Can anyone suggest a good, reliable and inexpensive travel insurance company for a round the world trip?
-thanks for the help

On this site, you can compare many different trip insurance companies and plans (different benefits, etc.)

world nomads is recommended by a lot of people.

Lots of great advice there!! There are lots of other useful sites online such as this site on the cost of travel insurance and this site withtravel insurance information. Please post more - these are always really useful.

ya i would suggest you to take seniors or experienced people's suggesstions. and of course you can search on the net...it may help you a little bit.

there are some key points to consider:
- 24 Hour support
- toll free phone numbers in popular countries
- do you want it to cover everything or just major incidents
- Will it cover sports that you are interested in doing
- does it include medical evacuation
- Can you extend your policy while outside your resident country.

read the policys details.

heres my story:
After 3 years (12 month policys X 3) on my old policy, the company wanted me in NZ to renew. (i had been there just 3 months proir).
this covered everything, no excess. but it was $1200NZD /yr
Nice policy, was hospitalised w malaria (06), and broke an eardrum (08).. everything worked well..

I changed to World Nomads in Feb. half the price of my old policy, $100 excess.
in that $600/yr savings is enough to self insure (replace) my clothes/camera etc..

I broke my knee in March. The hospital & physio agreed to invoice World Nomads directly (The cashier at the hospital was not keen at all, asked who I was with, and then said ok, because they are great to deal with).

All in costs so far for my treatment will be around $1500 (mri, leg braces, xrays, surgeon consult, physio)
The MRI for a tourist in canada is $1800! (im on a working holiday visa so get the resident price)
I see the surgeon tomorrow for results of the MRI. I expect he will schedule surgery. Which will bump the total cost up by around ~$9k

Its not the small things that matter.... its the big costs that you should care about.

World Nomads support has been fantastic. they call me to see how things are going, which is a first!

Thats my story.. sitting here w crutches by my side, ice on my knee etc.. fun times .

I would also recommend World Nomads.