Focus Session: Affordable Crew Health Insurance Plans

 

 

 

 

Rick Bagnall

Rick Bagnall of the Allen Agency Financial Group will offer a comprehensive overview of the new ASTA Crew Health Insurance Plan followed with a Question and Answer session.

 

 These policies are extremely rich in benefits that you will not find with your local domestic health carriers and are written specifically to help cover your profession.
 
The policy is underwritten by HTH Worldwide and backed by Well Point or Anthem/Blue Cross & Blue Shield and Swiss re: (the largest reinsurer in the world)  and available via a Group or an Individual policy.

SUMMARY OF PLAN BENEFITS
MEDICAL
Lifetime Maximum $5,000,000 
$250 Deductible (Group)
Coinsurance 80/20 to $2,000 or $3,000 (depending plan option)
Under the Aetna U.S. network & offers a international network
Pharmacy (Rx) coverage is included (Group)
Up to $250,000 medical evacuation
Domestic & International coverage
Alcohol related & sailboat racing injuries covered to policy maximum
Preventative care coverage
With or without maternity coverage
Group coverage: Premiums, $146.00 or $166.00 per month
Individual Coverage: Premium based on age and deductible chosen
 
*Individual premiums are based on age of policy holder

Gary Jobson to give Keynote Address

Keynote Speaker Gary Jobson

Jobson, 59, is a world class sailor, television commentator and author based in Annapolis, Maryland. Gary has authored 16 sailing books and is Editor at Large of Sailing World and Cruising World magazines. Jobson produced sailing at the 2008 Olympic Games. He has won many championships in one design classes, the America’s Cup with Ted Turner in 1977, the infamous Fastnet Race and many of the world’s ocean races.  In college he was an All American sailor three times and was twice named College Sailor of the Year (1972, 1973). In October 2003, Gary was inducted into the America’s Cup Hall of Fame by the Herreshoff Marine Museum.  In 1999 Jobson won the Nathanael G. Herreshoff Trophy, US Sailing’s most prestigious award.  This trophy is awarded annually to an individual who has made an outstanding contribution to the sport of sailing in the United States. Gary is the National Chairman of The Leukemia Cup Regatta, The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society’s sailing program.

Jobson has been ESPN’s sailing commentator since 1985. He won an A.C.E.  (Award for Cable Excellence) for the 1987 America’s Cup.  In 1988 Jobson won an Emmy for  his production of  sailing at the Olympic Games in South Korea and  won an Emmy for the 2006 Volvo Ocean Race on PBS.   Gary Jobson has won four Southam Awards and one Telly Award.  His newest books are titled Championship Sailing and A Cats A Century of Tradition.

 

Over the past thirty-five years Gary has given over 2000 lectures throughout the world.  He started his career as a sailing coach at the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy and the U.S. Naval Academy.
            

Gary is also an active cruising sailor.  He has led ambitious expeditions to the Arctic, Antarctica and Cape Horn.  

 

For more information on Gary Jobson, visit his website at www.jobsonsailing.com 

Early Registration Ends September 15th!

 

37th Annual Conference on Sail Training And Tall Ships
November 4 – 7, 2009
Cleveland, Ohio

The 2009 ASTA conference will take place in Cleveland, Ohio on Thursday, November 5 and Friday, November 6 followed by the ASTA Safety Under Sail Forum on Saturday, November 7.  The conference will kick off on Wednesday, November 4, with an evening Welcome Reception sponsored by the host ports of the 2010 Great Lakes United TALL SHIPS CHALLENGE® Race Series.

Cleveland, Ohio, four-time host port to the American Sail Training Association’s TALL SHIPS CHALLENGE® Race Series (2001/2003/2006/2010), is home to the Rock-And-Roll Hall of Fame and Museum, the Cleveland Cavaliers, Browns and Indians, the Drew Carey Show, Great Lakes Science Center and much more!