British Orienteering has just renewed its insurance Policy through Howdens. There is one big change which clubs should take note.
In the past, there was no Third-Party Liability Insurance in place for those non-members that hadtaken part in more than three activities/competitions. We recognised that this was an unsatisfactoryarrangement and extremely hard to police. 17% of the competitive runs in the sport are by nonmembers.
The Board have agreed with the insurers to cover non-members for all activities/competitions from 1st January 2020. Therefore, the limit of 3 activities/competitions will no longer apply. This has come at significant cost and as part of the Strategic Refresh (see below) we will be looking at this as part of
the membership review.
So hopefully can all remove this and similar paragraphs on event details and club web pages which no doubt has inadvertently put many people off.
Insurance: Please note that if you have participated in three orienteering events/activities and not joined an orienteering club that is a member of British Orienteering then you are not covered by our public liability insurance.