Travel insurance for overseas competitions

@Logan - I think he was talking about personal insurance, not his bike - but I might be wrong.
Getting cover for racing overseas is very tough.

I would suggest you email Tony Scott at MTBA - he is arranging some personal insurance for the Tour de Timor competitors and as such might be able to extend it to your event, or at least share with you details of his policy provider.

If you want his details, PM me. I am also talking to him about the same subject for when I pop overseas to race later in the year.

Hi Guys,
Thanks for your tips! I'm most worried about myself rather than my bike. I can find travel insurance that will cover my bike for theft, plus any injuries or illness occuring not while on the race (malaria, caving injury etc). I'm not worried about being covered if I break my bike during the race; After all, its only worth $2k and I'd be in the same situation riding it at home. I'm most worried that I'll have an injury that can't be treated locally (like a head trauma) and need be flown to Aus or NZ on a chartered flight or something. Unfortunately 1 Cover and World Nomads have exclusions for races too. I'll try the MTBA guys for some ideas. Thanks!

Hi!
It's not MTBA event so their licensing won't help me in this case. The organisers will provide first aid only and strongly recommend participants get their own insurance. They haven't been able to name any insurers who will offer insurance to cover then event. This could have something to do with why there are only 13 teams entered so far...

MTBA members at Tour de Timor - INSURANCE
Friday, July 15, 2011
Going to Timor?

MTBA is able to arrange insurance for events outside Australian shores for our adventurous members. The cover includes $5,000,000 medical expense cover plus $50,000 death cover. Most importantly the cover will medi-evacuate seriously injured riders back to Australia if needed!

The insurance is only for the race - all other insurance cover needs to be obtained from also purchasing regular travel insurance from your travel agent. Having this cover means being able to contest events at a 100% level rather than always trying to keep yourself safe.

The small print:

• We need a group - and the larger the group the less per member of the group will usually pay - to begin arranging the cover.
• Offer to be part of the group expires on August 26th.
• Participants in the cover must be full members of MTBA.
• Indicative cost is $200 per person based on the minimum number of group participants being achieved. This is subject to change depending on the number in the buy-in group!

If you are contemplating attending Timor and want the security of medical cover then register your interest by sending an email to MTBA.