Travel Insurance Glossary
Annual Travel Cover
Annual travel insurance will cover you and your family to take any number of trips to the UK and abroad. With travel insurance from us you can take up to 45 days per trip, and be insured for all of them. It lasts a year and works out cheaper than taking out several single-trip policies.
White Horse
White Horse underwrites all travel insurance policies bought with Essential Travel who provide travel insurance on travel insurance best.
Curtailment
For travel insurance, this ensures that you get some of the cost of your holiday back if you have to cut your holiday short, perhaps because of injury or illness.
Essential Travel Ltd
We have partnered with Essential Travel Ltd who provide travel insurance for Travel Insurance Best. Essential Travel Ltd are regulated by The Financial Services Authority.
FSA
The Financial Services Authority (FSA) The FSA is the independent watchdog that regulates financial services.
Pre-existing medical conditions
For pre existing medical conditions (travel medical insurance) we offer a simple online medical screening questionnaire to obtain a low cost quote for pre existing medical conditions. Medical travel insurance can be found in stage 4 of our travel insurance quotation.
Multi-trip Insurance
See Annual Travel Cover
Quote
Quote refers to your travel insurance quote, simply enter your details in the travel insurance form provided for an instant online quote.
Single Trip
A single trip travel insurance policy covers you for just one holiday or business trip. The cover will have a start and end date.
Sports Grade
If you plan to take part in any sports you should check the required sports grade, a list of which you can find here.