Ski Travel Insurance
Get Ski Travel Insurance Before You Hit the Slopes
Planning to indulge in some winter sports? Add ski insurance cover to your policy. With a little extra protection, you’ll be able to enjoy your time on the slopes much more. And if something happens to side-line you—whether an injury, bad weather, or loss or theft of your ski equipment, we’ll be there to help. Plus, you’re also covered for snowmobiling and snowboarding!
Professionals and daredevils note: your ski travel insurance will not cover you if you are racing, skiing off-piste, or skiing in a professional capacity.
Get a travel insurance quote for your ski holiday today.
Travel Insurance for other sports and activities
What’s that you say? You want to participate in different sports during your holiday. You’re in luck! We provide cover for an absolutely huge range of activities at no extra cost--from archery to wrestling and LOTS in between (anyone up for dog sledding or tuk-tuk?). See below for a full list of covered sports.
Be sure to review your policy so that you understand the details of your cover. Also, please note that sporting activities in a professional capacity, racing other than on foot and damage sustained to sporting equipment whilst in use are not covered. (Surfboards or waterborne crafts are covered if lost, stolen or damaged whilst in the custody of the transport provider.)
If you have questions, or if the activity you’re looking for is not on the list below, please contact us at (0800) 500 225.
Covered activities
Exclusions apply in some cases. Please review the full travel insurance policy wording for full details of the cover provided.
- Abseiling
- Archery
- Black Water Rafting/Cave Tubing: Covered if you are just participating for one or two hours with an organized, guided tour.
- Bungee Jumping
- Canyoning
- Caving: Covered if just participating for one or two hours with an organized, guided tour.
- Dancing
- Dog Sledding: Covered if just participating for one or two hours with an organized, guided tour.
- Fencing: Covered, provided you are wearing standard protective clothing.
- Fishing, Including Game Fishing and Sport Fishing—Covered, provided you are not fishing in international waters.
- Football
- Flying Fox
- Glacier Walking: Covered, if you are just participating for one or two hours with an organised guided tour.
- Horse Riding: Covered, only whilst leisure riding such as on a trail or through a stable. No cover for racing, hunting or polo playing.
- Hot Air Balooning
- Hydro Speed
- Ice Fishing: Covered, if you are just participating for one or two hours with an organized, guided tour.
- Ice Hockey
- Jet Boating: Covered, provided you are not racing/competing.
- Jet Skiing: Covered, provided you are not racing/competing.
- Kayaking: Covered, provided you are not travelling in international waters (e.g. kayaking from one country to another country).
- Kite Surfing
- Mountain Biking: Covered if you are wearing a helmet. Not covered for racing/competing.
- Paragliding
- Parachuting
- Parasailing
- Sailing: Covered, provided you are not travelling in international waters in a private sailing vessel or a privately registered vessel
- Sea Kayaking: Covered, provided you are not travelling in international waters (e.g. kayaking from one country to another country)
- Scuba Diving: Covered, provided that you hold an Open Water Diving Certificate or are diving with a qualified diving instructor.
- Sky Diving
- Snorkelling
- Surfing: The surfboard itself is not covered unless lost, stolen or damaged whilst in the custody of a Transport provider
- Tobogganing.
- Trekking: A journey on foot, especially in the mountains. Covered, provided you are not using ropes or other mountaineering equipment (which would become mountaineering/rock climbing).
- Tuk-tuk: A three-wheeled motor vehicle used as a taxi in Asia. Covered, provided it is being used as a mode of public transport and not driven by the insured.
- Wake Boarding: A buoyant board (resembling a surfboard) that is used to ride over water while being pulled behind a motorboat.
- Water Skiing
- White Water Rafting
- Windsurfing
- Wrestling
