ACA Affiliate Organizations have the option of requesting liability insurance coverage for properly registered on-water activities.  The insurance coverage for Affiliate Organizations is offered on an event-by-event basis.

This Insurance Program can also cover events such as festivals and races. For other great offerings for ACA affiliate members, please see the Affiliate Organization Benefits page.

Enrollment

ACA Affiliates must have current ACA membership. Join as the Clubs & Organizations membership type, here.

To better serve ACA Affiliates, a tiered dues structure has been created. For more information about which level is best suited to your group, contact the ACA membership department.

• $125 - Affiliate Membership 
• $500 - Green Affiliate
• $1,000 - Paddlesports Partner
• $2,500 - Waterways Partner
• $5,000 - Supporting Partner
• $10,000 - Sustaining Partner
• $25,000 - Paddlesports Premier Partner 

Scheduling your Event

To request insurance through the ACA General Liability Insurance Policy, Affiliate members should review the ACA's Risk Management Requirements document and then submit the ACA Insurance Registration Form online.

Under the Affiliate Organization Insurance Program, each individual event requires a sanctioning fee of $25. An Insurance Registration Form received less than 10 days prior to the start of the event is subject to a $25 rush fee. If your event needs to name a third party such as a landowner or government agency as an "additional insured" under the policy, fill out the Additional Insureds portion of the Insurance Registration Form and we will provide an insurance certificate for the third party. The fee for each Additional Insured is $20.  All fees are non-refundable. 

Conducting your Event

The ACA's insurance program requires Affiliate Organizations to satisfy three requirements on the day of the activity:

• The affiliate must conduct its activity in accordance with the ACA's Risk Management Requirements
• Every participant must sign the ACA Waiver and Release of Liability form prior to participation in your program, or must have a current Waiver on file with the ACA
  • ACA Adult Waiver & Release of Liability, or 
  • ACA Minor Waiver & Release of Liability (Under age 18 at the time of registration)
• Every participant must be an ACA member in one of the following categories:
  • A current, valid ACA annual membership
  • An Event Membership which costs $5 per person.

Post-Event Reporting

Within 30 days of the completion of the event, the Affiliate Organization must submit:

• All fees collected at the event (Ex: Event Memberships)
• Copies of the signed ACA approved waivers (Adult & Minor) for non-ACA members who participated
  • Scanned copies are accepted with event final report form
    
• Final Event Report Form (submitted online or via email)
• Note: Final Event Report Forms received 60 days after the completion of the insured event are subject to a $25 late reporting fee

Affiliate Forms & Resources

For additional information, contact the ACA Insurance Coordinator.