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Helping you make informed decisions and effectively manage risk

We work with insurers, claims managers, risk management and technology providers to minimise cost, promote claims efficiencies and maximise protection for our clients. Lockton Sport partner with the following clients to ensure that they make informed decisions and effectively manage their various risks: athletes, players associations and managers; clubs and teams; national and state sporting organisations; and sporting event organisers.

Lockton have leveraged our global sports insurance experience to benefit the Australian and Pacific region. We are uniquely positioned to tailor insurance solutions for the many different stakeholders involved.

With so much change across the sports industry globally, sports have needed to become more agile and considered in their planning - with extra pressure on administrators and athletes to navigate the multitude of risks. Lockton Sport assists by understanding these risks before identifying and placing the most suitable solutions across a range of different insurance products.

Products and Services

Ou main products include:

  • Personal Accident and Sickness for individuals, clubs and associations

  • Public and Products Liability

  • Professional Indemnity

  • Property Insurance

  • Management Liability (Directors & Officers)

  • Cyber Liability 

  • Income Protection Insurance

  • Life Insurance 

  • Corporate Travel

  • Private Health Insurance

Main types of Contingency Products:

  • Cancellation of sporting events, Abandonment, Postponement, Interruption, Curtailment or Relocation

  • Non-appearance of an individual or group

  • Transmission Breakdown

  • Death, Disablement and Disgrace

  • Contractual Bonus for Sportspeople, Teams or Sponsors

  • Prize Indemnity

Contingency

Contingency Insurance can be a difficult class of business to define due to the multitude of risk it embraces, added to which the class is capable of infinite expansion as new situations and circumstances arise. 

Contingency insurance provides financial indemnity for non-physical losses. Our team has extensive experience in this niche class of business, which can play a fundamental role protecting the expenses incurred or revenue streams generated by businesses and individuals that are at risk due to a multitude of circumstance. 

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Michael Woodlands

General Manager, People Solutions - Australia & New Zealand
michael.woodlands@lockton.com

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