• Skydiving, Single Trip - up to 90 days
• Skydiving, Long Stay, Backpacker - 2 to 12 months
• Skydiving, Annual Multi-trip Insurance - 31 days any one trip
• Skydiving, Annual Multi-trip Insurance - 90 days any one trip

• Cover for skydiving is cover for medical emergency & repatriation and search & rescue costs. The relevant sections of the policy for full details are:
• Section (A) Emergency Medical & Repatriation;
• Section (S) Schedule of Activities;
• Section (T) Search & Rescue.
• Section (U) PARACHUTING, SKYDIVING, PARAGLIDING, HANG-GLIDING.
• This page summarises the main points on what is and what is not covered, and the main conditions for participation in skydiving. If your holiday plans for skydiving do not seem to be covered, please contact us by email to explain your requirements.

Skydiving - What is covered:

• Cover for Parachuting, Skydiving, Paragliding and Hang-gliding are no longer in High Risk category (5) in our Schedule of Activities, but are now (from 2009) in category 6, and are now covered under Section (U), with no cover for participating whilst in USA. Cover for participating elsewhere worldwide is now at additional premium. Cover continues to be for participation as an amateur, to amateur competition level, in safe conditions, with no time limit on participation.
• Medical & Repatriation costs : are costs incurred due to an accident or illness sustained abroad (outside your Home Country); it covers transport to a suitable hospital to receive necessary emergency medical treatment, and for being repatriated if necessary. Please read Section(A) of the policy for full details of Medical cover.
• Skydiving with travel insurance : This is a Travel Insurance policy, not activity top-up insurance, therefore the period of cover as per your certificate of insurance must be for the whole duration of a trip, not just the period of participating in skydiving. Insurance must be taken out prior to departure from your home country. Normal travel insurance applies when not participating in skydiving.
• Rescue costs : costs of transport to a suitable hospital are covered under Section (A) of the policy only when emergency medical treatment is needed.
• Search & Rescue costs : Section (T) of our policy provides limited but useful additional cover for other 'search & rescue' costs when provided by any recognised rescue service.

Skydiving - What is not covered :

• Participating whilst in USA is not covered.
• Personal Liability is not covered (that is you causing injury or damage) when skydiving; therefore, it is essential to have this type of cover from some other source, usually through your skydiving organisation.
• Personal Accident is not covered (compensation for death or permanent disablement), not to be confused with emergency medical costs which are covered.
• Skydiving Equipment
  

IMPORTANT CONDITIONS: Ensure that your dropzone area is properly organised and approved for skydiving by a local or national regulatory authority. And, before participating, check that your dropzone, or your parachute association, provides you with necessary Personal Liability cover for Skydiving, and that you have adequate cover for your equipment - with other insurers.
Wear all the recommended safety gear;

Ensure that weather conditions and official forecasts of conditions are suitable for 'safe and normal' participation, for your level of skydiving experience, throughout the whole sequence from take-off to landing. Do not take part if there are any doubts about that.

There is no time limit on participation, to amateur competition level.


Age Limits:
For Single Trip and Annual options, those aged under 66
Long Stay Backpacker is only for adults aged under 40.


UK Insurers: Groupama Insurance Company Limited - a member of the Association of British Insurers. The insurers and Etravelinsure Limited are authorised and regulated by the Financial Services Authority in the UK.

Skydiving travel insurance: This page is a summary of the cover provided. If you have any doubts about it, please contact us. Email is most appropriate for this.

Related airsport links:
Paragliding Holiday Insurance

Another option : TRAVEL MEDICAL INSURANCE IN US$

Etravelinsure.com has teamed up with leading United States Travel Medical Insurance provider, Seven Corners Inc. to offer you "Liaison® International" - Medical Insurance that covers you outside your Home Country.

Liaison® International 'Hazardous Sports' Coverage : For an additional 15%, cover can be extended to include non-competitive: hang gliding, paragliding, and parachuting (including skydiving), as well as snow skiing, snowmobiling, and snow boarding.

US Insurers : This insurance is a product of leading US Travel Medical Insurance provider Seven Corners Inc, Carmel, Indiana, USA, and the insurance is regulated in USA. Instant online cover is though our link with the sevencorners.com.



Insurance in US$ : Possibly a cost-effective option for UK and Irish residents, with several age-bands for this insurance - particularly if youth is on your side. A variable deductible (excess), from $0 to $2,500, can increase cover or reduce cover and cost. Higher costs apply for travel to USA as opposed to the rest of the world.

For example: Aged 19-29, 14 days visiting USA, Maximum Medical Cover $1m, with deductible $250, cost is $39.12 - with Hazardous Sports coverage.