Breast Cancer Travel Insurance

Breast cancer is a pre-existing medical condition for travel insurance. So, it’s important you let us know about your breast cancer and any other pre-existing medical conditions you have when getting your travel insurance.

If you don’t tell us about a pre-existing condition, you may not be covered if you need to make a claim.

Read our blog post for advice from Breast Cancer Care's Clinical Nurse Specialist on travelling with breast cancer.

We'll ask you the following sorts of questions:

- How long ago was the initial diagnosis of breast cancer made?
- Has the cancer ever spread beyond the breast and if so, how long after your first ever diagnosis did the cancer spread beyond the breast?
- Are you taking strong painkillers every day?
- Are you currently having any treatment or is any planned?
- How many (if any) unplanned hospital admissions have you had in the last twelve months relating to the condition?
- When do I need to declare breast cancer on my policy?

You’ll need to tell us about your breast cancer if you have had any of the following in the past two years (even if you’re in remission):

- Symptoms
- Check-ups
- Tests or test results
- Surgery or treatment (including chemotherapy, biological therapy and radiotherapy)
- Medication

If your breast cancer is in remission, and you haven’t had any of the above or any check-ups within the last two years, you don’t need to tell us about it.

If you make a medical claim, we’ll check that your medical history for the past two years matches what you told us. This includes any check-ups and other pre-existing conditions.

It is possible to still get travel insurance if you’re in remission from cancer. You will just need to tell us about your diagnosis, treatment and prognosis so we can tailor your policy.

You may be able to get cover if you have terminal cancer if:

- Your doctor says you’re fit to travel
- Your life expectancy is more than six months from the return date of your trip

We’re unable to give you a quote for terminal cancer travel insurance online, so give our friendly team a call.

You can make changes to your policy before your trip starts, subject to the T&Cs of your policy.

If you need to update your medical details or add any optional extras, please login to your My Staysure account. You might need to pay an extra premium if your medical condition has changed.

Please note, we can’t reduce your cover in return for a partial refund. So, check you’re happy you’ve got the right level of cover when you take out your policy.

To be covered for COVID on our policies, you need to have had all doses of the COVID vaccine you’ve been offered, including any booster jabs.

You can also be covered if you can’t have the vaccine due to a medical exemption.

If you’ve refused any doses of the COVID vaccine you won’t be covered for COVID related claims.