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Insurance for England Hockey coaches

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  • England Hockey recommends that all coaches, whether you are a lead coach, coach or a helper, to have the required specialist insurance on the role you play to protect yourself.
  • Whereas the Club Membership provide an element of cover for helpers within clubs, England's Hockey Coach membership provides greater cover for coaches and lead coaches who lead the delivery of coaching sessions and programmes independently in any environment.
  • We strongly recommend that coaches take out England Hockey Coaches membership for access to better tools, resources and discounts for their development.
  • As part of Coach membership as well as Public Liability, Professional Indemnity and Personal Accident insurance, you have access to a Legal Expenses policy which provides cover for legal representation and defence costs including, but not limited to, interview under caution, safeguarding hearings and appeals, and disciplinary hearings.  24/7 access is also provided to an Advice Line and Stress Counselling. Please refer to the schedule and policy document in the Useful Downloads section.
Lead Coach 
  • Definition
    A person who has responsibility for the session / programme over a period of time and is supporting other coaches / helpers 
  • Cover required/included
    • Public Liability £10m 
    • Professional Indemnity £10m 
    • Legal Expenses 
    • Personal Accident 
  • Where to get cover
    Coach membership
Coach 
  • Definition 
    A person who coaches a specific group or team, may sometime coach independently and sometimes under the guidance of the lead coach.
  • Cover required/included
    • Public Liability £10m
    • Professional Indemnity £10m
    • Legal Expenses
    • Personal Accident
  • Where to get cover 
    Coach Membership
Helper 
  • Definition 
    A person who helps deliver some aspects of a coaching session under supervision. This could be a parent, younger leader, etc.
  • Cover required/included
    • Public Liability £10m
    • Professional Indemnity £10m
  • Where to get cover
    Club Membership, providing the club has selected it.

As part of your coaching membership you automatically receive the benefit of the Combined Liability insurance, you also receive Personal Accident benefits. To understand what this covers, and to see the main terms and conditions that apply, please make sure you refer to the Evidence of Cover and Insurers documentation which can be found in the downloads section below.

The policies run annually from 1st September – 31st August (both days inclusive)

The policies' limits are as follows:

  • Public Liability – £10,000,000 any one claim or series of claims arising from one Occurrence including costs and expenses and limited in the aggregate in respect of the Products Extension. 
  • Professional Indemnity – £10,000,000 any one claim or series of claims arising from one Occurrence including costs and expenses and limited in the aggregate. 
  • Personal Accident – Please refer to the insurers schedule and policy wording available to download below .
  • Legal Expenses – up to £50,000 – Please refer to the Markel Legal Expenses Policy Schedule available to download below.

Frequently Asked Questions

How to make a claim

All incidents that could give rise to a claim must be reported reported at your earliest opportunity.

Find out what you need to do.

Get in touch

Please do not hesitate to contact us should you have a query regarding the England Hockey insurance.