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Why choose Round the World Insurance

Competitively priced, extendable long stay travel insurance. This policy is tailored to meet the needs of travellers who will be visiting several countries or continents on one trip.

Cover is underwritten by insurance giant AXA.
Medical Emergencies are dealt with by Specialty Assitance Ltd

Peace of mind that prompt and professional help will be on hand if things go wrong. Round the World Insurance has been specially negotiated by Travel Nation Ltd. Travel Nation is a fully ABTA bonded company specialising in round the world travel.


Specialty Group Ltd is a major international assistance organisation providing medical and travel assistance, claims management and audit services 24 hours a day across the globe. From Afghanistan to Zimbabwe, Specialty Group delivers urgent help to thousands of travellers who fall ill or suffer life-threatening trauma injuries every year.

Since 1996, Specialty Group has worked hard to earn its reputation for providing rapid and effective assistance. This assistance is based on a passionate desire to deliver a uniquely flexible and personal service, which has a truly worldwide reach. The organisation provides a lifeline to over 2 million business and leisure travellers, and expatriates each year.


Specialty Assistance is on-call 24 hours a day to provide travellers with urgent medical and travel assistance anywhere in the world. In addition to a worldwide control centre in London, Specialty Assistance operates through three centres in the USA, South Africa and Thailand. A call to any centre ensures the efficient global response that has become the service hallmark of Specialty Assistance.

Specialty Assistance boasts a worldwide network of over 150 agents and 500 correspondents who are able to provide on-the-spot assistance and reassurance.

Through continual development in its unique assistance database, Global Management System, which tracks all assistance cases from first contact, Specialty Assistance monitors global operations and records up-to-the-minute information.

Specialty Assistance is available 24 hours a day to provide flexible medical and travel assistance solutions including:-

Medical Assistance
Medical consultation
Doctor and hospital referral
Emergency evacuation
Medical repatriation
Hospital admission
Dispatch of medicines
Return of mortal remains

Travel Assistance
World-wide passport & visa information
World-wide vaccination requirements
Exchange rate information
Embassy & consulate information
Foreign Office travel warnings
World-wide climate information
Banking and business hours information
Assistance with lost documents
Translation services
Advance of funds
Lost Luggage assistance
Emergency message relay

Specialty Group Ltd, trading as Specialty Assistance, 5-11 Lavington Street, London SE1 0NZ, is authorised and regulated by the Financial Services Authority. Their registration number can be checked on the FSA's register by visiting the FSA's website at www.fsa.gov.uk/register or by contacting them on 0845 606 1234.

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