At Outbacker, we have been benchmarked with travel insurers across the UK by independent financial research and software company, Defaqto, and have received a 5-star rating for our "Platinum" policies. Our travel insurance has been found to provide quality cover and includes a comprehensive range of features and benefits.
Defaqto have found that our travel cover provides one of the highest quality offerings in the market.
Defaqto is an independent financial research company focused on supporting better financial decision-making. At its heart is the UK's largest retail financial product database, which it maintains by collecting the whole universe of product and fund data and using its industry expertise and insight to make it comparable. Ultimately, this data underpins Defaqto's product ratings, web and software solutions, publications, events and consultancy services.
We are proud to be able to not only offer one of the highest quality travel insurance products on the market, but also one of the cheapest. This makes our policies great value for money. You can find a comparison against some of our main competitors on our travel insurance comparison page.
Working holiday cover included as standard*
Our policies all include over 100 sports and activities as standard.
Extend while abroad and add non-standard activities by day**
Return once for up to 14 days without invalidating your cover.
Outbacker Travel Insurance policies do not cover ANY pre-existing medical conditions.
* We include cover for some types of work and charity as standard, for other types you'll need to pay an additional premium, please click here for more information. If you include cover for manual labour please note we exclude manual work involving the lifting or carrying of heavy items in excess of 25 kgs, use of power tools or machinery, work involving the use of scaffolding or ladders, working at a height above 6m, any electrical or construction work or any form of work underground.
** You can extend your policy up to a total of 18 months abroad, extensions are subject to rates and criteria, in particular we may be unable to offer you an extension if you've had a change in health or if you've made a claim. You can add Winter Sports and Additional Sports & Activities by day, week or for the duration of your trip, if adding post purchase an addition must be made at latest the day before your planned activity.
At Outbacker, we are proud to be able to offer you award-winning, 5-star rated insurance that is flexible for your needs.
