Big Changes to Your Cover Are Coming: Here's What We Know So Far

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Your 2026-27 Insurance Cover: What's Coming

From 1st April 2026, BMABA members will benefit from an updated and significantly expanded insurance provision, and we're pleased to be able to share a first look at what's on the horizon.

Full details, pricing, and formal terms will be published in the BMABA Handbook very shortly. In the meantime, here's a summary of the key areas we'll be updating.

Event Cover

If you're running, hosting, or attending a BMABA-licenced event anywhere in the UK, event cover is set to become completely free. Any BMABA student, instructor, or club will be automatically covered, including those registered under our partner organisations and NGBs, with licences fully transferable across clubs and organisations. We'll also be introducing a straightforward option to cover non-BMABA participants on a nominal per-head basis. Full details and the licencing tools to go alongside this will be available through MyBMABA from 1st April.

Referee Insurance

We're introducing dedicated referee insurance for the first time, making BMABA one of the only organisations in the UK to offer this type of cover. If you officiate at BMABA events, this is something you'll want to know about. There will be a modest additional premium and a CPD requirement, and we'll be sharing the full detail very soon.

Live Blades

Live blades cover has been available through BMABA since 2020, but has historically sat under a separate arrangement. From April, we're bringing this under the same policy as your standard instructor cover, making things simpler and more joined up. Student cover will also be available. Pricing is to be confirmed, but we expect it to be competitive.

Club Cover

We're working towards including standard club cover as part of your membership at no additional cost, for clubs who are fully licencing their instructors and students with us. If confirmed, this could represent a saving of more than £180 per year. We'll have more to say on this very shortly.

Core Cover

Your essential cover remains in place. BMABA instructors will continue to benefit from £5 million public liability, £1 million professional indemnity, and £500,000 abuse cover as standard. We're also reviewing personal accident provision to see whether we can offer improved terms.

For the full headline update and to ask any questions, head over to the Regulations group in MyBMABA. Formal confirmation and handbook updates will follow in the coming days.

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