If you're planning to go on a cruise, remember to buy a fully comprehensive travel insurance policy. These TIC policyholders went cruising and required urgent medical attention:

Location: St Petersburg, Russia
Total claim amount: R2 905 422

A female traveller was on a cruise when she fell ill with lower abdominal pains, vomiting and diarrhoea. She was admitted to hospital when the ship docked in Russia and was diagnosed with acute bowel obstruction. Urgent surgery was performed and then she was moved by air ambulance to Switzerland for further care. Due to post-op complications, she required further surgery. TIC arranged payment of her medical expenses, and medical evacuation, as well as her husband’s accommodation expenses.