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Martial arts clubs and associations insurance

Martial Guard cover for martial arts clubs and associations, including their members and instructors.

  • Worldwide Public Liability Territorial limit

  • £1,000,000 abuse cover for martial arts clubs

  • Option to add Directors and Officers cover

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Why choose martial arts clubs and associations insurance with Everywhen?

Worldwide cover

With a worldwide territorial limit for public liability, our Martial Guard policy provides flexible cover – no matter where you are when you need it.

Liability cover

Tailor our 12 month liability policy to your clubs’ needs, thanks to flexible options.

Legal protection for your martial arts club

Share your passion for martial arts with peace of mind, thanks to a range of legal protection options should someone take out a claim against your club or association.

Range of martial arts insurance indemnity limits

To suit the needs of your martial arts association.

What does martial arts clubs and associations insurance cover?

Public liability cover for martial arts clubs and associations

We offer a 12-month public liability cover policy for martial arts clubs and associations, flexible to your needs. Options include, cover for  tournaments and events, employers' liability with a £10 million indemnity limit, directors' and officers' liability with indemnity limit options, personal accident cover and specialist travel cover (with one-off trip and annual cover options).

*This forms part of the group public and products liability policy and provides cover for one member to another member for negligent injury. This is not a form of personal accident insurance. Excess of £250 applicable.

Our Martial Guard policy options also include contractual liability and cloakroom liability (up to £150 for any one item and up to £1000 for any one period of insurance)

Please note we cannot provide cover for the following: if your club acquires another club (automatic acquisitions), advertising injury, libel and slander. Please check your policy documents for full details of exclusions of cover.

Martial arts instructor insurance

Our Martial Guard Instructor policy is designed to cover the main liability insurance needs of a martial arts instructor. This includes public and products liability, as well as a 24-hour personal accident cover option, with weekly benefits of up to £500, broken bones cover and up to 10 physiotherapy sessions. Cover is on a ‘claims occurrence’ basis, meaning you are protected for incidents during your policy, even if the claim is made at a later date.

Legal cover

This insures your legal liability to pay compensation to members of the public, or club or association members, if they are injured or their property is damaged as a result of an accident caused by you or your products, or your employees or members while acting on your behalf.

Our Martial Guard martial arts policy includes court attendance compensation (up to £500 for a director and up to £200 for an employee), cover for manslaughter defence costs up to £5,000,000 (for any one period of insurance), and legal defence costs under the Health and Safety at Work Act. Cover is provided for the above in connection with the defence of any valid claim, including your representation at any coroner’s inquest, fatal accident enquiry or certain criminal proceedings.

Cover extends to include legal costs and expenses incurred with our consent and costs of the prosecution against you in connection with the defence of any criminal proceedings brought under the Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act 2007 in respect of any fatal injury. Cover is limited to £5M or the amount stated in the policy schedule whichever is the lower. One claims or series of claims arising out of one occurrence.

Exclusions include:

  • Injury to any employee

  • Loss of or damage to property belonging to you or in your charge or control except premises occupied by you for temporary work

  • Liability for loss or damage to goods sold, supplied, delivered, installed or erected or the cost of recalling or refunding a defective product or replacing, repairing or reinstating faulty work

  • Liability arising out of ownership, possession or use of any mechanically propelled vehicle or attached trailer where motor insurance is required by law (other than for loading/unloading) or any water craft or aircraft

  • Liability arising out of error or omission in any advice, design, formula, specification, inspection, certification or testing performed for a fee

In respect of injury, loss or damage arising from products:

  • Liability which attaches solely under the terms of an agreement

  • Installed or incorporated in aircraft or spacecraft

  • Claims made in any country outside the European Union if you have premises or representation in that country

Injury, loss or damage arising from products exported to the USA or Canada.

Tailored cover for martial arts

Our team has over 30 years' experience providing insurance solutions to martial arts instructors, clubs and associations. This expertise allows us to understand and identify the particular risks to which you are exposed and provide a wide range of policies that can be tailored to your needs. For details of the terms, exclusions and conditions applicable, please refer to the full policy documentation provided during the quotation process.

Dojo insurance

We have many years' experience providing cover for dojos and can offer a comprehensive package of cover for your martial arts premises, including buildings, contents, business interruption, money and glass. If you are interested, please complete this Dojo contents enquiry form for a quotation and return it to us.

Worldwide cover 

With a worldwide territorial limit for public liability, our Martial Guard policy provides flexible cover – no matter where you are when you need it. This insures your legal liability to pay compensation to members of the public, or club or association members, if they are injured or their property is damaged as a result of an accident caused by you or your products, or your employees or members while acting on your behalf while on a journey or visit in connection with club or association activities.

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How do martial arts clubs and associations insurance claims work?

When you need to make a claim, we'll guide you through the process and get your claim settled as quickly as possible.

  • Find your insurance documents and make sure you have all your information at hand, including your policy number.

  • Call the claims team on 0344 893 9500 and explain exactly what happened.

  • Provide photos if requested to help us understand what happened as quickly as we can.

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Martial arts clubs and associations insurance FAQs

Wondering about something? Don't worry, Everywhen is here to help. We've put together some common questions about martial arts clubs and associations insurance cover to support you every step of the way.

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No, our martial arts policies do not cover professional competitions.

All applicants must be over 18 years of age and have either a black belt or a teaching qualification. They must also be connected to a club or association.

This forms part of the group public and products liability policy and provides cover for one member to another member for negligent injury. This is not a form of personal accident insurance.

All disciplines and weapons that we cannot provide cover for are listed below:

  • Bajujitsu

  • Cage Fighting

  • Chin Na

  • Dim Mak

  • Disciplines using pressure points

  • Jobajitsu

  • Kalari

  • Kalaripayattu

  • Kyusho

  • Kyusho Ju Jitsu

  • Mixed martial arts including competitions

  • Musti Yudha

  • No connection to martial arts

  • Payattu

  • Shootfighting

  • Subajutsu

  • Thoda

  • Vajra Mushti

Declined weapons:

  • Japanese bows

  • Japanese long blow and arrows

  • Live bladed weapons

  • Shurieken

Group public liability provides indemnity for your legal liability for damages, including claimant legal costs arising out of accidental injury to any person (other than employees), accidental loss or damage to third party property, nuisance and trespass and member to member indemnity.

Instructor public and products liability provides a personal indemnity to an Instructor for liability arising from their instruction, demonstration or supervision of martial arts activity, including legal defense costs.

Yes, provided that a senior instructor can vouch for their experience.

We will cover activities which are described on your statement of fact.

Yes, the cover is personal to you as an instructor, but you have to be attached to an organisation.

You can login into your account using your username and password and access all of your policy documents free of charge, including your instructor liability certificate. If you require a password reset to your account please contact us.

Personal Accident cover provides a benefit (subject to the policy terms) if a member is injured whilst participating in Martial Arts regardless of negligence. Liability cover is an indemnity for Legal Liability.

For competitions/events organised by an Association/Club which is open for non-members to take part, the organising Association/Club is required to extend their cover for the duration of the competition/event. We will require the date, venue name, limit of indemnity and payment before cover can be issued.

The minimum age is 4 years, while the maximum age is 70 years. The maximum age will only apply to the Personal Accident policy.

It applies to members over 16 years of age only, unless the junior member is hospitalised. Benefit will be paid to the junior member for the period of the hospitalisation. The two-week excess period will apply.

The two week excess period is the amount of time you have to be out of work due to an insurable event before a claim can be made.

Yes, the policies are Worldwide, but exclude the USA and Canada in respect of Products Liability Cover, though cover only applies to UK domiciled persons.

Contact the Allianz claims service on 0344 893 9500 or write to them at:

Allianz Claims
PO Box 10509
51 Saffron Road
Wigston
LE18 9FP

Dojo/contents

We can tailor a package of All Risks cover for your Dojo. The policy can include cover for the buildings, contents, business interruption, money and glass.

Description of activities

Your insurer covers only those activities which you have declared on your Statement of Fact. You must advise us of all activities in which you participate or any additional ones you wish to include to ensure that adequate cover is effective.

Health and safety

It is important that all adequate and appropriate safety measures have been put into place to ensure accidents are avoided.

Risk director

Please contact Everywhen Insurance for more details.

Membership records

In the event of a claim, you may be called upon to confirm membership. Please ensure that you keep a record of all members past and present.

Insurers reserve the right to examine membership records. You must ensure that all accidents are recorded for reference in the event of a claim.

If you prefer to spread the cost of your annual premium, we offer a quick and easy direct debit scheme. When you choose to pay premiums in instalments, you will be paying under a Premium Finance plan. We will give you full details of the finance provider, and the additional cost of finance, when we provide you with your payment plan quotation. This will include the total payable, the number of monthly instalments and the cost of each, as well as the representative APR.