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Travel Insurance Glossary

Hazardous Activities

Hazardous Activities - Grade 1 - No Additional Charge

Archery (amateur)
Badminton (amateur)
Baseball (amateur)
Basketball (amateur)
Beach games
Bungee jump (1)
Camel / Elephant Riding
Canoeing (Up to Grade 3)
Clay pigeon shooting
Cricket (amateur)
Cycling (Other than specified)
Dinghy sailing
Fell walking
Fencing
Fishing
Football (amateur)
GAA Football (amateur)
Golf (amateur)
Hiking (under 2,000 metres altitude)
Hockey (amateur)
Horse riding (up to 7 days)
Jet boating
Jet ski-ing
Jogging
Manual Work (Bar and restaurant, waitress, waiter, chalet maids, au pair/ nanny and Occasional light manual work including retail work and fruit picking but excluding the use of power tools and machinery)
Marathon running (amateur)
Motorcycling up to 50cc (wearing a crash helmet – no racing)
Netball (amateur), Non manual work (Including professional administrative or clerical duties only.)
Orienteering
Outwardbound pursuits
Paintballing
Parascending / Parasailing (over water)
Pony trekking
Racquetball
Rambling (under 2,000 metres altitude)
River canoeing up to Grade 3
Roller skating
Roller blading
Rounders
Rowing
Running-sprint/long distance (amateur)
Safari (UK organised)
Sail boarding
Sailing within territorial waters
Scuba diving* down to 30 metres if qualified and not diving alone or accompanied by a qualified instructor (see notes below)
Skate boarding
Snorkelling
Squash (amateur)
Surfing (amateur, under 14 days)
Tennis (amateur)
Tour operator safari
Track events
Trekking (under 2,000 metres altitude)
Volleyball (amateur)
War games
Water polo (amateur)
Water ski-ing (amateur)
Windsurfing (amateur)
Yachting (racing/crewing inside territorial waters)

*Scuba diving - scuba diving to the following depths. Provided You are diving under the direction of an accredited dive marshal, instructor or guide. Alternatively, if qualified, within the guidelines of the relevant diving or training agency or organization and not diving alone: PADI Open Water -18 metres PADI Advanced Open Water -30 metres BSAC Ocean Diver -20 metres BSAC Sports Diver -30 metres* BSAC Dive Leader -30 metres*

Sports Travel Insurance for other activities

Hearing Aids
Hijack
Hire Cars
Hospital Benefit
Immediate Relative

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