KATHMANDU, Dec 23: Nepal Insurance Coverage Authority (NIA) has actually presented a sports insurance coverage to secure professional athletes and sports workers, according to the National Sports Council. While some significant competitors had actually formerly begun guaranteeing gamers, there was an absence of a clear policy laying out insurance protection.
The newly-issued insurance coverage classifies sports into low danger, regular danger, and high-risk activities. Low-risk sports, such as table tennis, soft tennis, tennis, shooting, golf, bodybuilding, and squash, are covered. Typical danger sports consist of Badminton, Cricket, Hockey, Volley Ball, Sports, Fencing, Judo, Gymnastics, Handball, Basketball, Swimming, Sepakatacro, Weight-lifting, Triathlon, Kabaddi, Khokho, Ring Fumbling, Karate, Taekwondo, Usu, Boxing, Complete Contact Karate, Fumbling, and biking.
Risky sports, consisting of motor and motorcycling sports, rafting and canoeing, pentathlon, bungee leaping and canyoning, Muay Thai, mountain running, ice hockey and alpine sports, water sports, rugby, paragliding, and football, are likewise covered by the insurance coverage.
Additionally, the policy lays out payment arrangements in case of death either instantly or within 183 days due to mishaps. It consists of protection for body management expenditures, funeral service expenditures, and arrangements connected to long-term overall impairment, to name a few advantages.