ACA Instructor Insurance

The insurance market for paddlesport activities is challenging. The ACA offers the opportunity to insure paddlesport activities at an affordable rate. The ACA insurance coverage allows participation on a variety of classes of water and the ACA's insurance prices are competitive with, if not better, than any other event sanctioning organization.

ACA Instructors can request insurance to cover courses they teach that contain all of, or parts of the information contained in the current ACA Course Outlines found on this website.  Instructors can only request insurance to teach courses at or below their current certification level. 

Registration and Requirements

To request insurance through the ACA General Liability Insurance Policy, Instructors must:

• Download and complete the ACA Course Registration Form and submit directly to the ACA National Office.
  • Skills Course ( Word / PDF )
  • Assessment Course ( Word / PDF )
  • Certification Course ( Word / PDF )
• Any sanctioning or additional fees must accompany the insurance applicaiton in order to be processed. You may call in a credit card number if you feel uncomfortable sending the information via mail or fax.
  • Insuracne requests must be received at the ACA National office no less than 1 business day prior to the course.
  • Insurance applications received less than 10 days prior to the course are subject to an additional $25 "rush fee"
  • Third Party (additional insured) insurance is available for an additional $20 per additional insured
  • The $20 sanctioning fee, $25 rush fee and $20 additional insured fees are non-refundable.

If your course is insured through the ACA General Liability Insurance Policy, all participants must:

• Be a current member of the ACA or
• Pay the $5 event membership fee or
• Join as a regular member at the time of the program
• All participants must sign an un-altered ACA Waiver and Release of Liability form prior to participation in your program.

Upon completion of the course (within 14 days of the last day of the event), be sure to submit:

• All fees collected at the event
• Original, signed, un-altered waivers for all participants
• The appropriate ACA course report form

Note: course report forms received 30 days after the last day of your event are subject to a $25 late reporting fee

For questions on insurance for Instructors, contact the SEI Department: