Pro-Secure and the Professional Footballers Association have launched a tailor-made insurance policy designed to protect the PFA’s 3,000 members, ranging from Premiership superstars to apprentices in the Third Division.

The policies will pay a tax-free lump sum if a player’s career is ended by injury – each year 50 to 60 players are forced to retire from injuries. Pro-Secure is the leading personal injury insurance provider for professional sportsmen founded by former England player Steve Foster.

Mick McGuire, Deputy Chief Executive, PFA, said:
‘Every player runs the risk of career-ending injury which makes its imperative for every PFA member, irrespective of status or income, to protect their futures. This is why we advise all players to have their own individual Pro-Secure personal accident policy in their own name. Cover is particularly important for young players who need to insure against the loss of future career earnings.’

Ashley Cole of Arsenal and England said: ‘My Pro-Secure personal accident policy provides me with 24 hour world-wide cover if I am playing in the Premier League or for England.’

Steve Foster commented: ‘Professional football is a high-risk occupation. It is essential for every player to have adequate insurance cover. Working with the PFA, we are aiming to educate players to have their own policies so they can properly plan for the future should their career prematurely end.’

John Goodman, previously of Wimbledon and Eire, whose career was ended by injury, said: ‘I was fortunate to have a Pro-Secure policy when my career was ended by an injury playing in the Premiership. This gave me the opportunity to finish a sports science degree and move into a new career as a fitness coach at Wimbledon.’

Pro-Secure is the leading insurance provider for professional footballers and professional sportsmen, specialising in providing cover for career-ending injuries. It currently provides over £500 million of insurance cover for its 600 clients.

Pro-Secure creates individually tailor-made policies for each footballer and all the company’s insurances are underwritten by American Specialty Underwriters, the market leader in sports disability insurance in North America and the UK. Pro-Secure was founded by Steve Foster in 1994 and is run with former England, Sussex and Surrey cricketer, Tony Pigott.

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