We are in the process of paying our insurances, which is a good time
to remind ourselves of what we are covered for and what we are not. This
has not changed in recent years, so what follows is simply a rehash of
the same notice we have issued in the past – if you think you have seen
it before you probably have.
- If you are a member participating in (not working for) an LBT
activity such as rowing or sailing there is NO cover provided for you by
the LBT. The way to think of it is that as a member using ‘your’
facilities (the shed, the boats) it is up to you to provide your own
cover. The principal reason that the LBT does not provide personal
accident cover for participants is financial: we would have have to put
up membership rates to cover it, and this would be unfair to the many
members who are good supporters but are infrequent users of our
resources.
- We DO provide voluntary workers insurance.
- This insurance is primarily intended for people doing work for the LBT, in the workshop or supervising events.
- If
you are in paid employment (outside the LBT) the insurance provides
some cover for loss of income in the case of injury: up to $400 per week
to a maximum of 104 weeks.
- If you are not in paid employment and are injured whilst working for the LBT you are entitled to some ‘home help’.
- In
either of the above cases the LBT is NOT covered for any medical costs:
all medical treatment must be claimed from Medicare or a private health
provider.
- There is also a ‘capital’ benefit in the case of a permanent disablement or death to a maximum of $50,000.
- To
see the details for this last, and for other information see the
extended explanation provided by our insurance broker Grant Butters: http://bit.ly/2dv3Y3J .
The LBT has various
other insurances, not described here, including public liability, boat
third party, the shed and management liability. See http://bit.ly/2dafKOb for our insurance documentation.
Grant has provided a long explanation and tables with further details: see http://bit.ly/2dv3Y3J.
And for details of the 2021-22 insurances see https://tinyurl.com/yxwfwpev . | 