Louise Joselyn <<Louise.joselyn>>
at CIVL sends this along:

Austrian flying school, Flugschulen-Koessen, is offering insurance
services to hang gliding and paragliding competition pilots and competition
organisers throughout the EU and Switzerland. The AXA Insurance Agency for Air
Sports in Koessen, Austria, can provide third party liability and personal
accident insurance for pilots resident in the EU and Switzerland, covering them
in FAI sanctioned competitions world-wide, excepting the USA. For pilots
resident elsewhere, the company offers third party liability insurance worldwide
(except USA) and emergency rescue insurance while flying in the EU or
Switzerland.

According to Sepp Himberger, the specialised airsports insurance service has
been extended to meet growing demand by international pilots who cannot easily
find sufficient insurance cover to travel throughout Europe and particularly, to
participate in FAI sanctioned competitions. "We believe competition organisers
throughout Europe may especially interested in our services. There is an
increased emphasis on safety, and organisers are setting higher levels of
mandatory minimum insurance for pilots. Selling appropriate insurance policies
is beyond the remit of many competition organisers, yet they don't want to deter
potential competitors. "Himberger gave as a recent example, the FAI European
Paragliding Championships last year in Abtenau, Austria, where his company
provided insurance for around 50 pilots who are normally resident outside the EU
and Switzerland. For more information about the insurance offerings (in English
and German): www.flugschulen.at/axa or contact: <axa> Anhören