YOU HAVE YOUR SAY

EVERY week, Money Mail receives hundreds of your letters and emails about our stories. Here are some of the best from our piece revealing how people with common conditions are paying thousands of pounds for travel insurance …

INSURERS THAT CHARGE THE SICK 60 TIMES TOO MUCH FOR TRAVEL COVER Money Mail, June 28

THANK you so much, Money Mail. I have been pulling my hair out for a week trying to find affordable travel insurance to go on holiday with my wife.

I had throat cancer but I’m now in remission, yet still I was being quoted up to £3,546 for a 25-day trip. After reading your article I found cover for just less than £150. Next week we will raise a rum punch to you. Cheers! B. W., Tewkesbury, Glos. THIS is basically the insurers’ way of saying they don’t want your business because they can’t be bothered to work out the risk. If you have a serious illness then go to a specialist broker. M. M., Medway, Kent. INSURERS don’t want low-risk customers, they want no-risk customers. That’s why you see these ludicrous premiums being charged to people with pre-existing conditions. A. S., London. IT’S just another way insurers are ripping off the public. There wouldn’t be so many of them if it wasn’t so profitable. They’re banking on you not claiming, but if they think you will, they charge you through the nose. F. W., London. THANK you Daily Mail. I just saved more than £1,200 on travel insurance for a two-week trip to the U.S. and Canada. I didn’t think I’d ever get a decent quote again. P. C., Cambridge. THere should be a cap on how much they can charge. How can a firm justify charging someone £3,000 if they are in remission? E. D., London. I CAN understand why cover might be more expensive for a heart condition, as it can be an instant killer, but not cancer. I think insurers need to come clean on issues like these. S. D., Watford.