Planning an oversea's kiting holiday, and was wondering if there's an international insurance cover for public indeminity. Any ideas?
I guess there are other options, but the IKO offers kiteboarder insurance, damn high deductible though. 
(Gettin' ripped there!)
The IKO insurance covers you during your private practice. It covers Bodily injury or Property damage caused by a member while participating in the sport of Kiteboarding, Snowkiting or Powerkiting.
It covers $1.000.000 Bodily Injury and Property Damage per Occurrence, $1.000 Deductible for General Liability and $10.000 / 25.000 for Accident / Medical.
89 US / 68 Euros including USA/Canada (excluding local taxes).
65 US / 49 Euros excluding USA/Canada (excluding local taxes).http://www.ikointl.com/kiteboarder-insurance.php
If you look at many of the travel insurance policies available, you can get an "extreme sport" cover option, if you look at the list of sports covered, kitesurfing usually is in the list. I used to have an annual multi-trip policy in the UK that covered me for snowboarding on and off-piste, kitesurfing, sailing etc for both liability and injury. The deductible is lower than the IKO policy, thats for sure!
Has anyone ever had to claim against either of those?
Even car insurance has "cheaper options", but cost (up or down) does not necessarily relate to their willingness to pay up when you claim
AKSA insurance wil cover you abroad... except the US and Canada.
"The policy covers members whilst kiting overseas (excluding USA & Canada) when kiting in accordance with the Safe Kiting Guidelines and membership agreement. As is normal for these policies, Australian Jurisdiction applies meaning that should an incident occur and someone wants to take action against a member of AKSA, the case would be heard by an Australian court"
Further info here http://www.nswkba.com.au/Default.aspx?pageId=342642
It's hard enough getting insurance companies to pay up after car accident or if your house has been burgled when YOU'RE IN THE RIGHT! Buckley's of a payout after a "Kiting Accident"! I'd be very wary of paying insurance to any organisation who claim they can cover you for your participation in an extreme sport. There's way too much red tape and fine print that insurance companies could use in this case to get out of a potential payout and don't think for one moment that they wouldn't try every trick in the book!!.......you'd be just throwing away your cash for FALSE peace of mind.
I used these guys www.worldnomads.com for travel insurance while kiting in Europe.
I'm with Tbaggn I would love to know if anyone has been able to make a claim in any of the above mentioned.
