Short-Term and Annual Travel Insurance for Special Sports

Are you looking for short-term or annual travel insurance for special sports? Allianz Global Assistance offers you several options. You can easily insure extreme, adventure, and special sports here at the most favorable premium and excellent conditions!

With the annual travel insurance that includes coverage for special sports and winter sports, you can also choose the extra extensive ‘Sports Equipment Coverage’. Additionally, you can insure ‘Accidents in Special Sports’.

What are special sports?

Special sports are sports that carry more than a normal risk, such as hunting, mountain climbing, rock climbing, abseiling, caving, bungee jumping, kite surfing, skydiving, paragliding, hang gliding, ultralight flying, and gliding. Winter sports also fall under special sports.

Note! Recreational diving, cross-country skiing, ice skating, and sledding are automatically covered in a travel insurance policy from Allianz Global Assistance. No extra coverage for ‘Winter Sports and Special Sports’ is required.

Who is Allianz Global Assistance?

Allianz Global Assistance, with 16,000 employees, is the world’s largest assistance and travel insurance provider. The Dutch branch of Allianz Global Assistance is located in Amsterdam. In the Netherlands, they provide medical assistance to over 1.5 million Dutch people and breakdown and accident assistance for over 2.5 million cars.

Special sports are not automatically insured

Do you already have (annual) travel insurance with another insurer? Check your policy terms first. This will tell you which activities are covered and which are not. You may need additional coverage. Always check your policy if you plan to do sports during your vacation or trip. Dangerous sports almost always need to be insured separately, so keep that in mind if you already have annual travel insurance or are taking out travel insurance.

Current travel insurance does not cover special sports?

Does your current annual travel insurance not cover special sports? Then you can insure this risk through Allianz Global Assistance, for example with a short-term travel insurance with sports coverage. You must take out this insurance for the entire holiday, including the days you do not plan to do sports. It may be cheaper to cancel your current annual travel insurance and take out a new annual travel insurance with sports coverage with Allianz Global Assistance.

Short-Term and Annual Travel Insurance for Special Sports

Are you going rafting, abseiling, or caving, for example? Allianz Global Assistance offers you the following options for travel insurance with coverage for special sports:

Do you occasionally do sports within Europe?

Then the Adventure & Survival Insurance is the most suitable. This short-term travel insurance includes liability, accidents, and medical expenses (not suitable for winter sports).

Adventure & Survival Insurance

This special travel insurance for extreme sports, among others, is cheaper and provides better coverage than a normal travel insurance with sports coverage. It offers extensive coverage for your sports equipment, standard travel accident coverage, and even liability coverage.

The premium is very favorable at just €1.80 per day, you are insured throughout Europe. This includes SOS costs (search, rescue, repatriation, and assistance), medical expenses, accidents, and liability!

An Adventure & Survival Insurance is better suited if you plan to do sports during your vacation. Additionally, a normal standard travel insurance does not provide sufficient coverage for special sports that carry more risks such as winter sports, air sports, mountain sports, and water sports.

You can also opt for a (short-term or annual) travel insurance with extra sports coverage. But then you are not yet insured for accident coverage and liability. With an Adventure & Survival Insurance, you take no risks while doing sports. This insurance is also suitable for extreme and dangerous sports and covers, among other things:

• SOS costs;
• rescue costs;
• repatriation;
• replacement transportation and accommodation;
• damage, loss, or theft of luggage;
• accident coverage;
• medical expenses;
• liability coverage for the participant(s).

The insurance is specially designed for people who engage in special sports during their holiday in Europe. Think of activities such as skydiving, mountain climbing, rafting, abseiling, and hang gliding. But this travel insurance is also suitable for adults and children who go to a survival camp or have booked an outdoor weekend.

Why choose short-term travel insurance?

Take out short-term travel insurance from Allianz Global Assistance online now, and you can go on vacation worry-free. You get assistance in case of unexpected events and avoid high costs. The following situations, among others, are covered:

• You need to cut your trip short due to illness of yourself, your travel companion, or a family member.
• Your luggage is lost during the trip.
• You get lost during a hike and need to be rescued.
• You are admitted to a hospital abroad.
• You are involved in an accident abroad and need legal assistance.
• You cannot return home due to strikes at your destination and therefore incur additional costs.

Allianz Global Assistance: Choose your coverages online

You can easily customize a short-term travel insurance from Allianz Global Assistance online. You can choose from:

• Europe or worldwide coverage
• Travel accidents
• Medical expenses
• Money and travelers’ checks
• Automobile assistance insurance
• Winter sports/special (winter) sports
• Cancellation insurance

Europe or worldwide coverage?

First, choose your coverage area. You have the choice of:

• Europe coverage (including countries around the Mediterranean)*
• Worldwide coverage excluding the United States and Canada
• Worldwide coverage including the United States and Canada

*Europe coverage applies to the following countries: Albania, Algeria, Andorra, Azores, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Canary Islands, Corsica, Cyprus, Denmark, Germany, Egypt, England, Estonia, Finland, France, Fuerteventura, Georgia, Gibraltar, Gran Canaria, Greece, Great Britain, Guernsey, Hungary, Ireland, Iceland, Israel, Italy, Jersey, Channel Islands (British), Crete, Croatia, Latvia, Lebanon, Libya, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Madeira, Mallorca, Malta, Morocco, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, Netherlands, Norway, Ukraine, Austria, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia (European part), San Marino, Scotland, Serbia, Slovenia, Slovakia, Spain, Syria, Tenerife, Czech Republic, Tunisia, Turkey, Vatican City, Wales, Belarus, Sweden, and Switzerland.

Basic coverage of short-term travel insurance

The basic coverage includes the following:

• Travel baggage: Loss/theft of valuables, items, or travel documents (total up to €4,000).
• S.O.S. assistance: Covers necessary (return) travel and accommodation costs due to accident/illness/death of yourself or family.
• Accident coverage

Accident coverage
This coverage provides a payout in the event of an accident. Insured amounts are:

• Death: €25,000
• Permanent disability: Up to €75,000

Medical expenses coverage

Do you want to be insured abroad for the costs of doctors, hospitals, and private clinics? Choose this coverage. Insured amounts are:

• Doctors and hospital costs abroad: Reimbursement of the actual cost.
• Deductible per person: None
• Follow-up treatment costs in the Netherlands: €1,000

Tip: We always advise adding Medical expenses coverage. Your health insurance does not always cover all medical costs abroad. Are you going on a winter sports holiday? Health insurers do not always cover the costs of transport by “banana” or helicopter to the nearest hospital. With the Medical expenses and Winter sports coverages, you are insured for this.