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Skysurfing and your insurance
Skysurfing is parachuting with a board on your feet. For insurers it is pure air sport, and that appears in the exclusions on almost every policy.
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In brief
In skysurfing you jump from an aircraft with a board on your feet and steer during free fall as if on a surfboard. It is a discipline within parachuting, with a higher risk of an uncontrollable spin than an ordinary jump. Insurers draw no distinction: anything called air sport falls outside cover.
On travel, personal accident and often on life insurance policies too, air sports appears among the standard exclusions, usually in wording that leaves only travelling as a passenger on a scheduled flight. In practice, cover runs through the parachute centre or the parachuting federation, with limited sums insured and only during organised activities.
What is covered in skysurfing?
Distinguish three policies: travel, personal accident and life — they respond differently.
Personal accident cover
Acceptance is possible, but rarely without restriction.
- A surcharge or a lower sum insured
- Report your licence and the centre
- Competitions separately
Life insurance policy
Here too the sport counts on underwriting.
- Ask about high-risk sports
- Withholding information is risky
- Reassessment possible
What is covered
| Situation | Standard | With extension |
|---|---|---|
| A jump with a board at a recognised parachute centre | No | Provided that |
| Training or working towards a licence | No | Provided that |
| Taking part in a demonstration or competition | No | No |
| Medical expenses after a landing error | No | Provided that |
| Permanent disability after a hard landing | No | Provided that |
| Flying to the drop zone as a passenger | Yes | Yes |
What is actually covered is set out in the policy conditions and the insurance card (verzekeringskaart) that you receive in advance.
Where things go wrong in practice
Two points that weigh more heavily in air sports than in winter sports.
Air sport is the widest exclusion there is
In addition to off-piste mountain sports, diving below a stated depth and speed contests take out policies air sports in wide terms: parachuting, hang-gliding, paragliding and anything resembling them. Skysurfing falls under this without argument, even for a one-off supervised jump.
The exclusion affects your life insurance too
When taking out life or disability insurance you are asked about high-risk sports. If you answer incompletely, you breach the duty of disclosure under Article 7:928 of the Dutch Civil Code and payment can be reduced or refused (Article 7:930 of the Dutch Civil Code). Jumping outside the centre’s rules may also fall under Article 7:952 of the Dutch Civil Code fall.
What does your premium depend on?
- Risk class of the sport — air sport comes top
- Number of jumps per year — occasional or frequent
- Licence and experience — beginner or advanced
- Competitions and demonstrations — almost always excluded
- Type of policy — travel, personal accident or life
- Sums insured — especially for disability
Insurers weigh these details differently. That is why comparing pays off.
How we arrange it
- You request a quoteWe take stock of your situation, risk and wishes.
- We compareseveral insurers, on premium as well as conditions.
- You receive a proposalWith an explanation of the differences and the exclusions.
- We arrange the switchIncluding cancellation, so there is no gap in cover.
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Frequently asked questions
The questions we are asked most often about this.
Does skysurfing fall under my travel insurance?
No. Air sport is excluded on almost every travel policy, even for a one-off jump. Travel, accommodation and baggage do remain covered; only the consequences of the jump do not.
Can I insure it anywhere?
Sometimes on a personal accident policy, with an additional premium or a lower sum insured for disability. The parachute centre or the parachuting federation also usually has collective cover during jumping activities.
Do I have to report this to my life insurer?
Yes. The health declaration asks about high-risk sports. Withholding this can cost your dependants their payment under Article 7:930 of the Dutch Civil Code. Reporting it usually leads to an additional premium, not a refusal.
Am I insured during the flight to the drop zone?
As a passenger you are covered as normal up to the moment you jump. Some policies limit that to aircraft with a valid certificate of airworthiness; check that wording in advance.
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