Specialist Football Insurance

Football remains one of, if not the most popular sports among amateur sportsmen and women in Britain. With so many players comes the need for more awareness of the the importance of having football insurance.

Many of countries footballers will often head overseas on pre-season tours or competitions and therefore require Sports Travel Insurance. This covers you for regular travel mishaps as well as protecting you pitch.

Taking out cover for your next football tour couldn’t be easier. Just scroll down to our quick quote form system, tell us where you are going and when, and we’ll provide you with an instant quote.

If you’re not going abroad and want cover for your footballing exploits in the UK only, that’s no problem. Our Sports Accident Insurance covers you for things such as physiotherapy costs and broken bones.

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Why choose Protectivity?

Instant Quotes & Cover

It’s so easy to take our football insurance for players, just tell us where you are going, when you are travelling, and we’ll give you an instant quote with cover available in just a couple of minutes.

Multi-Sports Policies

If you’re enjoying other sports while you are away we can often include them on your policy for no extra cost. All sports in the same risk group and below are always covered as tstandard.

Sports Insurance Experts

With more than 25 years of experience in providing insurance to amateur sportsmen and women across the UK we’re specialists in giving you just the type of cover you need.

Team Policy Available

It may work out cheaper to cover your whole squad as one if you are playing in the UK regularly. Take a look at our Football Team Insurance for more information.

What's included in your Sports Travel Insurance policy?

If you’re heading away on a football tour, here are some of the benefits you can enjoy:

Cancellation Cover

If you have to cancel or curtail your trip abroad because of an injury or illness, or that of a close relative, you could be eligible to claim a lump sum of up to £5,000 to recoup the irretrievable costs of your trip.

Sports Equipment Cover

It’s likely that you will be taking certain items of football-specific equipment away with you. Our policy can cover you against loss, damage and theft of those items up to £5,600.

Emergency Medical Expenses

If you’re injured whilst taking part in a match overseas, you may require medical treatment abroad. With £10 million worth of cover on all travel policies, you’re covered for these often costly treatments.

Activity and Race Entry Fees

If you suffer an injury before a match or tournament  are unable to recoup any entry costs you may have paid, your policy could help you recover up £500, depending the level of cover you have chosen.

Travel Delay Cover

Flight delays can take a big chunk out of your time on the pitch abroad. Our policy covers you for the time you are left on the ground due to industrial action, mechanical failure or adverse weather.

Personal Accident

We will pay the sum shown below if during your trip you sustain an injury which results in death or permanent disablement.

I was really pleased with how my claim was settled. It gave me great confidence that Protectivity covers me when the worst happens.

Fantastic claims handling

When you make a claim, we aim to make it as stress free as possible.

To see how you would make a claim, just click the button below and select the Sports Travel Insurance policy option. From there we will guide you through the claims process.

Further information on our policy

If you have any other questions regarding our Football Insurance policy, then feel free to get in touch with our friendly team on 01494 887909. Our phone lines are open 9am to 5:30pm, Monday to Friday.  If you require cover for your football club then you will find our Football Club Insurance page more useful. If you’re a football coach and need Public Liability Insurance, try our Football Coaching Insurance page. 

More information on what we can cover on this policy can be found on our FAQs page.