dive travel insurance?

[mooseman]

hi there,

Can any one recommend a reputable company that specializes in diving for travel insurance?
Basically 5 weeks of cover for my divemaster course in far east..
Kit, camcorder, medical, legal and cancellations.
I am going to need it flying with aeroflot at Xmas.

Cheers
Mooseman

[Andy Phillips]

Try DAN (Divers Alert Network) or Dive Master insurance, both seem OK.

Andrew

[Fiona]

<font color='#0000FF'>I normally use www.buddyindepth.co.uk (Holman Group). &nbsp;you can get a quote on line.

Fiona

[daveyclayton]

DAN (www.daneurope.org) provide medical insurance for members, but as far as I could make out from the literature, its remit extends to diving related injuries only, so you'll still need regular travel insurance.
You can take out DAN's &quot;travel assist&quot; (or whatever it is), but from what the nice lady at DAN told me, this is also medical insurance (extended to include non-diving circumstances), not travel insurance. So even if you did take out this option you'll still need insurance to cover your possessions, flights etc.
Join DAN anyway - it's a good cause.

[Finless]

If you are a home/mortgage owner check with your house insurers - I was/am covered up to a max of £3000 total loss + £700 (I thing) for a single item. The cover even extended to ditching kit in an emergency.

It is worth making the enquiry.