Protect yourself further against more adventurous hobbies and pastimes.
We understand how important it is for you to be covered, and your hobbies shouldn’t stop you from getting the protection you need.
Our Income Protection and Accident Only Income Protection includes cover for some leisure activities as standard. But we also offer you the option to pay extra to cover an enhanced list of what we call ‘Hazardous Pursuits’.
Hobbies and pastimes categorised as hazardous pursuits include activities such as Bouldering and Motor Sports. You can view the full list below.
This list details which pursuits we cover as standard, and the enhanced list which is covered as part of our hazardous pursuits add-on. The list applies only where the pursuit is participated in at an amateur level.
| Pursuit | Standard list for no additional premium | Enhanced list for additional premium |
|---|---|---|
| Athletics (track and field) | All aspects covered. | Covered in our standard list. |
| Aviation sports | Not covered. | Ballooning, gliding, paragliding (powered and non-powered), hang gliding, parachuting, skydiving, micro-lighting, private flying (aeroplane or helicopter). |
| Ball games | Football, cricket, squash, badminton, tennis, hockey, volleyball. | Rugby (league or union), American football, Gaelic football. |
| Cycling (non-powered) | Road cycling, track cycling. | BMX racing/freestyle, mountain biking/off-road cycling |
| Dancing and gymnastics | Aerobics, dancing. | Acrobatics, gymnastics. |
| Diving sports | Leisure diving only under 30 metres. No diving deeper than 30 metres nor any wreck, enriched air, free diving, cave, ice or solo diving. | Leisure diving up to 50 metres, wreck diving, enriched air diving, cave diving, ice diving. |
| Equestrian sports | Recreational riding, dressage, vaulting, horse/combined driving. | Jumping, eventing, polo, hunting, endurance riding. |
| Martial arts | Karate, wrestling, Ju-jitsu, Aikido, Kung Fu, Taekwon-do, judo. | Boxing, kick boxing, MMA, Thai boxing, Krav Maga. |
| Motor car racing | Indoor karting, trial (off-road), navigation rallies, auto-slalom/autocross, track days. | Outdoor karting, grass karting, drifting, sports car, saloon car or truck racing, autograss racing. |
| Mountaineering | Bouldering, indoor climbing, hiking, walking, scrambling. | Mountaineering up to 5,000 metres (alpine climbing, ice climbing, rock climbing, traditional mountaineering), caving (group only), potholing (group only). |
| Skating | Roller/in-line skating, roller derby, skate boarding, Nordic blading, cross skating, roller skiing. | Dirt boarding, grass boarding, mountain boarding, off-road skating, speed skating, wind skating. |
| Strength and fitness training | Body-building, weight training, weightlifting, power lifting. | Covered in our standard list. |
| Water sports | Motor boating (inshore), sailing (inshore), jet ski, personal water craft, water scooter, fly-boarding (pleasure only), canoeing, rowing, windsurfing, wave surfing, kayaking (rapid class <3), swimming, water polo, river hovercraft. | Sailing (offshore) boat size under 15 metres, kayaking (rapid class 4), kite surfing, wake boarding, white water river hovercraft. |
| Winter sports | On-piste skiing, snow boarding, cross-country skiing, Nordic skiing, snow-shoeing, sledding, snow tubing, ice skating, toboggan, ice hockey. | Ski tours, snowboard tours, off-piste skiing/snowboarding, free-riding, speed skating, Cresta run, skeleton, luge, bob-sledding, ski-jumping, ice yachting. |
Our hazardous pursuits add-on is available for new and existing members with an Income Protection or Accident Only Income Protection policy.
Find out more about them here:
If there’s anything else you want to know or you’d like to talk through your options, please give us a call on 0333 014 6244 and we’ll be happy to help.
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