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IKO no longer required for kite school insurance

Postby kiwimike » Sat Aug 31, 2013 5:43 am

to the remaining 40 iko kite schools,

insurance company suedwestring is no longer requiring schools to be iko affiliated with iko. any school requiring insurance can contact suedwestring directly on at mriegger@suedwestring.de
as there are so few iko schools remaining suedwestring no longer gives any discount for iko affiliation.



DIRECT QUOTE FROM SUEDWESTRING

yes it is true - for us it is not necessary that your school is IKO affiliated!

We just can give higher discounts for VDWS e.V. or VdS e.V. affiliated schools.
So if you are interested in getting school membership in one of these organizations,
please contact VDWS or VdS directly.

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Re: IKO no longer required for kite school insurance

Postby uncle sammy » Mon Sep 02, 2013 10:25 am

:thumb:

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Re: IKO no longer required for kite school insurance

Postby kiwimike » Mon Sep 02, 2013 6:47 pm

uncle sammy wrote::thumb:
I guess the insurance company does not see iko as adding any safety benefit to schools. Is quite a blow to an organisation who tries to pass itself off as being beneficial. Another nail in the coffin.

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Re: IKO no longer required for kite school insurance

Postby dafish » Tue Sep 03, 2013 5:44 am

well maybe so. I have sent in my info twice to Martina and have not got a quote back nor response. This is after several months. Still waiting...

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Re: IKO no longer required for kite school insurance

Postby kiwimike » Tue Sep 03, 2013 8:30 am

iko only responds to emails regarding payment of money to them. i suggest you contact the insurance company directly.

dafish wrote:well maybe so. I have sent in my info twice to Martina and have not got a quote back nor response. This is after several months. Still waiting...

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Re: IKO no longer required for kite school insurance

Postby dafish » Tue Sep 03, 2013 10:47 pm

you misunderstand what I am saying. I am referring to the insurance company you posted up. I have contacted them, and Martina, the woman who sent me the forms, has not gotten back to me. This is going outside of IKO. I can't get insurance through IKO without having an level 2 instructor, and as I am only a level one and have a small setup, there is not much I can do. Luckily there is a company in Australia that has given me a quote so I know sort of where I stand. But never the less, the company that you put up (mriegger) has not responded despite my repeated efforts and full risk assessments and plans that I have.

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Re: IKO no longer required for kite school insurance

Postby nikalaitzian » Wed Sep 04, 2013 9:16 am

kiwimike wrote:
uncle sammy wrote::thumb:
I guess the insurance company does not see iko as adding any safety benefit to schools. Is quite a blow to an organisation who tries to pass itself off as being beneficial. Another nail in the coffin.
IKO my ass :lol:

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Re: IKO no longer required for kite school insurance

Postby kiwimike » Thu Sep 05, 2013 3:28 pm

Sorry. There was a martina also working as a secetary for iko. Anyone who ever phoned iko knows who she is. Pretty unpleasent and unhelpfull to put it nicely. Who is the aussie company? I need insurance for my school.
dafish wrote:you misunderstand what I am saying. I am referring to the insurance company you posted up. I have contacted them, and Martina, the woman who sent me the forms, has not gotten back to me. This is going outside of IKO. I can't get insurance through IKO without having an level 2 instructor, and as I am only a level one and have a small setup, there is not much I can do. Luckily there is a company in Australia that has given me a quote so I know sort of where I stand. But never the less, the company that you put up (mriegger) has not responded despite my repeated efforts and full risk assessments and plans that I have.


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