Activity levels
Extreme Adventure
Bike sports
- Cycle touring (tarmac roads)
- Cycle touring - amateur event road racing
- Cycle touring (high altitude alpine passes tarmac roads)
- Cycle touring (off road tracks or gravel roads)
- Cycle touring (long distance endurance events)
- Cycle touring (long distance endurance events off road tracks or gravel roads)
- Fat biking on snow/ski trails
- Iron man amateur events
- Mountain biking - cross country (forest paths, tracks etc)
- Mountain biking - cross country and trail riding only amateur competitive events
- Mountain biking - trail riding (inc.lift accessed ski runs)
- Mountain biking - enduro and downhill (DH) (recreational holiday non-competition riding)
- Triathlon amateur events (road races)
- Triathlon amateur events (off road races)
General sports/general travel
- Backpacking
- Beach holidays
- Bungee jumping (professionally organised holiday excursions only)
- Camel desert safaris
- City breaks
- Cheerleader amateur competitions
- Cruises
- Dance holidays and competitions (not involving gymnastics)
- Dance holidays and competitions (involving gymnastics)
- Fishing (fly/coarse/beach/pier)
- Fishing (sea fishing within coastal waters 12 miles from shore)
- Go karting (as a part of an organised holiday activity package, excludes liability insurance for motorised vehicles)
- Golf
- Horse riding/pony trekking
- Jogging (non-competitive running)
- Motor cycle touring (tarmac roads only)
- Non contact miscellaneous sports
- Non manual business travel
- Non manual voluntary or charity work
- Obstacle racing (amateur events only)
- Quad biking (as a part of an organised holiday activity package, excludes liability insurance for motorised vehicles)
- Running races including amateur marathons
- Safari
- Yoga, Meditation and Art retreats
- Zip lining (as a part of an organised holiday activity)
Mountain sports
- Abseiling
- Alpine mountaineering upto 5000 meters (Europe only)
- Big wall climbing (multi pitch/multi day ascents)
- Bouldering
- Deep water soloing (on previously climbed areas designated as suitable for deep water solo climbing)
- Fell running
- Glacial crossing/trekking
- Hill walking in summer conditions (e.g. Tour de Mont Blanc, Hut to Hut tours)
- Hill walking or snow shoeing in winter conditions (e.g. in snow or ice where crampons and ropes might be used)
- Ice climbing
- Mountain marathons
- Multi pitch rock climbing (where leader placed protection is involved)
- Orienteering
- Pot Holing and Caving (in previously explored systems where there is organised local cave rescue)
- Pot Holing and Caving (exploratory systems where there is organised local cave rescue)
- Scrambling
- Single pitch and/or bolted sport climbing (inc.permanently bolted multi pitches)
- Sport climbing (involving permanent fixed anchors)
- Trad climbing (Traditional multi pitch climbing involving leader placed protection)
- Trekking below 4000m in the greater ranges
- Trekking upto 6000m in the greater ranges excluding Nepal (eg, Inca Trail, Kilimanjaro)
- Trekking in Nepal (any trekking peaks below 7000m including Everest Base Camp)
- Via ferrata
Water sports
- Black water rafting (organised guided trips only)
- Canadian canoeing on lakes or flat water
- Canoeing on lakes or flat water
- Canyoning and coasteering
- Cave diving
- Coastal sailing/yachting (within 12 miles of the shore)
- Dinghy sailing
- Dinghy racing (amateur events only)
- Flotilla sailing
- Freediving (as a part of an organised course/activity)
- Hydro speeding
- Jet skiing (as a part of an organised holiday activity package, excludes liability insurance for motorised vehicles)
- Kite surfing/foiling
- Paddle boarding
- River boarding
- River wilderness canoeing (guided trips)
- Rowing (including amateur events)
- Sailing regattas (organised amateur events only)
- Scuba diving to 40 meters (subject to qualification or undertaking a recognised course)
- Scuba diving to depths exceeding 40 meters (subject to qualification or undertaking a recognised course)
- Sea and surf kayaking
- Sea kayaking (multi day excursions)
- Sea kayaking (remote location expeditions - please refer details of trip for agreement)
- Snorkelling
- Surfing
- Swimming - amateur open water events
- Swimming - amateur winter open water events
- Swimming treks (organised and professionally supported)
- Tall ship sailing (as crew with a professionally organised company)
- Wake boarding and water skiing
- Windsurfing/foiling
- Windsurfing - amateur races and competitions
- Wing surfing/foiling
- White water kayaking up to grade 3
- White water kayaking up to grade 5
- White water rafting up to grade 3
- White water rafting up to grade 5
- Yachting within 60 miles of a safe haven.
Winter sports
- Cross country langlauf skiing (on marked resort trails only)
- Cross country langlauf skiing (away from resort trails)
- Cross country langlauf ski marathon events (amateur)
- Dog sledging (recreational day trips only, excluding exploratory or polar expeditions)
- Dog sledging (guided multi-night trips, excluding exploratory or polar expeditions)
- Heli skiing and snowcat skiing
- Ice skating (recreational as part of a winter sports holiday)
- Pipe and park freestyle skiing and snowboarding (excluding competitions)
- Skiing - on and off piste with or without a guide
- Ski-biking and ski bobbing (non-motorised, on piste only)
- Ski touring (ascending using skins) - back country skiing or snowboarding, skidoo, snowcat or helicopter skiing
- Ski touring (pulling pulks) - commercially guided tours only
- Ski mountaineering - alpine ascents using mountaineering equipment (European destinations only)
- Snowboarding - on and off piste with or without a guide
- Snowmobiling (as a part of an organised holiday activity package, excludes liability insurance for motorised vehicles)
- Snow shoeing away from marked resort trails
- Snow shoeing on marked resort trails
- Split boarding - back country touring
- Telemark skiing - on and off piste with or without a guide on marked resort runs and unpisted trails on resort ski area maps
- Tobogganing (as an organised holiday activity)