INSURE EVERYATHLETE.EVERY SPORT.EVERY LEVEL.
£2.1B in claims settled across 54 sports since 2006.
Injury Frequency by Sport
Injuries per 1,000 participant-hours across 18 years of Shield claims data. Every cell represents a covered risk — from a Saturday league to international competition.
Source: Shield internal claims database, 2006–2024. All figures per 1,000 participant-hours.
Average Claim Values
What each injury type has cost across Shield-underwritten policies. Figures represent settled averages — the numbers your committee needs to see before the season starts.
Figures derived from 47,312 settled claims, 2006–2024. All amounts in GBP. Professional athlete figures excluded from averages.
Claims We've Settled
Anonymised case studies from real Shield-underwritten policies. Every scenario your committee is worried about — we've already seen it.
During a regional competition, a 16-year-old gymnast sustained a compound wrist fracture and radial nerve damage. Surgical intervention required, rehabilitation extending 14 months.
"Shield had the payment processed before the physio discharged her. No argument, no delay — just the number we agreed at sign-up."
A semi-professional flanker suffered a career-ending C5 vertebral fracture in a collapsed scrum. Total loss of playing earnings assessed at £2.1M over projected career.
"Every club thinks it will never happen to them. When it did, Shield was the only reason we didn't face a legal action that would have ended the club."
A contracted super-middleweight sustained a retinal detachment in a televised bout, requiring emergency surgery and resulting in permanent partial vision loss in one eye.
"As a promoter you carry the risk everyone else ignores. Shield understood our exposure from the first call — no sports underwriter has ever read our contracts before writing the policy."
All case studies anonymised in accordance with FCA data handling guidelines. Organisation names changed. Claim values are accurate.
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Risk Report
Download the 2024 Sports Risk Report
48 pages of injury frequency data, claim benchmarks, and coverage gap analysis across 54 sports. The document your committee should read before renewing any policy.
- Full injury heat map (54 sports)
- Claim value benchmarks by sport & injury
- Coverage gap analysis: what clubs underinsure
- Junior athlete risk profiles
- Professional athlete earnings protection guide
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