The subject of club insurance has been discussed on the list lately. I wanted to pass on what I found out today. We have been with Sportsmen's Ins for many year. I spoke with Michelle there today and she informed that Louisiana has refused to accept the increase so our premiums have to remain the same and we will have the same coverage. That is good news for us, for those in states that accepted the increase the premiums have gone to 500.00+ per year. She explained the different polices to me and thought I would pass it on for those shopping. The policies availabe from what she tells me are as follow: Primary Plan is what they sell and that is your own plan and it covers all your claims. Havover is the insurance company and there is no sharing, this is your policy. Covers all claims and they handle them. Excess Plan is less money but any claims would go after all members homeowner policies first then the excess plan would kick in. If members did not have homeowners insurance then this plan would be considered Primary. Master Plan which is the cheapest premiums is not a good plan. If 10 clubs belong to the plan and as an example say club # 3 had a claim and the insurance company had to pay the limits of the policy to this claim. If any of the other 9 clubs in the plan has a claim made against them they would have ZERO coverage because all monies have already been paid by the claim of club # 3. Also with a master plan they start on January 1st and end on December 31st so if you buy the insurance in November you only get 2 months coverage for your money. You would have to pay new premiums come January. Hope this helps anyone that is shopping for insurance for their club. Lee Brown ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2004. All material remains the property of the original author and of GSD Communication, Inc. NO REPRODUCTIONS or FORWARDS of any kind are permitted without prior permission of the original author AND of the Showgsd-l Management. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. ALL PERSONS ARE ON NOTICE THAT THE FORWARDING, REPRODUCTION OR USE IN ANY MANNER OF ANY MATERIAL WHICH APPEARS ON SHOWGSD-L WITHOUT THE EXPRESS PERMISSION OF ALL PARTIES TO THE POST AND THE LIST MANAGEMENT IS EXPRESSLY FORBIDDEN, AND IS A VIOLATION OF LAW. VIOLATORS OF THIS PROHIBITION WILL BE PROSECUTED. For assistance, please contact the List Management at admin@xxxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - http://www.showgsd.org ============================================================================