London, United Kingdom (PressExposure) August 16, 2010 -- For immediate Release

Sports insurance is often misunderstood, with many people thinking that it's only something elite athletes need to consider. Lockton Sports is keen to point out the full range of people who need to consider taking out sports insurance.

For many people the idea of taking out sports insurance is limited only to those elite sports men and women already forging a successful career in the sports industry. But as one leading provider of sports insurance is keen to point out, sports insurance is not only limited to the top class athletes and elite sports people competing at the highest levels. Sports insurance is an essential form of protection for almost anyone involved in the sports industry, whether already successful at a high level, or training hard to achieve success in the future.

For many people who have made sports a career they're working hard towards achieving success with, not having sports insurance is effectively gambling their entire future career on the hope that nothing serious will happen. However, as Lockton Sports knows only too well, things do sometimes go wrong, accidents do sometimes happen and the worst does occur. For those people facing an injury which could prevent them from furthering their career, it is a deeply upsetting and troubling time, but failing to have sports insurance means that they have no backup and no protection, often meaning that many years of effort and commitment and many hundreds or thousands of pounds becomes wasted on equipment and training.

Lockton Sports is also keen to point out that sports insurance is not only limited to those people competing or taking part in sporting activities themselves, but that policies are available for people involved in the sports industry in a wide variety of ways, including construction, maintenance and training. By taking out an appropriate sports insurance policy with Lockton Sports almost anyone involved in the sports industry can be safe in the knowledge that they are protected in ways which would not normally be covered by any other form of health or life insurance cover.

For more information about Lockton Insurance, or to find out more about their sports insurance policies, visit http://www.locktonsport.com.

About Lockton Sports

Lockton Sports is the UK's leading provider of sports insurance that offers insurance coverage for professional sports persons or organisations as well as amateurs.

Contact:
Lockton House
6 Bevis Marks
London
EC3A 7AF
Telephone: +44 (0) 20 7933 2245
Web Site: http://www.locktonsport.com/

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