Hello!

Has anyone got any tips on whether it's better to get travel insurance with some kind of add-on to cover camera gear (normal theft/loss stuff and floods), or whether home insurance would be better? I'm assuming home insurance covers you if you go overseas too?

The one DAN offer seems to be good but it's for US residents only and I'm in Australia

Thanks!

Depends a lot on your home insurance. Many folks have reported that their homeowner's insurance premiums have increased after they made a dive housing claim. We live in Los Angeles and it our homeowner's rates went up since the fires. We self insure by creating a small ($15K) investment account that we keep mostly liquid. Over the last 10 years and 1500+ dives with no major user errors, we are quite a bit ahead of the game but also recognize that we are quite lucky.

Bill

Yeah, as Bill suggests, a lot depends on where you live. Home insurance can work and, for the UK, there is a specialist dive gear insurer - but rates are pricey.

I'd suggest talking to your home insurer and get a clear steer on whether dive gear - and what elements of it - would be covered by a home policy or by an add-on policy or addition.

Currently I don't have either 😁

It sounds like home insurance does cover gear when you're away though so I'll check that option out and maybe just get some standard travel cover for the normal stuff like non-diving medical stuff.

I do like the idea of just having a pot of money just in case though - good motivation to take extra care with setting up too!

Thanks!

You really need to read the fine print, used to be that a lot of policies specifically exclude water damage for cameras for example, including specialist camera gear insurance. Regular travel insurance includes riders limiting the maximum value for individual items in particular categories, so you end up needing to list items and it can get very expensive very quickly. For example you might have $10,000 cover for valuables but are limited to a maximum value for any one item of $1500 as an example.