Can I Get Travel Insurance If I Have A Terminal Illness?

[G]etting traveler insurance when you have been diagnosed with a terminal illness isn't easy, and it isn't cheap.

There's nothing quite like your own pending demise to make you want to take all those trips that you never got around to taking. Death is a natural part of life, and we all have to go some time.

But what about getting traveler insurance with a terminal illness? What if you have been away from your birth country for a long time and want to see it again before you pass? What about relatives you haven't seen in forever?

Can I get traveler insurance if I have a terminal illness?

There's a good chance you can – if you are able and willing to pay (visit HBF to find out more). However, don't expect the endeavor to be a simple one.

Most insurance companies are not going to provide travel coverage to terminally ill people. It just doesn't work as a long-term sustainable business model.

Let's take a closer look at why.

Insurance companies are for-profit organizations – and they make huge amounts of profit; more than just about any other business type.

Now, in order for an insurance company to make money on the premium payments they receive, they need to minimize the amount of claims that are filed. Minimizing claims depends on making safe bets about which policy candidates may in fact end up filing a claim.

Now, traveler insurance policies are all issued with certain common benefits in place. You can have a policy customized to meet your needs and requirements concerning:

• Medical care
• Emergency evacuation coverage
• Luggage recovery/replacement
• Accidental death & dismemberment
• Reservation cancellation protection
• and coverage types

The two most potentially expensive types of claims possible on a traveler insurance policy are the medical care and the emergency evacuation coverage – the same two that a terminally ill person may likely require.

If you require an emergency medical evacuation to your home country from a foreign land, the costs could easily be in the tens of thousands of dollars. That kind of claim makes insurance actuaries sweat, shiver and shed painful tears of loss.

And that's the biggest reason that you will have a very difficult time finding traveler insurance coverage if you have a terminal disease: high risk betting.

Expensive traveler insurance for the terminally ill is available.

There are some insurance companies out there that specialize in higher-risk scenarios. They do provide travel coverage for chronic and terminal patients, but it's anything but cheap.

The insurance company is betting that you can make your trip, and not encounter any need to file any claims.

You as the policyholder want to be covered if you find yourself in a serious health situation abroad, and need to file a claim to avoid financial devastation.

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