Where can I get freediving liability insurance?

[kevtron]

I recently was certified as an AIDA pool instructor (I'll finish off the open water stuff soon), and need to get liability insurance in order to complete the requirements for my cert with AIDA.

I was going to go with divermasterinsurance.com, since they actually also know what freediving is, and how to insure it, but when I went to check out I got a popup saying: "this policy is not available to you if you are a citizen of the USA or Canada, their territories or possessions," which I am.

So I went to diversalertnetwork.org, which doesn't have a clear link for liability, but I started clicking around just to see what I could find (they don't seem to know freediving well anyway), and immediately was asked "in which country do you reside: USA or Canada," which is neither for me. I live in Korea.

Any suggestions on where an expat American can get good liability freediver insurance as an instructor?

 

[vali]

have you tryed with DAN ??

 

[Rik]

Both DAN in the United States as DAN Europe do medical research with freediving. I am not sure about DAN Asia Pacific, but they might be familiar with it since there is a lot of freediving going on in their region.

Their website: DAN Divers Alert Network Asia-Pacific - Your Dive Safety Association

 

[rovanpera]

I think DAN Asia Pacific doesn't offer a pro insurance. DAN Europe offers them.

 

[kevtron]

Well I've now been in touch with people at DAN USA, Asia, and Europe, and none are able to provide me with professional liability insurance as an American living in Korea.

This is proving surprisingly difficult.

Rovanpera: If you're teaching in the Philippines you must have liability. Where do you get yours from? Though if you're European you might be able to get it from them. I can't

Any other suggestions?

 

[rovanpera]

Mine is from Dan Europe.

 

[friv11com]

Well I've now been in touch with people at DAN USA, Asia, and Europe, and none are able to provide me with professional liability insurance as an American living in Korea.

 

[kevtron]

Yep. That's the problem that I ran into as well also contacting all of them, and more. It's really hard to get it here. Also, Korea doesn't legally require liability for instructors. AIDA still does, but Korea doesn't. I ended up going with DAN's basic insurance, which at least has me covered. The best thing that I can do is to require that students have their own dive insurance.

friv11 - do you live in Korea as well? I see your location as Vietnam, but you said 'me... as an American living in Korea.' Or were you just checking for me?

 

[Buddy Ignacio]

Are you doing it as a professional? If yes, I prefer going to https://www.easycover.ca they are a professional liability insurance agency,their rates are quite affordable and their service is amazing check it out.