Overview

• A single-trip travel insurance policy averages £25, but cancer survivors are routinely quoted more than £1,000, Maggie’s reports.
• Josh Cull, 28, paid no insurance after receiving a £3,000 quote for a South Asia trip despite full recovery from a brain tumour.
• Millie Tharakan, 72, was deemed fit to fly by her oncologist yet was charged £1,300 for European travel cover.
• Insurers say higher premiums reflect the cost of potential emergency treatment abroad, using an FCA signposting agreement to refer declined cases.
• Campaigners are calling for ministers, insurers, regulators to agree a fairer deal that prevents crippling premiums for those with pre-existing conditions.