Cuba demands travel policy

Cuba has demanded all overseas visitors have a travel insurance policy to cover medical evacuation by air, and suggested it had an approved list of insurers, the Guardian reports.

Anyone entering Cuba from this weekend will be expected to present a copy of their insurance documents on arrival, showing that they have a policy in place which covers the full duration of the trip and includes medical evacuation by air.

The Cuban Ministry of Foreign Affairs had originally said it would require travellers to have policies from a select list of providers, but since then British insurance and travel companies have struggled to get a definitive list from the ministry.

Lists abandoned?

The Association of British Insurers (ABI) said it believed the list had been abandoned and that the Cuban government simply required people entering the country to have a policy that included health cover for people visiting the country.

The British Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) also said it was not aware of a list of insurers.