Sportscover Direct Sports Insurance www.sportscoverdirect.com

You never know how good a company is, until you have to make a claim. My son has used Sports Cover Direct for several years, for top-up insurance for skiing, on top of his regular travel policy.

This year he finally had to claim. Not only have they not settled the hospital invoice, seven months later, despite authorising his treatment at the time prior to treatment, but we cannot even get them to reply. Fees and interest are now being added, and my son is being pursued by a depth collection agency. This company is nothing but a sham.

DO NOT TRUST THIS Company!

Beware of the hidden small print. ESPECIALLY WITH CANCELLATIONS DUE TO COVID .. While general insurance is OK be careful what you buy. While the main page happily states 'cancellation and curtailment' its not until you wade your way through 36 crammed pages that you ultimately find that unless you or someone else close to you dies or a list of other acceptable probabilities, that will happen once in a blue moon, your policy is worthless. Will not use again and will advise my scuba dive customers to avoid also.

Easy to buy-I bought Annual travel insurance with skiing and watersports in mind

Comprehensive for sporting activities-no impractical exclusions.

Most important when I had to claim for w holiday cancellations due to serious illness the refunds were prompt and without quibbles.

I already had annual travel insurance but wanted to get cover for trekking & climbing over 6000m in Nepal which my existing policy did not cover. I was able to take out short-term cover with SportsCoverDirect for just the extra days of my trek to cover accident/repatriation during this short period. The alternative would have been to take out complete cover from BMC or similar at over 5 times the price.

I have recently purchased a SportsCover Direct travel insurance policy for a mountain biking holiday in Italy.

The website was extremely easy to use and I managed to receive my quote in no time.

Even when I had to change the dates of my trip, I phoned them up and managed to very quickly change my policy details.

Easy, helpful company to deal with and I would strongly recommend!

This review is simply based on purchasing cover. I haven't any experience of claiming yet - hopefully I won't! - they provide cover for sports activities often excluded by standard travel insurance policies- good website, easy to use with extra details available through links- prices seem fair; there is a moderate premium for covering the "risky" activities- they also provide "top-up" insurance for specific activities not covered by your existing policy, as well as non-travel insurance for wide range of sports.

Sportscover Direct Sports Injury Insurance is excellent! I took out their Annual VentureGuard policy as I am a keen snowboarder. I can now travel and enjoy my favourite sport with complete peace of mind. The staff at Sportscover Direct are very friendly and helpful. They also provide cover for teams, which is an excellent idea. The cover they provide is extremely comprehensive.

Complete peace of mind at an affordable price.

I had to make a claim, and they dealt with everything efficiently.