Advantages Offered by Hunting Lease Liability Insurance
Leasing lands to hunters and fishermen is becoming more and more common throughout the Unites States as landowners seek additional income or desire to reduce the damage done to their crops by deer and wildlife populations. When hunting and fishing land is leased, it is typically no longer a handshake deal, but requires the use of a written hunting lease agreement between the parties. A hunting lease agreement is a formal on-paper agreement between the landowner and an individual hunter or a group of hunters, granting them access to the land for a specified time period at a pre-determined price, and often for a particular type of game animal. In many states, hunting lease liability insurance is mandatory along with a hunting lease agreement.
Hunting lease liability insurance: Hunting liability insurance is a special policy designed to safeguard both the landowners and the hunters by offering liability coverage against hunting related accidents that could possibly result in a lawsuit.
Advantages of getting insured: As hunting liability insurance is quite useful to both landowners and hunters as outlined below:
For hunters
Mishandling of firearm/misfire: Even with experienced sportsmen and women, firearm related accidents can happen. Typically either the hunter mishandles his weapon and injures himself or another member of his hunting party or another hunter is shot because he is mistaken for an animal. Though a hunter mishandling and injuring himself or a family member may not result in liability, injuring another hunter will most likely result in a liability claim. Hunting lease insurance covers against all such liability claims, typically up to $1,000,000.
Fire accidents on the property: Sometimes activities as simple as a campfire can destroy or damage buildings on the property, causing great loss to the landowner. Hunting lease insurance provides financial assistance to the hunter and landowner in this situation.
For landowners
Accidents to the hunters: Landowners need to notify hunters of all foreseeable risks on their property. Possible hazards include abandoned wells, old deer stands, and cables and wire fences, all of which may cause injury. If a hunter gets hurt, then the landlord could be legally responsible for the accident. Hunting lease liability insurance helps protect owners from such risks, typically up to $1,000,000 per occurrence. Liability insurance helps owners settle such claims without any financial disturbance.
Hunting insurance covers a wide variety of risks: Besides offering coverage to all the above mentioned risks, a hunting insurance policy covers accidents involving ATVs used for hunting, tree stands, guest liability, etc. Hunting lease liability insurance is a comprehensive policy that covers a wide variety of risks.
In spite of everyone’s best efforts to ensure safe hunting, accidents are unavoidable. Liability insurance may not reduce the occurrence of accidents, but it can at least save from the adversities of unintentional mistakes. Moreover, hunting lease liability insurance is less expensive than homeowners’ policies and has a much quicker application process and turnaround time.
American Hunting Lease Association serves the hunting and recreational property leasing market with liability insurance and leasing contracts. We offer hunting insurance or hunt club insurance and free use of our lease agreement template. Our risk management program has many benefits including member-to-member coverage, fire damage liability and medical expenses.
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