Endsleigh Insurance is a UK based insurance intermediary, offering insurance for cars, homes, gadgets, life and travel. The company was set up in 1965 by the NUS, with the aim of offering affordable insurance for students.
Endsleigh now not only offers insurance for students, but also graduates, professionals, commercial and business customers.
There are three main underwriters of Endsleigh’s travel insurance: Axa, Zurich Financial Services, and Inter Partner Assistance.
Who underwrites your policy will depend on your type of cover as well as the nature of your claim. Refer to your policy documents for more information.
What are Endsleigh’s cover options?
Endsleigh offer a wide range of products for those looking to travel, catering for single trips all the way to gap years.
Endsleigh’s single trip insurance is intended to cover you for one trip to a single destination. With this policy you get the choice between essential and comprehensive cover.
The policy will cover you for:
Medical expenses and personal accidents
Legal expenses
Cancellation, delays, airline failures and loss of baggage
Endsleigh’s annual multi-trip travel insurance
Endsleigh’s annual multi-trip travel insurance covers you for an unlimited number of trips within a year, provided each trip doesn’t exceed 42 days long. You will get the choice between essential and comprehensive cover with this policy.
This policy will cover you for:
Medical expenses and person accidents
Legal expenses
Cancellation, delays, airline failures and loss of baggage
Endsleigh’s gap year travel insurance
Endsleigh’s gap year travel insurance is designed with the adventurer in mind, and covers you for any trip from three months up to a year long, anywhere in the world.
This policy will cover you for:
Medical expenses and personal accidents
Legal expenses
Cancellation, delays, postponing the trip and airline failures
Lost or stolen bags, passports, visas and money
Over 100 activities, ranging from volunteering to wind surfing
Endsleigh’s studying abroad insurance
Endsleigh’s studying abroad insurance has been designed to cater for students studying all or part of their degree outside of the UK, and also includes cover for students doing internships or work placements abroad.
This policy will cover you for:
Course fees if you have to cancel due to an insured event
Cancellation of the trip and for pre-paid excursions
Single items and musical instruments, if specified
Loss of: passport, money, documents, baggage, personal possessions
Medical expenses
The below options can either be added on to a policy or are specific to a certain purpose.
This policy is designed specifically for backpackers, usually travelling to multiple destinations and doing a variety of activities. The cover is for up to one year of travel.
Top features:
Complimentary pre-paid Mastercard
Cover for multiple activities
Winter sports insurance can be added to your insurance policy, as most policies will not cover you for accidents on the slope.
Top features:
Covers the cost of transportation to another site if yours has a lack of snow or is closed due to an avalanche
Reimbursement of ski school fees, lift passes and hired equipment if you get injured or fall ill
Endsleigh’s wedding abroad insurance is custom made for couples getting married abroad. It is available to travellers up to the age of 74 tying the knot anywhere in the world.
Top features:
Cover for wedding rings and attire
Cover for wedding presents (excluding money)
If you have booked your flights and accommodation separately, you’d be best off looking for extra protection from your travel insurance. This policy is designed for those who avoid travel agents and package holidays to book the holiday in one go.
Top features:
Cover if your accommodation becomes uninhabitable
Cover if there is an outbreak of food poisoning or infectious disease
Endsleigh’s long stay travel insurance covers trips for up to one year, and includes cover for over 80 sports and activities. You have the option to tailor this policy to the type of trip your having and what you will be doing.
Top features:
Cover for over 80 sports and activities
Customisation of cover for further activities and type of trip
As you might guess, this travel insurance plan is designed for those travelling for business purposes. It will cover you for lost or stolen business equipment as well as lost or stolen funds.
Top features:
Will pay travel and accommodation costs for a colleague to take your place should you fall ill
Covers cost of lost or stolen equipment and funds, and will pay for hire of more equipment should yours get lost, broken or delayed
This package is for schools and groups, and comes with extensive liability cover, including the leader’s liability to the children and cover for medical expenses.
Top features:
Easy customisation with other Endsleigh products to cater to your trip
Liability cover for whole group, including leader’s liability to children
The Endsleigh prepaid MasterCard® gives you a flexible and safe way to spend money when you are abroad. The card works just like a debit card, and can be used anywhere that you see a MasterCard® acceptance mark.
Top features:
Free to use on overseas transactions
Competitive exchange rates
What’s covered under my policy?
Endsleigh’s two levels of cover, Essential and Comprehensive, offer different benefits. Comprehensive offers a more complete cover, with more situations included in the policy, as well as a higher average payout.
Below we have listed some of the benefits each type of policy include.
Covered
Essentail
Comprehensive
Baggage
✓
✓
Cancelling your trip
✓
✓
Medical Expenses
✓
✓
Hospitalisation benefit
✓
Personal accident
✓
✓
Personal money
✓
✓
Personal Liability
✓
✓
Delayed departure
✓
Missed departure
✓
✓
Overseas legal expenses
✓
✓
What is my excess?
An excess is the amount of money you contribute to each claim you make before Endsleigh Travel Insurance pay out.
The amount of your excess will depend on the level of cover you have and the nature of your claim. Make sure to check your policy schedule where your excess details will be shown in detail.
What is the claims process for Endsleigh Travel Insurance?
To make a claim with Endsleigh, you can either call one of their help lines, or you can make a claim online, depending on the claim type. To do so, just visit the claim centre page on the Endsleigh website, and you will be given options on how to claim depending on your policy.
Which number to call will depend on who underwrites your policy. If you do not know who underwrites your policy, then you can call either 0333 234 1693 or +44(0)1242 217 302. The line is open Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm, and 9am to 12pm on Saturday.
The offers compared on this page are chosen from a range of products we can track; we don't cover every product on the market...yet. Unless we've indicated otherwise, products are shown in no particular order or ranking. The terms "best", "top", "cheap" (and variations), aren't product ratings, although we always explain what's great about a product when we highlight it; this is subject to our terms of use. When making a big financial decision, it's wise to consider getting independent financial advice, and always consider your own financial circumstances when comparing products so you get what's right for you. Most of the data in Finder's comparison tables has the source: Moneyfacts Group PLC. In other cases, Finder has sourced data directly from providers.
Esther Wolffowitz was a publisher at finder.com specialising in insurance. Esther holds an MSc in Media and Communication Governance from the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE). See full bio
Read about Virgin Money and their travel insurance options to find out if their policies are right for you.
How likely would you be to recommend Finder to a friend or colleague?
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Very UnlikelyExtremely Likely
Required
Thank you for your feedback.
Our goal is to create the best possible product, and your thoughts, ideas and suggestions play a major role in helping us identify opportunities to improve.
Advertiser Disclosure
finder.com is an independent comparison platform and information service that aims to provide you with the tools you need to make better decisions. While we are independent, the offers that appear on this site are from companies from which finder.com receives compensation. We may receive compensation from our partners for placement of their products or services. We may also receive compensation if you click on certain links posted on our site. While compensation arrangements may affect the order, position or placement of product information, it doesn't influence our assessment of those products. Please don't interpret the order in which products appear on our Site as any endorsement or recommendation from us. finder.com compares a wide range of products, providers and services but we don't provide information on all available products, providers or services. Please appreciate that there may be other options available to you than the products, providers or services covered by our service.
We update our data regularly, but information can change between updates. Confirm details with the provider you're interested in before making a decision.
