are travelling on a UK cruise that departs in 2021 (for a minimum of two nights)" Thanks for writing that so clearly, Alan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lynnewob Posted May 8, 2021 #562 Share Posted May 8, 2021 On 5/6/2021 at 10:05 PM, jmcd1969 said: Natwest (also UK Insurance) have also updated their cover:- UK Cruise As a result of the Covid-19 pandemic some UK cruise providers now require travel insurance to provide at least £2,000,000 of cover for emergency medical and repatriation costs. In response to this change we are extending our limit for UK cruises departing in 2021. This policy will provide cover for emergency medical and repatriation costs up to £10,000,000 when you are travelling on a UK cruise that departs in 2021. The cruise duration must be for a minimum of 2 nights for cover to apply. You must ensure you meet all the conditions of carriage for your cruise provider. Thank you for this. My RBS Platinum account has the same cover as NatWest. I located the personalised endorsement letter after logging into my account and using the travel benefit, clicking into "confirmation of cover" and downloading my personalised confirmation of cover document. I've been checking this regularly and it appears to have only recently been done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scriv Posted May 8, 2021 #563 Share Posted May 8, 2021 (edited) 5 hours ago, Lynnewob said: Thank you for this. My RBS Platinum account has the same cover as NatWest. I located the personalised endorsement letter after logging into my account and using the travel benefit, clicking into "confirmation of cover" and downloading my personalised confirmation of cover document. I've been checking this regularly and it appears to have only recently been done. Yes, it was earlier this week - suddenly a lot of people from a variety of insurance companies were advised the cruises were being covered and were sent or directed to confirmation documents to download. Edited May 8, 2021 by Scriv 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apple42 Posted May 9, 2021 #564 Share Posted May 9, 2021 On 5/6/2021 at 4:01 PM, AlanCruise said: Having just managed to get the Confirmation of Cover letter for a Nationwide travel insurance, the process is to use the Nationwide link, scroll down to the "Make a claim online" Section where there is a link to "UK Insurance Portal" If you haven't already created an account on the portal you can do so using the Nationwide account details. Then under the "My Policy" tab select "Cover" - on this page there is a link for "Confirmation of Cover Document" which gives a personalised letter as confirmation of cover. It has a section saying that it "will provide cover for emergency medical and repatriation costs up to £10,000,000 when you are travelling on a UK cruise that departs in 2021 (for a minimum of two nights)" Thank you AlanCruise for this post. Have been watching this thread since booking a 4 night cruise and seeing the amount of confusion that has come from insurance companies. I am also with Nationwide and following your instructions was able to download and print a copy of the letter. Again thank you 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveoc Posted May 9, 2021 #565 Share Posted May 9, 2021 I'm with the Co-Op Bank and have Axa travel insurance via their pay monthly Privilege account. Has anyone been able to get any confirmation of cover for them---nothing mentioned on the Banks website. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gettingwarmer Posted May 9, 2021 #566 Share Posted May 9, 2021 10 hours ago, daveoc said: I'm with the Co-Op Bank and have Axa travel insurance via their pay monthly Privilege account. Has anyone been able to get any confirmation of cover for them---nothing mentioned on the Banks website. See page 15 post 374 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LifeonMars Posted May 9, 2021 #567 Share Posted May 9, 2021 (edited) Although the Underwriter is AXA it does not necessary mean that Co-op Bank has the same insurance cover as Cover for you. Edited May 9, 2021 by LifeonMars Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the wandering two Posted May 10, 2021 #568 Share Posted May 10, 2021 I just posted on the MSC board so thought I'd cover here too. Anyone thinking of using Cover For You can go through Top Cash Back for 10% back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gettingwarmer Posted May 10, 2021 #569 Share Posted May 10, 2021 9 hours ago, LifeonMars said: Although the Underwriter is AXA it does not necessary mean that Co-op Bank has the same insurance cover as Cover for you. Check the definitions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
delgirl Posted May 12, 2021 #570 Share Posted May 12, 2021 Had a phone call from Barclays bank travel pack. They have updated travel proof form to state they are fully covering uk cruises staycations. Previous one said 10million for overseas and 10k for uk. Didn't mention cruises. So if anyone has got previous travel proof form I would get the updated one which was changed yesterday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sootyjen Posted May 22, 2021 #571 Share Posted May 22, 2021 I’m confused! It seems that travel insurance is mandatory and documents will be checked. I have also read that travelling to an amber country, although apparently allowed, will most likely invalidate my insurance (at the moment.) So ... If my cruise includes an amber country, but I can’t go due to lack of insurance, who refunds my money? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MX-Drew Posted May 22, 2021 #572 Share Posted May 22, 2021 10 minutes ago, Sootyjen said: I’m confused! It seems that travel insurance is mandatory and documents will be checked. I have also read that travelling to an amber country, although apparently allowed, will most likely invalidate my insurance (at the moment.) So ... If my cruise includes an amber country, but I can’t go due to lack of insurance, who refunds my money? When you say refund your money, for what part, the cruise or insurance? The probability is a cruise going to an amber country won't sail so the cruise company with refund or issue FCC, your choice. The insurance, so insurance companies will refund all or part. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sootyjen Posted May 22, 2021 #573 Share Posted May 22, 2021 Was thinking of the cruise money. Would imagine the cruise companies could, theoretically, still sail, but would they if many passengers were effectively uninsured. Might have a ring round on Monday. Don’t want to assume anything and then lose a few grand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ann141 Posted May 22, 2021 #574 Share Posted May 22, 2021 4 hours ago, Sootyjen said: Was thinking of the cruise money. Would imagine the cruise companies could, theoretically, still sail, but would they if many passengers were effectively uninsured. Might have a ring round on Monday. Don’t want to assume anything and then lose a few grand. I am pretty certain that no cruise companies that set sail from the UK would visit an Amber country (They would just change their itinerary ) but it may be a problem if you flew out to join a cruise that wasn't UK based 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stu UK Posted May 25, 2021 #575 Share Posted May 25, 2021 Just back of MSC Virtuosa from Southampton. The staff at the port did a detailed check of insurance before you were allowed to drop off luggage. They were specifically looking for Covid cover. If you did not have cover people were taken to another area to get confirmation from their insurers or to buy another policy. Maybe an indication for P&O too. 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Please sign in to comment
You will be able to leave a comment after signing in
Sign In Now