Insurance for STS Members
Updated 16 October 2023
Providers of insurance for STS members
STS & Bluefin Sport
STS has teamed up with Bluefin Sport to provide insurance to its members from 2018. Bluefin Sport, part of the Marsh Insurance family, have extensive experience in providing insurance for the sports sector and a growing reputation in the shooting community.
We have worked with Bluefin Sport to get the best value deal possible for our members and have provided details of this below.
STS Insurance Microsite
We have worked with our partners at Bluefin Sport and are pleased to bring to members a microsite, operated by Bluefin Sport. This site provides further information on the cover members receive, including schedules, policy documents, contact details and information on how to make a claim.
Period of Cover
In 2019 STS worked with our partners at Bluefin Sport to adjust the term of our cover. In response to the need of our individual and club plus members, our insurance now runs from 15th January to 14th January the following year. This means members can now enjoy Christmas and New Year shooting without the stress of requiring new documentation for 1st January. Instead, this provides a two-week window for clubs and individuals to affiliate in January.
Cover for Individual Members
At STS we appreciate that every one of our members is different. While we cannot offer completely bespoke insurance packages, we have tried to come up with levels of cover that may reflect where you are as a shooter so you can be a member of STS without having to pay for insurance you don't need and won't use.
Essential membership is designed for those just getting in to the sport and therefore are likely shoot in a club but do not compete in events, except maybe postal shoots. We used to offer license revocation cover at this level of membership but due to spiralling costs of this, to keep prices for this membership as low as possible, we have cancelled this cover from 2024 onwards.
Enhanced membership has been designed for shooters who decide to take their shooting to the next level and travel to events in Scotland (and other parts of the UK) to compete. Shooters who travel and compete will likely have invested in their own firearm which is why we build on the Essential membership and add personal accident and equipment cover.
Public Liability
Personal Accident Insurance (up to £50,000)
Personal Equipment Cover (up to £10,000)
Complete membership is designed for shooters who want to test themselves outside of the UK and shoot at events across the world. We therefore take the insurance cover from our other memberships and add on worldwide travel insurance as well legal support for personal criminal prosecution defence.
Insurance to support the legal costs for personal criminal prosecution defence
Worldwide Travel Cover for Shooting Activities
To make sure we keep our Worldwide Travel cover premium as low as possible and can pass these savings on to our members, we need to keep a record of trips made outside of the UK by our members so renewal time we can inform insurers the destinations and frequency of travel made by our members. To help us keep a record of this, we simple require members to complete the short form that can be accessed further down the page. Please also note, the travel cover is designed for shooting trips and competitions, not for general holidays or trips.
Complete Members
Register Your Shooting Trips with STS at least 2 weeks before you go!
If you are a complete member of STS, we have a requirement asking individuals to register their travel abroad with us so we can keep a track on the destinations our members travel to, how frequently they travel and how long they spend in each destination. This information is essential for 2 reasons:
By registering your trip we pass this information on to the insurance company to ensure you are covered for your journey
This information allows STS and the insurance company to keep an accurate record of the destinations, frequency and length of trips our members take abroad and therefore STS to get the best possible insurance package for members while keeping prices to a minimum