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Sports Insurance Blog » personal injury http://www.sadlersports.com/blog Sports Insurance Risk Management Advice and Commentary on Current Topics of Interest Tue, 31 Jan 2012 19:13:26 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Personal And Advertising Injury Exposures For Sports Organizations http://www.sadlersports.com/blog/index.php/2009/03/18/personal-and-advertising-injury-exposures-for-sports-organizations/ http://www.sadlersports.com/blog/index.php/2009/03/18/personal-and-advertising-injury-exposures-for-sports-organizations/#comments Wed, 18 Mar 2009 13:00:39 +0000 admin http://www.sadlersports.com/blog/?p=441 Sports organizations such as teams, leagues, and recreation departments have definite personal and advertising injury exposures which should be covered under a General Liability policy.

Personal injury is defined as a certain types of slander, libel, invasion of privacy, and false imprisonment. A typical personal injury example in the sports context occurs when a slanderous statement is made about a coach, umpire, or parent arising out of the heat of competition.

Advertising injury is defined as certain misleading statements or infringement of intellectual property rights in advertisements. An example in the sports context would occur when a sport organization makes a misleading statement about a competing sports organization in its advertising materials in the recruitment of player registrations.

Source: John Sadler

]]> http://www.sadlersports.com/blog/index.php/2009/03/18/personal-and-advertising-injury-exposures-for-sports-organizations/feed/ 0 Importance Of General Liability For Sports Teams, Leagues, Organizations http://www.sadlersports.com/blog/index.php/2009/01/09/importance-of-general-liability-for-sports-teams-leagues-organizations/ http://www.sadlersports.com/blog/index.php/2009/01/09/importance-of-general-liability-for-sports-teams-leagues-organizations/#comments Fri, 09 Jan 2009 13:12:35 +0000 admin http://www.sadlersports.com/blog/?p=281 General Liability for sports organizations protects against covered claims or lawsuits primarily resulting from bodily injury, property damage, personal injury, and advertising injury.

Bodily injury claims generally arise from injuries to sports participants or spectators.

Property damage claims are normally associated with damage to sports facilities or spectator vehicles.

Personal injury lawsuits commonly arise from a slander or libel.

Advertising injury claims may arise from incorrect statements or comparisons about a competing sports program that are contained within promotional materials of a sports organization.

General Liability pays covered legal defense costs and any settlement or adverse jury verdict expenses up to the policy limit.

One of the most important reasons for carrying General Liability is to get coverage for legal defense which of often the most expensive element of sports litigation. It is not uncommon for legal defense costs to exceed $50,000, even in cases where the sports organization is ultimately found to not be negligent.

Source: John Sadler

]]> http://www.sadlersports.com/blog/index.php/2009/01/09/importance-of-general-liability-for-sports-teams-leagues-organizations/feed/ 0 Insurance Policies Needed By Sports Organizations http://www.sadlersports.com/blog/index.php/2009/01/05/insurance-policies-needed-by-sports-organizations/ http://www.sadlersports.com/blog/index.php/2009/01/05/insurance-policies-needed-by-sports-organizations/#comments Mon, 05 Jan 2009 12:13:53 +0000 admin http://www.sadlersports.com/blog/?p=273 To follow is a list of the most important insurance policies that may be needed by community based sports organizations such as teams, leagues, and municipal recreation departments:

1. Accident: Pays medical bills on behalf of injured participants such as players and staff.

2. General Liability: responds to lawsuits arising from bodily injury, property damage, personal/advertising injury.

3. Directors & Officers Liability (AKA Trustees Errors & Omissions for municipal recreation departments): Responds to certain lawsuits not covered by General Liability such as discrimination, wrongful suspension or termination, failure to follow your own rules or bylaws, and violation of rights of others under state, federal, or constitutional law.

4. Property / Equipment: Covers your buildings, equipment, and contents against loss due to fire, vandalism, theft, etc.

5. Crime: Covers employee or volunteer embezzlement of funds or theft of property; forgery or alteration of checks by outsiders, and theft of money and securities by outsiders.

6. Workers’ Compensation: May be required by state law if three or more employees and pays benefits to injured workers for “on the job” injuries including medical bills, lost wages, disability lump sums, disfigurement lump sums, and death benefits.

7. Business Auto: Covers liability and physical damage to owned, non owned, and hired autos.

8. Consult with your insurance agent about other types of policies such as Liquor Liability, Cyber Liability, Media, etc.

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