Wanting to travel abroad but struggling to find a company that will insure you? Is your travel insurance more expensive than your actual holiday? Would you like to find a company that is working to understand EGFR+ lung cancer and provides bespoke cover for our illness? Well, we may have found the answer with Insurancewith.

I know this sounds like an advertisement but it's the truth: Insurancewith have been working tirelessly with clinicians, charities and patients to understand conditions such as EGFR+ lung cancer, its treatment and side effects to provide comprehensive, affordable travel insurance that is tailormade for patients.

Founded by Fiona Macrae following her own cancer diagnosis and struggles to get travel insurance, Insurancewith uses an in-depth medical screening process to offer competitively priced insurance to most patients. Fiona’s belief is that even if someone is diagnosed with a pre-existing medical condition, they should still be able to travel and explore. The company prides itself on ‘looking beyond the diagnosis and treating everyone on an individual basis.’

EGFR+ UK are working with the underwriters at Insurancewith to help the company gain a greater depth of understanding about our disease, its treatment and side effects. This company really does listen to the patient’s voice - we have already seen a reduction in policy premiums for patients with historic brain metastases.

Last month, we welcomed Fiona as our guest on our ‘Ask the Expert’ series. It was an informative session which answered many of our questions. Alongside sharing her own travel tips and experiences, Fiona also chatted about, and gave an insight into how travel insurance premiums are calculated. She candidly spoke about her wish to see more companies like Insurancewith on the market who provide reasonably priced premiums.

Going on holiday, making memories with family and friends, and just escaping from life for a short while is so important for your mental health, but especially when you are living with an incurable disease such as metastatic cancer.

Thank you Insurancewith for enabling us to go on holiday and for providing us with affordable cover that provides peace of mind and security that medical needs are covered if anything is to go wrong. Thank you for allowing me the freedom to feel like myself again.

Natasha Loveridge, EGFR+ UK Marketing Trustee

Travelling with lung cancer

Watch the session with Fiona Mcrae