Watch: Rob's report and an interview with Fiona Macrae

Angie Tomlin had to cancel a holiday she had already booked to Florida after failing to secure cover with her insurer Saga.

She has found it impossible since to find a company willing to take on a cancer patient.

Angie is responding well to her treatment and is planning a holiday in Europe for next year despite not having holiday insurance.

There were more than a quarter of a million people diagnosed with cancer in the UK in 2004, which means there could be many other people in the same situation.

Some insurance companies do offer travel insurance to cancer patients based on their individual cases.

There is a list of these insurers on the websites of two cancer charities, which can be accessed via 'related internet links' on this page.

And watch Rob's report at the top of this page. You can also watch an interview with someone who has worked in insurance for 20 years and was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2005.

Fiona Macrae talks about launching Insure Pink, a travel policy aimed at anyone diagnosed with breast cancer.

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