Insurance for cross country courses

[feet]

Hey, I am just wanting to know what other people have done and what companies other people have used because I am having problems.

In the future 1-2 years time I am wanting to build a cross country course to hire out to the public and my liveries. At the minute I am looking at the fesability and its looking bad I have spoken to my insurance company and they say I need a course builder before they wil even consider it. I have evented to pre-novice level and at the moment show jump to 1.05-1.10m. I would be getting a carpenter in to build the fences but they would be of my design from courses I have seen. Does anyone here have a course which is insured and if so what insurance companies do you use? You can post below or PM me.

Thanks

 

[Nugget La Poneh]

Who are you with? I believe NFU are supposed to be good for things like this as they normally have some knowledge of the trade. Can you get round it by using a course builder in a consultant capacity, so you design, they advise, you build, they agree? Should be a lot less than getting one from start to finish?

 

[Nugget La Poneh]

Found this - can't see costs though, but in theory you could become a course builder/designer yourself:

http://www.britisheventing.com/asp-...=1178&itemTitle=Course+Builders+and+Designers

 

[feet]

Yes I have thought about becoming a course builder, I already insure with NFU and they do not like the idea of insuring me, so I am looking for another company. I will become a course builder if need be, but I am sure that other cross country courses are able to get round it in other ways.

 

[Nugget La Poneh]

How random - the yard I am on is with NFU and I know for a fact the XC jumps that they have in the field weren't done by a XC builder!! But then they might have history on their side in that they have been there a while, and probably before the focus was shone onto rotational falls etc.

Maybe go down the Jumpcross route?

 

[feet]

Yeah They used to insure courses a few years ago, but now a days its to expensive, so if the course is a few years old then maybe they still cover it, but they wont insure a new course It is such a pain as they are a great comany.