Insurance news for Canadian Olympic hockey could cause struggles

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Coverage issues have added doubt to the ability of players from Canada to head to Sochi. Hockey Canada has been dealing with a number of different issues in finalizing its plans to be able to send hockey players to the Olympic orientation camp in August 2013, but bad insurance news is continuing to stand in the way. If the current situation doesn’t turn around, it may mean that the players won’t be able to skate after all. The CEO of Hockey Canada, Bob Nicholson, has said that no decision has…

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Insurance coverage needed before NHL hockey players can head to the Olympics

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The policies and the travel costs are all that is left standing in the way of the participation in Sochi. The NHL Players’ Association and the National Hockey League sat down on Friday to talk to the International Olympic Committee (IOC) members and the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF). The goal was to sort out the issues that were still outstanding regarding the costs of the insurance coverage for the multimillion dollar protection that the players would require in order to take part in the Winter Olympics in 2014. The…

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Insurance news from the NHL shows it is too expensive for Crosby to play

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Sid the Kid may find his premiums prohibitive if he wants to hit the ice during the lockout. Captain of the Pittsburgh Penguins, Sidney Crosby is making insurance news after having discovered that if he wants to play elsewhere while the NHL remains locked out, he will be facing some steep premiums. There are a number of factors that have caused the price of the player’s coverage to spike. Specifically, the young hockey player’s tremendous salary, in combination with his history of experiencing injuries to his head, are what is…

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