Golf and insurances

Outdoor acti­vities and exercise are important for your health. The sport of golf comb­ines these two benefits and is very popular in Iceland.

We recommend that all golfers learn about the insurance policies that protect them as well as their golf equip­ment.

Insurances

  • Home insurance includes a leisure-time accident insurance, which covers bodily injury caused by accidents that occur during leisure-time and while participating in recreati­onal sports. Children who participate in compe­titive sports are covered under the family’s leisure-time accident insurance until the age of 18.

  • Home insurance includes liability insurance, which covers bodily injury and property damage caused to a third party while playing golf on a golf course or at a practice area next to a golf course, regar­dless of legal liability for dama­ges.

  • Golf equip­ment is consi­d­ered part of household belong­ings. Home insurance covers household belong­ings against fire, theft, and water damage. If your Home insurance includes comprehensive contents insurance for household belong­ings (which is opti­onal), the equip­ment is also insured against damage caused by sudden and unfor­eseen external events.

  • Golf carts are not defined as household belong­ings and therefore need to be insured separa­tely, and we recommend comprehensive property insurance.

  • If you are going on a golf trip abroad, we recommend the travel insurance cover in home insurance.

  • If you own particul­arly valuable golf equip­ment where the value exceeds the compensation limits in the comprehensive contents insurance, it's best for you to contact us so we can review the matter toget­her.

General information

  • If the family has leisure-time accident insurance, it applies when you participate in recreati­onal sports. Children involved in compe­titive sports are also covered under the family's leisure-time accident insurance until the age of 18. Therefore, we recommend accident insurance for compe­titive athletes who are 18 years and older.

  • Home Insurance offers you to choose from two diff­erent coverage limits and three diff­erent deducti­bles amounts. The selected coverage amount determ­ines the maximum compensation for dama­ges. The cost of insurance varies based on the selected deductible amount. The higher the deductible amount, the cheaper the insurance.

  • Home insurance covers you, your spouse or cohabiting partner, and your unmarried children and foster children who share the same legal resi­dence in Iceland. The insurance also applies to your children under the age of 18 who have a diff­erent legal resi­dence in Iceland.

  • The main advantage of having both credit card travel insurance and home insurance travel coverage is that if the maximum compensation amount is reached under one policy, the other insurance can step in, in the case of extensive damage or loss.

  • In case of theft, insurances only apply if general precaution is taken to prevent items from being stolen.

  • We advise our customers to keep their payment receipts, so that they can be provided in the event a claim needs to be filed.

Other insurances

Property insurance

Buying a property is usually the biggest investment we make in our life. It is therefore important that we make sure that the property is properly insured to minimize the financial consequences of property damage.

Vehicle insurance

All of us can make mistakes while driving or find ourselves in a situation that results in damage. Therefore, it is important to have good motor vehicle insurance.

Life and health insurance

No one expects to lose their health or get into a serious accident, but the fact is that it can happen to all of us. With life and health insurance, you reduce the financial consequences of damage to your health

Travel insurance

Are you planning a trip? Whether you are travelling for pleasure, study, work or other reasons, we recommend that you check whether you have travel insurance that suits you.

Animal insurance

Animals need insurance just like any other family member. We have extensive experience in insuring animals and offer several types of animal insurance for horses, dogs and cats that you can combine according to your needs.