USPA Temp memberships & traveling skydivers

[tkhayes 348]

Always comes up each year. We are trying to keep a list of what countries and what organizations offer their members some form of insurance while they are skydiving in the USA. Otherwise we generally ask them to buy USPA temp membership insurance.

What does your country do for insurance? Are you covered abroad? Send me what details you can, your country's organization contact info or the policy if you have one so we can compile a list of countries for our winter season.

ie.e Canadians with a CSPA membership, who reside in Canada are covered here in the USA.

thanks for any info
TK Hayes

[Remster 30]

And before assuming that your contry's insurance covers you in the US, make sure to check... some have exclusions just for the US.

Remster

[dterrick 0]

Heya TK!

I'll quote from the CSPA insurance card thatcomes with membership:

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The holder of this card is insured for two million dollars against liability for third party bodily injury and property damage during the vadis period of this card providingthe parachute jumps are carried out within the confines of the rules and recommendations of the CSPA. The insurance coverage is valid worldwide to members normally resident in Canada

(bold added by me)

On our CoP cards there is a list of 'permitted' activities and ratings that would go along with the above statement. Notable comments:

- B and higher license holders pull at a min of 2200 - not 2500

- some form of helmet is mandatory unless a D CoP AND waived by DZO.

- Once a B is achieved, there is no restriction on any daytime in-air activity (ie size of formation or style of jump) . Night and water jumps require an endorsement - typically the endorsement is nothing more than an approved signature in a logbook somewhere.

Essentially, a B has the same priveledge and standards as your present D holder except for night, water, and demo jumps of any kind. Demo ratings (called an EJR) requires a C license, a separete rating card, and 400 jumps.

Effectively, unless they are busting a lot of rules, "a single Canadian" has more coverage than all the USPA members at a DZ combined. Please, PLEASE don't take that as an invite to claim against us - we're "nice", we're generally "safe" and the reason we can maintain this coverage is because we don't really ever use it!!


Dave

PS: official particulars can be obtained from enquiry to www.cspa.ca in either English or French.

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[Jimbo 0]

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Effectively, unless they are busting a lot of rules, "a single Canadian" has more coverage than all the USPA members at a DZ combined.

That's because your money looks funny and is worth less.

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Jim

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[skymedic 0]

TK...what are you going to do if USPA drops insurance for us this next meeting? After talking to Gary Peek the other day...I am rather nervous about this issue....

Marc
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