Pregnancy, contraception and menopause to be covered
Groundbreaking changes an ‘incredibly welcome’ step
Female athletes are to benefit from a major breakthrough in insurance cover for pregnancy, contraception, menopause and other health conditions, as part of the implementation of recommendations in the Carney review.
The Women’s Football Taskforce commissioned Loughborough University – announced recently as the world’s No 1 university for sports-related subjects for a 10th consecutive year – to work with leading insurance providers and brokers to ensure female athletes are offered appropriate support in their insurance coverage.
The changes to insurance provisions for female athletes will address specifically the blind spots that exist in regards to pregnancy, contraception, menopause, health conditions and conditions that disproportionately affect women, such as relative energy deficiency in sport (Red-S).
