Type of Insurance:

Comprehensive General Liability Insurance
Limit Of Liability: $1,000,000 each occurrence
with a $2,000,000 Aggregate
Deductible: $-0- per occurrence
Fire Damage: $25,000 per occurrence
Deductible $1,000

Named Insured: MFA - Member hunting clubs leasing land from MFA member landowners.

A separate certificate will be issued to each hunting club.

Master policy basis Landowners would be listed as an additional insured party.

Premium calculation:

19 cents per acre (subject to a $200 minimum premium)

Additional insured (to cover landowner) X $26 each

Separate payment to MFA for MFA memberships for both the Forest Landowner and the Hunt Club.is required MFA membership dues are collected annually. Click here to see current MFA membership fees.

Coverage under this policy is subject to approval by Davis-Garvin Agency.

Application forms may be obtained by contacting either:

Julia Schofield
Davis-Garvin Agency, Inc.
P.O. Box 21627
Columbia, SC 29221

1-800-845-3163

or

Karin E. Miller
Maryland Forests Association
P.O. Box 599
Grantsville, MD 21536
301-895-5369
mdforests@hereintown.net

Press release of July 31, 1998:

MFA ENDORSES

Hunting Lease Liability Insurance Program

The Maryland Forests Association's Board of Governors has endorsed affordable Hunting Lease Liability Insurance as a service for our hunt club and forest landowner members. The program is administrated by the Davis-Garvin Agency, Inc. of Columbia, South Carolina.

This program names both the landowner and the hunt club as insureds and each receives a certificate of insurance. To qualify for this Hunting Lease Liability Insurance, both the hunt club and the forest landowner(s) must be members of MFA. A written agreement between the MFA member landowner and the hunt club is required. MFA requires that each ownership be represented by a person who has legal authority to represent the ownership.

Each distinct ownership, whether individual, partnership, trust, corporate, etc., must maintain a membership in MFA and qualify separately for insurance coverage. Each owner of a tract must be a member and a separate application filled out.

MFA's group insurance policy for landowner members and hunt clubs is designed to cover hunt club activities on any MFA member's land leased to a hunt club. Lands subleased may not be included.

The insurance program is a Comprehensive General Liability Insurance. The program offers broad coverage, but the insurance is strictly "hunting lease liability insurance" and does not take the place of liability insurance coverage unrelated to leased hunting activities. Activities such as commercial dove shoots and short-term fee hunting are not covered. The limit of liability is $1,000,000 for each occurrence. There is no deductible. (new rates have gone into effect since this news release was published. See current rates at top of web page)

The premium is calculated using the total number of acres to be covered at 14 cents per acre, plus a $26 fee to cover the landowner. If a hunt club leases land from multiple landowners, a $26 per landowner fee will be charged for each additional landowner. Each landowner must be an MFA member to be included. Coverage is subject to approval by the Davis-Garvin Agency, Inc.

All questions relating to the MFA Hunting Lease Liability Insurance program should be directed to Davis-Garvin agent Ed Wilson at 1-800-845-3163 or write to Davis-Garvin Agency, Inc. P.O. Box 21627, Columbia, SC 29221.

The Davis-Garvin Agency has been in the hunting lease liability insurance programs for more than nine years, and insures nearly 30 million acres annually. The insurance program is underwritten by Odyssey Re Group, a worldwide firm based in London, England. For information on MFA membership for forest landowners or hunt clubs, contact the MFA office at 301/895-5369.