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Name: Travel Insurance
Rating: 2.3 (43 reviews)

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Based on 43 reviews, last reviewed 28th Mar 2025

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5

CoverForYou.com travel insurance Very friendly and helpful staff. Applying was easy and they provide good benefits and a loyalty scheme. The cost was reasonable and the cover options ... Read more Reviewed on: 17th September 2024

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1

Disgraceful. Disgraceful. They should be hauled in front of court. They failed to pay out on my insurance claim. 2.5 years later after a protracted small claims pr... Read more Reviewed on: 28th March 2025

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Do you buy travel insurance before going abroad? There are hundreds of different travel insurance policies on the market, all designed to help you stay protected while travelling...and giving you piece of mind, whether you're enjoying a sun swept beach or on an adverture-packed holiday. But with so many different policies to choose from, finding the right policy for you can be quite confusing. Reading our Axa travel insurance reviews can help you find out what other trav...

AXA Travel Insurance reviews (43)

Review of the AXA, Travel Insurance:

Insensitive and Incompetent

My wife was diagnosed with terminal cancer in January 2109. I had a letter from her consultant who explained that it was not possible to travel any more. Consequently, I had to cancel a trip in March. I forwarded Claim Documents with a comprehensive covering letter to AXA Tunbridge Wells offices. These were received but not re-routed to the correct department. WHY ON EARTH NOT. DO THEY NORMALLY DISREGARD CLAIM FORMS? I even received a letter from the Health Care dismissing my ... Reviewed on: 27th September 2019

Unethical scammers

I wish I had read these reviews previously. Do not go near this company. 100% scammers. Everything written by others has been my experience too. I made a legitimate claim for an overseas medical emergency and they have made the process as painful and difficult as possible. They don’t answer emails, phone lines are near impossible to get through on and they have missed every deadline or broken every promise along the way. I’m 4 months into the claim and still without the £2k I’m ... Reviewed on: 28th March 2023

Not worth it

Taken almost 4 months to get anywhere with a claim of stolen items when on holiday and trying to only give me 50% of what the items are worth. Endless chasing of emails, back and forth, phone calls. Such a hassle to get anywhere and are rude on the phone. Haven't come back to any of my complaints either. Reviewed on: 7th January 2023

18 weeks later, still waiting!!!!

EIGHTEEN WEEKS LATER I am still waiting for a response to a claim for cancellation of our holiday (due to getting covid the day before). Appalling customer service and lack of communication. Ended up having to deal with AXA through buying travel insurance with Coverwise. Reviewed on: 20th October 2022

Con bad customer service

4 months do not answer phone or emails Reviewed on: 13th October 2022

Policy didn't cover total cruise cost

Bought cruise insurance as recommended by Tui Cruise. However not until Mum died and I reread the policy, did I realise that cover was less than cruise cost. Feel cheated. Reviewed on: 13th September 2022

Please spare yourself trouble: Avoid purchasing AXA health insurance

I recently decided to write a negative review of Axa Insurance company after the company disallowed my claim and canceled my medical insurance policy. I hope this account will be instructional for those seeking travel insurance, which was my position three months ago in June2022. Axa disallowed compensation for medical bills, giving the reason that I failed to purchase a travel insurance policy the day before leaving Los Angeles for Sydney. They wrote to state that buying the ... policy on the same day as my departure (although it was purchased hours before the flight left the ground) disqualified me for compensation. This text below was copied from their cancellation letter sent on August 3rd, 2022: "We regret to inform you that the policy that you purchased on June 9th is ineligible due to you (sic) purchasing it the same day of your flight departure. Policies must be purchased with confirmed scheduled departure and return airfare tickets at least 24 hours prior to the scheduled departure date. Accordingly, we have cancelled the policy #2461716, effective immediately." I have looked exhaustively for information about this in the travel insurance policy guidelines provided by Axa and could not find any language that supports their position. In addition, I was issued an acceptance letter on June 9th, 2022. If purchasing a policy on the same day as departure disqualifies a customer, doesn't Axa have a responsibility to conduct due diligence before providing an acceptance letter? It's not as if it would have been difficult for them to find out, as the departure date and purchase date are both on the web application they provided. Axa disallowed my claim based purely on their need to avoid honoring the financial commitment they voluntarily undertook when they sent a letter of acceptance. Both documents, the acceptance letter and the travel insurance policy, fail to support their denial of my claim. I am writing an appeal to Axa to ask them to review the claim and have also engaged the services of an attorney to sue to obtain compensation. Whatever the outcome of my efforts, I hope to communicate to others about Axa's refusal to provide claim coverage. Insurance companies shouldn't be allowed to do what Axa has done, i.e., make money on a policy that offers an illusion of safety without actual coverage. Companies that deliberately and willfully place their customers in such financial danger should not be allowed to conduct business. Most people would happily pay more for insurance that does what it says it will do, and hopefully, this message will reach others in time for them to become aware of the problem before they make choices concerning the purchase of insurance. Reviewed on: 3rd September 2022

Very cheap but good

They have consistently been the cheapest although I have not yet had to utilise the product. Reviewed on: 13th August 2022

they are scammers

don't pay out, lie and say what you want to hear then change their mind, never answer phone, say they will call but never do Reviewed on: 27th June 2022

Had to give at least 1 Star but should be Zero Stars!

Have have tried 7 times to call each time over 30 mins and the last was holding for 1 hour and 20 minutes! I have also sent 2 emails without any response - absolute joke! Reviewed on: 27th September 2021

Do not use AXA travel insurance

The customer claim service is terrible. I lodged a claim on the 15th March. It took 15 days to get a reply. The reply had no substance and was criptic, I think it was written by a 10 year old. They requested further information but could not say what was required! Tried calling the first person sounded like they were at home and after a long silence they just hung up on me. Called a second time and finally got to speak to some one. I was promised dococumentation to complete the ... Reviewed on: 27th April 2021

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