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Travel insurance for your stay with ELC

Before you enrol on one of our courses, we check that you have insurance that sufficiently covers your personal protection and safety throughout your stay. You can take out your own policy or invest in our specially designed Studentguard+ policy. See the details below.

ELC’s Studentguard+ comprehensive insurance

We offer you comprehensive travel insurance, arranged by One Broker (GDIS Ltd), and specially designed for overseas students studying in the UK.

Cost

The policy incurs £5.75 per 7-day period or part-period. For example:

  • 7 days’ cover costs £5.75, 8 days costs £11.50, 14 days costs £11.50.
  • Arrival on a Sunday and departing the following Sunday counts as 1 week, whereas arrival on a Saturday and departing on the Sunday 8 days later counts as 2 weeks.

What our policy covers

  • Cancellation and curtailment
  • Course fees up to £7,500
  • Accommodation costs, transfers and flights up to £7,500
  • Medical expenses
  • Personal belongings
  • Money
  • Personal injury
  • Personal liability
  • Overseas legal advice

Full details and exceptions

As with all insurance policies, there are some situations that will not be covered. Precisely what is and isn’t covered are detailed in the following documents:

Download our Studentguard+ Policy Schedule

Download our Studentguard+ Summary of Cover

For example:

  • The insurance will cover some COVID-19 related costs like medical expenses but not others. So you should arrange any additional specialist insurance you need before leaving your country.
  • There is no charge for NHS testing or treatment of COVID-19 while visiting the UK.

Please also note that if you are booking a long course, this insurance may not cover the full value of your course, accommodation and flights.

Make sure you are covered before departure

To be insured under the ELC Studentguard+ policy you must tell us and pay at the point of booking your trip:

  • You will then be insured if you have to cancel before departure.
  • If you do cancel your booking, the insurance paid is non-refundable.

Relying on your own insurance policy

As a minimum, your own insurance policy must provide cover for:

  • Cancellation
  • Course fees
  • Medical expenses
  • Emergency medical assistance.

We strongly recommend that it also covers the other aspects listed above under our policy.

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