UKC

Hello all,

I have been out of climbing for approx 2 years, and am now back to it.
I am hoping for some advice regarding insurance providers. I've had a search on here and previous posts don't seem to cover my question.

The main thing I need cover for is 3 weeks of rock climbing in Canada, including the Bugaboos.
I will also be going on various other non climbing trips - USA (5 days), Turkey, continental Europe.
Finally, I will be kitesurfing and climbing in the UK.

I seem to remember reading a fairly negative article about BMC cover.

What would most people recommend, especially regarding providers? And would policies cover the UK too usually? I would see options as:

A global, annual policy which covers climbing
An annual standard travel policy + an additional specialist 3 week policy for climbing in Canada
Multiple individual policies for each trip

Thanks in advance
Owen

In reply to owen1988:

http://www.ukclimbing.com/forums/t.php?t=611006

In reply to Mountain Llama:

Thanks.... I did read that before. however the thread is quite inconclusive. It just seems to say that AAC membership isn't good enough.

Any other recommendations?

Cheers
Owen

In reply to owen1988:

Yep, AAC isn't enough on its own.
I think I'd still go BMC, assuming you're UK based and can get it UK to UK for full trip: BMC have, AFAIK, dropped it's current underwriter and will be, I imagine, very keen to avoid any further bad press from uncovered reasonable claims.
For a similar trip, I went with NZAC, the NZ equivalent to BMC. I wasn't to impressed with people's experiences of World Nomads, the other option I looked at: some internet insurance review sites suggested they were pretty confrontational in the event of a claim.

In reply to owen1988:

Just realised who this is, Hi Owen! Pm me for more info on Canada etc. When you coming to NZ?

In reply to damowilk:

may be worth looking at alpine club of canada insurance. on a quick look it looks good value