What Is Community or Event Participant Accident Insurance?

What Is Community or Event Participant Accident Insurance?

Community or Event Participant Accident Insurance is designed to meet the special insurance needs of a variety of groups, including those in under-served industries. Because a group’s special events and activities are not typically covered under standard accident policies, Community or Event Participant Accident Insurance is available to help organizations and communities tailor coverage to their specific needs.

Community or Event Participant Accident Insurance can be designed to cover a specific event or all of a group’s activities during the year. It helps provide coverage for each participant in the event of an accident. For example, if a volunteer community group is putting on a hayride to raise money; Community or Event Participant Accident Insurance could be used to cover group members and participants of the hayride. Or, if a scout group is hosting an event where its members and their families are racing soapbox derby cars, Community or Event Participant Accident Insurance can help cover them as well.

Specifically, Community or Event Participant Accident Insurance helps cover the medical costs that are associated with injuries, illnesses or even deaths that occur as the result of an accident at a covered community or group event. For example, if someone falls off the tractor during the hayride and breaks a leg, or cuts themselves while racing in a soap box derby, Community or Event Participant Accident Insurance from could help cover the costs of medical care and treatment of those injuries.

The Community or Event Participant Accident Insurance program is intended for the unusual types of risks that are not covered under one of our regular organization policies, such as our insurance for:

  • Campers
  • Sports Teams
  • Group Trips (Tripster)
  • Volunteer Firefighters
  • Preschool & Daycare
  • Private & Charter Schools

What Activities Are Covered by Community/Event Participant Accident Insurance?

It’s difficult to list all of the possible events that every community group could host. That’s why organizations can tailor Community or Event Participant Accident Insurance coverage to meet the particular needs of their group.

This flexibility of Community or Event Participant Accident Insurance coverage helps ensure that community groups and organizations are able to host and participate in a broad range of activities that their members will enjoy. Generally, members and supervisors are covered while participating in or supervising covered events and activities sponsored by the organization. Individual travel coverage to and from the activities may also be included at an additional charge.

Community or Event Participant Accident Insurance program is ideal for but not limited to these events:

  • Fairs
  • Parades or Parade Units
  • Pageants
  • Civic and Community Clubs
  • Dance/Art/Music Clubs
  • Tripsters
  • Parent/Teacher Association (PTS)
  • Non-employer related groups
  • Volunteer workers for schools, churches, hospitals, athletic camps and community celebrations

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Source: https://www.thehartford.com/group-benefits-producers/community-group-event-participant-accident-insurance

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