Camera Insurance, going on holiday

[hawkaye]

Evening,

I'm off to portugal soon and am looking to get some insurance for my camera gear. My holiday insurance only covers individual items upto £250 which sucks. Can anyone recommend a decent company to cover my stuff?

Any help would be great as google is pushing out some crappy results.

Thanks in advance,

Neil

[looop]

Photo Guard are who I use. They seem good, however I havent made a claim...

[crmcatee]

doesn't your home insurance cover items away from home upto a certain amount ?

[bulb763]

I'm off to Portugal soon too! I got insurance through Glover and Howe in the end. After comparing a few different companies, G&H seemed to provide the best cover (ie photoguard dont cover loss IIRC). You can download their pricing structure from their website, although they've hidden it quite well :P £105 to cover £3000.

[Piglet]

Will your insurers not "specify" the item at an additional cost? £250 is about right for unspecified all risk but most will then add specified items. Unless you have a student type/houseshare policy perhaps?

[DH2]

I just added "Personal Posessions" cover to my house insurance - this covers up to a certain amount of stuff anywhere outside your home, includes accidental damage. Seemed like the easiest/cheapest way to do it (cost me £30 extra for £3k worth cover), YMMV.

DH2

Edited by DH2 on Friday 31st August 09:24

[hawkaye]

cool, thanks for the tips/links folks, I'm just away to call my house insurance company to see what can be done.