insurance help

[tomkbucks]

ive got a canon 60d and a few lenses - perhaps 2ks worth and am going travelling , my house insurance tells me its 'covered' but is this good enough insurance ? can i get good value specific camera insurance ? so what have you got ? looking at going around europe and also cambodia

 

[AlfyB]

Is your camera equipment a named item on your insurance? I insured my kit through my home insurance, worth roughly the same as yours, last week and they said I should put it on the policy as a named item because if I lost the bag, they may consider a single item. With a max single item limit of £1500 they said if it wasn't a named item, I might not be covered.

All the use of 'may' and 'might' didn't exactly fill me with confidence and thought they may just be ripping me off but in the end I decided to pay the £20 for the year and just be on the safe side. Didn't do any other shopping around either which was probably another stupid thing to do.

 

[Craikeybaby]

There are plenty of photography specific insurance companies, I use Aaduki and have used Photoguard in the past, but there are others if you searcch on here/google. Both Aaduki and Photoguard cover worldwide travel.

 

[Ruffy]

I too am thinking of taking out some cover, I plan to take my gear on holiday and want to ensure i have the best cover and god forbid if anything happened...I would not get any hassle, my first port of call will be home insurance !

 

[boudoir photos]

With any insurance I would double and treble check the small print, ensure there are not limits on single items. I have seperate insurance through my business banking for my equipment.