Hazardous Activities Categories

Review the hazardous activities below and choose the appropriate category. If your chosen activity is not represented, please call us on 1850 851 297 and our Customer Service team will organise a quotation for you through our extreme sports facility.

Category 1

Included in policy premium

Unless otherwise stated, the Category 1 list includes activities which are covered under the standard policy.
No Loading applies

Category 2

50% Loading
Includes Category 1

 

Category 3

200% Loading
Includes Category 1 & 2

Category 4

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Includes Category 1, 2 & 3


 

Aerobics Boxing Training (no contact) Abseiling Animal Riding (other than specified)
Archaeological digging Camel/Elephant Riding American Football (amateur) BMX Cycling
Archery if adequately supervised (amateur) Cave Rafting Flying as a Pilot Bob Sleighing
Assault Course Cycle Touring Gliding Canyoning
Badminton (amateur) Deep sea fishing Outdoor Endurance Events Hang Gliding
Banana Boating Dinghy Sailing (Competitive) Paragliding Heli-Skiing
Baseball (amateur) Dog Sledging Parascending (over land) Horse Jumping (no Polo, Hunting)
Basketball (amateur) Dune Buggying Sailing (outside territorial waters) Ice Hockey
Beach Games Expedition training/winter mountaineering skill training Sand Boarding Land Yachting
Billiards / snooker/ pool Flying as a passenger in a private small aircraft or helicoptor (other than for transport purposes) Sand Dune Surfing/Skiing Micro Lighting
Frisbee (competitive)
Blackwater rafting (Grade 1 to 4) Glacier Hiking up to 5,000m (using ice hacks and crampons) Sand Yachting Motor Rallies
  Go Karting (Specific use) Snow Mobiling Off-Piste Skiing
Bowls Gymnastics Spear fishing (without tanks) Parachute Jumping (excluding jumps in the USA)
Bum boarding Hiking (between 2000 and 6000 metres altitude) Tandem Sky Dive Excluding USA (up to 2 jumps per trip / ROI organised) Parapente
Bungee Jumping (up to 3 jumps) Hockey White Water Rafting (Grade 5 to 6 inclusive) Parasailing
Canoeing Hot Air Ballooning (non-ROI organised) Yachting (racing / crewing) - outside territorial waters Parapente Rock Scrambling
Catamaran sailing Hydro Zorbing   Scuba Diving (between 30 and 40 metres) if BSAC, PADI, DIWA, SSI or SSA member
Clay Pigeon Shooting Kayaking   Show Jumping
Climbing (on climbing wall only) Lacrosse   Skate Boarding
Cricket (amateur) Manual work up to heights of 3 metres (excluding the use of mechanical machinery)   Ski Blading
Croquet Martial Arts (Training only)   Snow Boarding (Competitive)
Curling Use of motorcycles up to 350cc   Snow Sledging
Cycling (other than specified) Mountain Biking   Tobogganing
Dinghy Sailing Off-roading   Via Ferrata
Dragon Racing Quad Biking   Wrestling (amateur)
Dry skiing Rugby (amateur)    
Dune Surfing Safari (non- ROI organised - not involving use of firearms)    
Falconry Scuba Diving between 15 and 30 metres over 14 days    
Fell Walking Sea Canoeing    
Fencing Ski-dooing    
Fishing Trekking (between 2,000 and 6,000 metres altitude)    
Flow riding Triathlon    
Football (amateur)      
Glass bottom boats      
Golf (amateur)      
Handball      
Hiking (under 2,000 metres altitude)      
Horse Riding      
Hot dogging (grades 1-3)      
Hot Air Ballooning which has been organised in the ROI      
Hovercraft (driving / passenger)      
Ice Skating      
Inner Tubing      
Jet Boating      
Jet Skiing      
Jogging      
Korfball      
Marathon Running (amateur)      
Motorcycling up to 50cc (providing the rider holds a full driving licence and is wearing a crash helmet)      
Narrow river & canal boat cruises      
Netball (amateur)      
Octopush      
Orienteering      
Outward bound Pursuits      
Paintballing      
Parascending (over water)      
Pony Trekking      
Power boating (no racing or competition)      
Racquetball      
Rambling      
Refereeing      
Reindeer sleigh ride      
Ringos      
River Canoeing      
Roller Blading/Roller Skating      
Rounders      
Rowing      
Running - Sprint/Long Distance (Amateur)      
Safari (ROI organised)      
Sail Boarding      
Sailing within territorial limits      
Scuba Diving up to a depth of 30 metres, if adequately supervised      
Shark Cage Diving (must be ROI Organised trip and be professionally supervised)      
Snorkelling      
Soft ball      
Speedsailing      
Squash (amateur)      
Surfing (amateur)      
Swimming      
Swimming with dolphins      
Table tennis      
Tall ship crewing      
Tennis (amateur)      
Tenpin bowling      
Track Events      
Trampolining      
Tree canopy walking      
Trekking (under 2,000 metres altitude)      
Tug of war      
Ultimate Frisbee      
Volleyball (amateur)      
Wake boarding      
War Games      
Water Polo (amateur)      
Water Skiing (amateur)      
Whale watching      
White Water Rafting (Grade 1 to 4)      
Wind tunnel flying      
Windsurfing (amateur)      
Work abroad including administrative office based positions, working on a cruise ship, teaching positions, manual work being restricted to bar/restaurant work and fruit picking (not involving the use of agricultural machinery)      
Yachting (racing/crewing inside territorial waters)