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Any policy sold by Outbacker includes cover for any medical claim due to Coronavirus* while travelling so long as you are travelling to an area where no FCDO advice against travel exists. We include cover for cancellation due to you falling ill with Coronavirus* and being unable to travel or being required to self isolate, subject to medical certification or an official test result. We additionally include cover for curtailment due to the death of a close relative due to Coronavirus*
Any new** policy will not cover any cancellation due to government restriction on travel due to Coronavirus* or any future pandemic (for example the FCDO advising against all travel or all but essential travel to your destination or your flights being cancelled).
Any policy sold by Outbacker will (where normally included in your chosen cover level) continue to benefit from all other cover including but not limited to Emergency Medical Costs, Scheduled Airline and End Supplier Failure, Baggage including Gadget and Passports, Personal Accident and Liability.
For the full limits of cover for your chosen policy please refer to your schedule of cover. Terms and Conditions apply.
* Coronavirus (COVID-19), severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-COV-2) or other Pandemic Illness.
** If your policy was purchased prior to the 13th March 2020 this restriction does not apply.
At Outbacker, we have been benchmarked with travel insurers across the UK by independent financial research and software company, Defaqto, and have received a 5 Star Rating for our 'Platinum' policies. Our travel insurance has been found to provide quality cover and includes a comprehensive range of features and benefits.
Defaqto have found that our travel cover provides one of the highest quality offerings in the market.
Defaqto is an independent financial research company focused on supporting better financial decision making. At its heart is the UK's largest retail financial product database, which it maintains by collecting the whole universe of product and fund data and using its industry expertise and insight to make it comparable. Ultimately, this data underpins Defaqto's product ratings, web and software solutions, publications, events and consultancy services.
We are proud to be able to not only offer one of the highest quality travel insurance products on the market, but also one of the cheapest. This makes our policies great value for money. You can find a comparison against some of our main competitors on our travel insurance comparison page.
