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Insurance For Personal Trainers Australia
With Australia’s growing obsession with health and fitness, personal training is an exciting industry to be in. As a personal trainer you get to escape the daily grind of the office whilst helping people become their best selves. Your clients entrust you with their wellbeing and safety, and in return it is your responsibility to provide adequate protection for their safety.
Having fitness insurance is an important part of your business operations. It can protect you, your business, and your clients should a claim be made against you. Claims can result from your negligence; for example giving the wrong professional advice (Professional Indemnity), or if somebody was to hurt themselves while under your instruction (Public Liability). Other kinds of insurance can offer you and your business different kinds of protection.
Many employers, including gyms and fitness studios, require personal trainers to have their own Professional Indemnity and Public Liability insurance. The local council may also require you to provide evidence of your insurance before issuing a council permit for working in public spaces such as parks and reserves.
Professional Indemnity
Protects you and your employees against financial loss due to legal action against your business for services or advice you have provided.
Public Liability
Protects you and your business if an incident causing property damage or an injury were to happen while you are on the job.
Personal Accident and Illness
Protects you for lost income if the unfortunate were to happen and you couldn't perform your usual work and earn an income.
Business Insurance
Protects your business contents and equipment from unexpected events like fire, theft or accidental damage anywhere in Australia
Professional Indemnity Insurance*
As a personal trainer, you create training plans for your clients in accordance with their body type, health conditions, fitness goals or any other criteria. It can also often include giving your client professional advice in relation to dietary plans and modifications, as well as food preparation.
Professional Indemnity (PI) insurance is an important form of protection for personal trainers and their businesses because they provide specialist advice and services. It is designed to respond to claims against your business for losses as a result of actual or alleged negligent acts or omissions in the provision of your professional service or advice. It will also assist with the legal costs associated with responding to or managing claims which are covered by your policy.
Some risk factors could include:
- Creating training plans that are unsuitable or ineffective
- Providing wrong or misleading advice in relation to dietary plans and food preparation
When having the right fitness insurance can pay off!
The claimant was doing straight arm rows on a TRX suspension training system under the supervision of the insured personal trainer during a group exercise class. While the trainer turned to assist another client, one of the straps on the TRX system broke, causing the claimant to fall hard on his right side. The claimant experienced pain in his lower back and had to go to hospital, attend subsequent doctor visits and purchase prescription medication. As a result of the injury, the claimant had to take a week off work to recover. The claimant asserted that the insured personal trainer failed to properly check the TRX system and sought compensation from the trainer including for the time off work as well as the cost of medical treatment and medications.
The personal trainer’s Public Liability insurer confirmed that the claim was covered by the policy and the claim was settled with the insurer paying the settlement amount less the policy excess.
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Public Liability Insurance*
Whether you work in a commercial gym or studio, hold PT sessions at your client’s premises or in your own home, or provide outdoor sessions in public spaces, it’s important to review your public liability insurance.
Public Liability insurance is designed to provide protection for you and your business in the event a customer, supplier or a member of the public are injured or sustain property damage as a result of your negligent or allegedly negligent business activities.
Personal Accident & Illness Insurance*
As a Personal Trainer you rely on your body for your livelihood. Yet have you stopped to think about how you would pay your bills if you were to injure yourself or fall ill and had to take time off work to recover?
Personal Accident and Illness insurance can provide levels of cover for loss of income if you are unable to work, suffer permanent disablement and even death as a result of an unexpected injury or illness (even if it occurs outside of your employment). Personal Accident and Illness insurance can cover your income in these instances, giving you and your family peace of mind.
BizCover can provide insurance to cover your most important asset – you!
Business Insurance*
No matter the type or size of your business there is always the potential for something to go wrong. Business Insurance provides protection when you need it most if an unexpected event occurred. It can provide cover for your business assets, including premises, content, stock and even loss of profit during business interruptions.
| *As with any insurance, cover is subject to the terms, conditions and exclusions contained in your policy document. The information contained on this webpage is general only and should not be relied upon as advice. |