US Based Travel Insurance for non-US residents

[RomanyUY]

We are US citizens living in Uruguay. In the past we have had no problem getting travel insurance for trips to the US (or anywhere else) but one by one our then-current US based insurance company has changed their corporate policy and will not cover us for trips TO the US. Anywhere else in the world - no problem.

We've contacted some Uruguayan companies and they won't cover us either because we are US citizens going TO the US. They also seem to have trouble with the concept of free cancellation. They want us to buy insurance when we "book" the trip even if the trip is two years out, no plane tickets purchased yet, pre and post cruise plans not finalized, etc.

I'm trying to understand what is going on. How do we get covered when no one wants to cover us?

Thanks for any insight.

Gaye and Rich
Piriápolis, Uruguay

[iamtrustworthy]

14 hours ago, RomanyUY said:

We are US citizens living in Uruguay. In the past we have had no problem getting travel insurance for trips to the US (or anywhere else) but one by one our then-current US based insurance company has changed their corporate policy and will not cover us for trips TO the US. Anywhere else in the world - no problem.

We've contacted some Uruguayan companies and they won't cover us either because we are US citizens going TO the US. They also seem to have trouble with the concept of free cancellation. They want us to buy insurance when we "book" the trip even if the trip is two years out, no plane tickets purchased yet, pre and post cruise plans not finalized, etc.

I'm trying to understand what is going on. How do we get covered when no one wants to cover us?

Thanks for any insight.

Gaye and Rich
Piriápolis, Uruguay

Hi Gaye and Rich,

 

Do you have a mailing address in the USA?

 

Steve Dasseos

[RomanyUY]

On 6/26/2021 at 12:51 PM, iamtrustworthy said:

Hi Gaye and Rich,

 

Do you have a mailing address in the USA?

 

Steve Dasseos

We have a PMB (Private Mail Box) with our mail forwarder. It is by no means a residential address.
 

Some have suggested that we use that but I worry that would make our "home country" the US and that's as far as they would take us if we had to be evacuated or something.

 

The obvious question - would it be legal to use that?

[Mary229]

Contact Steve at the trip insurance store, his advice is priceless 

 

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