All pilots are required to have Personal Liability insurance cover for €1,500,000 or more if they wish to fly in Ireland. This is the minimum level of cover that is agreeable to RTE, Coillte and many of the landowners from whose property we fly or land on. Please note that VHI, VIVAS and BUPA, etc. Health Insurance policies DO NOT provide Personal Liability cover and will not cover you against claims in the event of a flying related accident.
Annual Cover
The IHPA has recently secured a deal with AXA to cover Hang Gliding and Paragliding pilots resident in Ireland. IHPA members will receive a 10-20% discount when they provide their NAC membership number (available from your profile page after you have registered) depending on the product they buy.
NOTICE: SportsCover Direct have withdrawn from the Irish market (for all sports, not just free flying) due to Brexit. UK resident pilots wishing to fly in Ireland may continue to use SportsCover Direct if they are not already members of the BHPA, whose insurance is also valid here.
For Hang Glider Pilots and Paraglider Student Pilots under professional tuition.
In the past year a number of other companies have started offering similar, and in some cases more comprehensive cover for hang glider and paraglider pilots, and we invite you to examine the benefits of their policies also.
- AXA
- BMC - annal and single trip holiday cover (paragliding cover only - no hang gliding)
- International Medical Group (IMG Global)
- Insure & Go
- Multisport Assur
- World Nomads
- eTravel
- Blue Insurance
- FFVL - Insurance policies issued to members of the French Federation de Vol Libre appear to be also valid for flying in Ireland, even if you are resident here and not in France. Please check your policy's small print!
If you discover a new supplier of incurance cover, please let us know and we will include them on this page.
European Health Insurance Card
