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This insurance program has been specifically designed to meet the unique needs of U.S.-based personal training, exercise, aerobic or yoga/pilates instructor directly supervising an individual or group engaged in fitness and exercise activities.  Coverage is provided by a carrier rated A+ (Superior) by A.M. Best Company.

Eligible Operations
 
An instructor age 18 or older conducting private or group instruction for the following is eligible to enroll in this program:
                             
- Aerobics - Personal training
- Aquatic exercise - Pilates
- Cardio kickboxing - Qigong
- Children's fitness programs - Spinning
- Dance - Strength
- Exercise - Stroller based fitness instructors
- Fitness bootcamp  - Tai Chi
- GYROTONIC ® - Yoga
- Hoop Fitness - ZUMBA ®
 
Ineligible Operations:

Certain operations are not eligible for coverage by this program.  We reserve the right to decline any request for coverage.  The

ineligible operations include, but are not limited to the following (and are excluded from coverage):

                                    
- Acrobatic/partner yoga instructors - Instructors under the age of 18
- Certified athletic trainers - Instructor's employment as an exempt or a non-exempt
- Coaching of organized competitive athletic teams  employee of a school, university or college
- Instruction of sports skills activities* - Cycling (other than stationary)
- Instructors operating outside of U.S. Instruction/activities held on or in open water
                                                      
* If your risk doesn't fit the eligibility of this program, visit our Sports Instructor Program.        
                                                         
Liability Coverage
                                     
General liability coverage protects you if you are legally obligated to pay damages for bodily injury to others and for damage to the property of others resulting from your fitness instruction activities. The policy also provides coverage (professional liability) for wrongful acts (breach of duty, neglect, error, omission, misstatement or a misleading statement in the discharge of fitness activities) that occur as a result of your instruction activities.
                                     
General Liability
- Bodily Injury & Property Damage  - Professional Liability
- Products-completed Operations - Damage to Premises Rented to You
- Personal and Advertising Injury     - Medical Expense
- Legal Liability to Participants - Abuse, Molestation, Harassment or Sexual Conduct
Defense Cost Reimbursement
Exclusions
                                              

The following exclusionary endorsements are part of the policy providing coverage for this program: 

                                                  
- Abuse, molestation, harassment, or sexual conduct            - Physicals/stress testing
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Amusement devices (e.g.: rides, slides, inflatables,

- Physical therapy, massage or salon services
bungees, climbing walls, dunk tanks)  - Sale or distribution of herbal medicinal and/or nutritional
- Dietician services   products
- Employment-related practices - Training programs for law enforcement, public safety and
- Medical, therapy or health care services military personnel
- Operation, ownership or management of a fitness, - Those operations listed as ineligible
  dance or sports facility - Weight control programs
 
                                    
* For information regarding coverage for a fitness facility, visit our Health & Fitness Facility Program.