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Catastrophic Insurance Program
The NCAA sponsors a Catastrophic Injury Insurance Program which covers the student-athlete who is catastrophically injured while participating in a covered intercollegiate athletic activity. The policy has a $90,000 deductible and provides benefits in excess of any other valid and collectible insurance.
2013-14 Catastrophic Insurance Program Benefits Summary
Catastrophic Insurance - Frequently Asked Questions
Exceptional Student-Athlete Disability Insurance Program
The NCAA also sponsors a disability insurance program for exceptional student-athletes at NCAA institutions in the sports of football, men's and women's basketball, baseball and men's ice hockey.
The program enables qualifying student-athletes, as approved by the program administrator, to purchase disability insurance contracts with preapproved financing, if necessary. This program will provide the student-athlete with the opportunity to protect against future loss of earnings as a professional athlete, due to a disabling injury or sickness that may occur during the collegiate career.
INTRODUCTION:
In October 1990, a disability insurance program was initiated for exceptional student-athletes at National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) institutions in the sports of football and men's basketball. In April 1991, the program was expanded to include exceptional student-athletes in the sport of baseball. In June 1993, exceptional student-athletes in men's ice hockey became eligible for the program. Coverage became available for exceptional student-athletes in the sport of women's basketball in August 1998.
The program enables qualifying student-athletes, as approved by the program administrator, to purchase a disability insurance contract with pre-approved financing, if necessary. This program will provide the student-athlete with the opportunity to protect against future loss of earnings as a professional athlete due to a disabling injury or sickness that may occur during the collegiate career.
ELIGIBLE STUDENT-ATHLETES:
Student-athletes with remaining athletics eligibility at NCAA institutions in the sports of intercollegiate football, men's or women's basketball, baseball, or men's ice hockey, who have demonstrated they have professional potential to be selected in the first three rounds of the upcoming National Football League or National Hockey League draft or the first round of the upcoming draft of the National Basketball Association, Major League Baseball, or Women's National Basketball Association, are eligible for this program.
Entire article: http://www.ncaa.org/about/resources/insurance/student-athlete-insurance-programs
The NCAA sponsors a Catastrophic Injury Insurance Program which covers the student-athlete who is catastrophically injured while participating in a covered intercollegiate athletic activity. The policy has a $90,000 deductible and provides benefits in excess of any other valid and collectible insurance.
2013-14 Catastrophic Insurance Program Benefits Summary
Catastrophic Insurance - Frequently Asked Questions
Exceptional Student-Athlete Disability Insurance Program
The NCAA also sponsors a disability insurance program for exceptional student-athletes at NCAA institutions in the sports of football, men's and women's basketball, baseball and men's ice hockey.
The program enables qualifying student-athletes, as approved by the program administrator, to purchase disability insurance contracts with preapproved financing, if necessary. This program will provide the student-athlete with the opportunity to protect against future loss of earnings as a professional athlete, due to a disabling injury or sickness that may occur during the collegiate career.
INTRODUCTION:
In October 1990, a disability insurance program was initiated for exceptional student-athletes at National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) institutions in the sports of football and men's basketball. In April 1991, the program was expanded to include exceptional student-athletes in the sport of baseball. In June 1993, exceptional student-athletes in men's ice hockey became eligible for the program. Coverage became available for exceptional student-athletes in the sport of women's basketball in August 1998.
The program enables qualifying student-athletes, as approved by the program administrator, to purchase a disability insurance contract with pre-approved financing, if necessary. This program will provide the student-athlete with the opportunity to protect against future loss of earnings as a professional athlete due to a disabling injury or sickness that may occur during the collegiate career.
ELIGIBLE STUDENT-ATHLETES:
Student-athletes with remaining athletics eligibility at NCAA institutions in the sports of intercollegiate football, men's or women's basketball, baseball, or men's ice hockey, who have demonstrated they have professional potential to be selected in the first three rounds of the upcoming National Football League or National Hockey League draft or the first round of the upcoming draft of the National Basketball Association, Major League Baseball, or Women's National Basketball Association, are eligible for this program.
Entire article: http://www.ncaa.org/about/resources/insurance/student-athlete-insurance-programs
