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Hi Sveinborg,
I paid approximately 80 euros for single trip Trek insurance through the BMC. However, BMC insurance requires you to be resident in the UK and despite my best efforts to investigate my residential status with the British government, I couldn’t get a straight answer… it’s quite possible my insurance was invalid
The Bupa insurance is for an upcoming trip to The Caucasus and I paid around 160 euro premium, again for a single trip. It’s double the price but this reflects in the quality of cover.
An update on this.
I have recently purchased some insurance from the insurance branch of Danish healthcare company IHI Bupa.
They will insure you regardless of your nationality, residential status, activity, destination (war zones included) and duration of trip. You can choose both travel insurance and medical insurance in your quote and unlike most medical insurance that will cap the payout, this policy will pay 100% of the cost incurred in most instances.
As a comparison, a single trip policy costs approximately twice that of BMC for example.
Thanks for the great responses. A friend has recommended an Icelandic company that he has used for extreme sports trips in the Alps, this may be a useful lead.
I will check out both the British and Austrian mountaineering clubs for a more long term solution to future travelling plans.
Thank you all again.
