From the beginning of this year, Swedish ICMIF member Folksam has entered partnerships with two national sporting associations – the Swedish Volleyball Federation and the Swedish Tennis Federation.
From 1 January 2023, Folksam and the Swedish Volleyball Federation entered into a partnership that will see over 11,000 licensed players and children up to the age of 18 covered by Folksam’s sports insurance, should an injury occur. The sports insurance also includes an advice and care service for sports injuries, which means that players will have access to physiotherapists who are experts in sports injuries.
Folksam insures many athletes in Sweden who take part in a variety of specialist sports, such as football, skiing and equestrian sports. Both those who make their living from their sport, to those who exercise at the local sports club are all covered by Folksam.
“We are delighted that Svenska Volleyboll [Swedish Volleyball Federation] has chosen to insure its practitioners with us. We have a long experience of working with sports that can be sustained throughout people’s lives, and we look forward to finding projects in the future where we can work together to prevent injuries, so that more people can play volleyball for longer,” said Lena Lindqvist, Account Manager at Folksam Idrott (Folksam Sport).
More than 190 associations are members of the Swedish Volleyball Federation. These associations have a growing number of players who are licensed to compete in volleyball, beach volleyball and snow volleyball. The Federation’s vision is to be Sweden’s most welcoming sport, where Swedish volleyball will offer accessible, lifelong sport where everyone feels valued and important, and gets a social and joyful active context.
“We are very pleased to start a cooperation with Folksam. They have the strongest expertise and the most experience in good, modern insurance for Swedish sport. From Swedish volleyball, we look forward to a long-term cooperation that can be developed in different ways,” said Simon Dahl, Secretary General of the Swedish Volleyball Federation.
Also from the start of this year, Folksam and the Swedish Tennis Federation have entered into a partnership that will see around 50,000 licensed players and children up to the age of 13 covered by Folksam’s sports insurance in the event of injury. As with the volleyball partnership, the insurance from Folksam also includes the advice and care service with access to sports physiotherapists.
“We are delighted that the Swedish Tennis Federation has chosen to insure its members with us. We have a long experience of working for sustainable sport throughout life, including injury prevention, but also through the expertise of our physiotherapists,” says Madeleine Hasselwander, Partner Manager at Folksam Idrott.
The Swedish Tennis Federation works towards better tennis. The Federation’s members are organised in seven regions and 400 tennis clubs. Tennis is one of Sweden’s biggest sports for children and young people. Swedish tennis players have won numerous international ATP and WTA titles, including 37 Grand Slam titles. The association has 13,000 licensed competitive players and over 500 national competitions are organised each year.
