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Excess vs Primary Coverage For Sports Accident InsuranceExcess Accident insurance is superior to primary insurance for Accident insurance policies for sports and recreation organizations such as teams, leagues, camps, and recreation departments. This is especially true if the purpose of the Accident policy is to cover moderate to serious injuries.
Excess Accident insurance is also known as secondary insurance. Excess Accident insurance requires other collectible insurance such as family health insurance to respond first. As a result, the typical case involves initial payment by the family health carrier less any deductible and coinsurance. The Excess Accident policy should provide payment for such deductible or coinsurance so that the injured participant or parent incurs no out of pocket expenses.
There should be a coordination of benefits between the two policies so that the injured party does not owe a debt to the medical service providers. If a debt is not owed, there will be no dunning letters or calls from collection agencies and as a result there will be little need for the injured party to visit an attorney.
Also, due to the coordination with existing family health insurance, an Excess Accident policy will be much less expensive than a Primary Accident policy.
On the other hand, Primary Accident insurance pays without regard to other collectible insurance. For this reason, Primary Accident insurance is generally unaffordable. In order to make it more affordable, the insurance carriers that sell Primary Accident insurance will water down the payout by either selling medical limits less than $25,000 or by inserting internal payout limitations which are also known as allocated benefits or sublimits. See prior blog posting on Internal Payout Limitations under Accident Insurance for a description of how they significantly reduce payouts.
The use of either reduced medical limits under $25,000 or internal payout limitations under Primary Accident insurance will result in only a partial payment in the event of a moderate to serious injury.
Partial payouts can result in lawsuits by injured parties in search of a deep pocket. This is bad news for sports organizations and their directors, officers, employees and volunteers. Therefore, high limit Excess Accident insurance that does not contain internal payout limitations is far superior to low limit Primary Accident insurance that contains internal payout limitations.
Source: John Sadler
Copyright 2004-2009, Sadler and Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved
Internal Payout Limitations Under Sports Accident Insurance PoliciesAccident insurance policies that cover sports and recreation organizations such as teams, leagues, camps or recreation departments should not include internal payout limitations which are also known as allocated benefits or sublimits.
Examples of these unacceptable internal payout limitations, allocated benefits, or sublimits include:
These internal payout limitations effectively reduce the payout for moderate to serious injuries to 50% of total medical bills in many cases. A reduced payout leads to unpaid medical bills which can result in a lawsuit against a sports organization and its administrators, employees, and volunteers in an effort to find a deep pocket.
These internal payout limitations should always be avoided for normal sports and recreation activities. However, in the case of high risk adult sports and activities, it may not be possible to negotiate affordable terms with an Accident carrier without such provisions.
Source: John Sadler
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