The USHPA provides 3rd party liability insurance for individual
pilots and individual instructors. They are covered. It also provides site
insurance and event insurance (again 3rd party liability) to cover landowners
and meet organizers. Participants in events are also covered if they sign
waivers.

The USHPA does not provide commercial 3rd party liability insurance to hang
gliding schools and businesses. The schools and business can acquire their own,
and I'll bet that they get it from First Flight just like the USHPA does.

Recently which ever insurance company provided insurance that Joe Greblo
purchased (and was required for him to run his training school at Dockweiler
beach) was not going to renew Joe's school's policy. Even more recently with the
help of the USHPA, and I assume Mark Forbes who is the chairman of the USHPA
insurance committee, Joe's policy was extended for another six months.

The USHPA, and again I assume Mark, is working on a longer term solution past
the extension.

The general availability and cost of 3rd party liability insurance is always a
concern of the USHPA BOD. Our membership dues primarily go for this insurance.
Insurance rates are determined by the history of claims and court actions. If
there is concern about how things are playing out with our sports and liability,
it can affect us all.

The USHPA doesn't talk in public about what is going on behind the scenes.