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Health insurance is being introduced more and more strength in Spanish society. In fact, business is the most valuable social benefit, above and ahead of pension plans and retirement or training.

According to various studies, 84% of employees of companies look favorably on the company that will provide health insurance.

Sanitas wants to reward those customers who choose to exercise, and has developed an initiative that offers a discount on your policy, to encourage the adoption of healthy lifestyles among its private clients and explains that this measure want to reward those who take care.

In start, be eligible for a discount of up to 200 euros in premiums those who participated in the recent popular races held in Madrid and La Coruna and Barcelona next Sunday.

This option refers to both existing customers and to the new insurance contract with the entity.

This will explain that to make a routine ‘personalized’ first need a medical report certifying the absence of risk to the sport and explain the possible conditions that must be taken into account when planning the exercise.

The room technician Maintenance is also responsible for explaining the basics of acting in the room. For example, we show that a work session begins with warming in some of the cardio-exercise bike, treadmill or rowing-specific work is weight divided by muscle groups and ends with a phase flexibility, cool-down.

also will ask a series of useful recommendations, such as carrying a bottle of water and a towel to dry the sweat and lie on the mats.
As for the phase corresponding to the core work of weights, include two main aspects. First, the coach is who should be responsible for choosing the type of exercises, the weight with which you work, the number of sets and repetitions, recovery times and alternating exercises.

Practice with free weights or with machines without considering the aforementioned factors entails a significant risk of injury.
Secondly, the correct execution of the gesture is very important both from the standpoint of its effectiveness as the risk of injury. The room technician supervises the work of each. However, if you are not sure to be working well or if you notice some discomfort in the execution, do not hesitate to seek advice and request that we correct.

The medical review sports
In a sports medical examination assesses the physical ability of a person for sports.

First, the doctor takes the personal data such as height, weight, blood pressure and pulse. Next, make a report anthropometric and diagnoses used. With lipómetro measures the amount of body fat and, from there, we deduce the percentages of fat, bone, muscle and residual weight of the body.

This serves to calculate the ideal weight and to define the type of body structure of the person (somatotipograma).
Another point is the morphologic and functional, including an exploration of the hearing, the cardiorespiratory system (auscultation and electrocardiogram) and musculoskeletal (plantar support, spine, etc..).

Finally, in some medical centers performed the exercise test on a stationary bike or treadmill, used to determine maximum heart rate, recovery time, anaerobic threshold and in the case of high performance athletes, oxygen consumption maximum, maximum oxygen consumption per kilo body, etc..

Mutual Agrupacio medic Sport is a new concept of insurance, one of the few safe for athletes not professionals can be found today.

Sportmedic is defined by the insurer as a health care insurance for persons performing the usual practice of sport. can hire along with a certain health or if they want individually.

These will have free access to: endocrinologists and dieticians, chiropractors and doctors specializing in sports medicine, plus a battery of stress tests and electrocardiograms, and others.

It is ideal for those who play sports and can be personalized health guidance be drilled seguos many more.

The attractive addition to offering comprehensive, is that it involves a complete medical check sports, access to specialists and specialty sports yvariada range of care services, combining sport and good health. Along with medical and wellness centers for providing Agrupació Mutua.

Coverage:
Three types of mode Coverage:
Covers medical-core sports at no cost.
sports-medical coverages at special prices.
Other Benefits.

Basic Coverages:
Medical check-sports:
The medical examination will be only once every 12 months from the incorporation of each insured to the insurance. The medical examination sports offered:
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The main sponsor of Alicante Meridian, Meridian Insurance, organized last Saturday a Roadshow in Elche. This event is part of the tour organized by the insurance company throughout Spain and has already had an impact in Alicante, Malaga, Castellon, Almeria and Cadiz. Their goal: to promote sport and especially the fans of basketball from an early age.

Last Saturday was the turn of Elche, where more than one hundred boys and girls of all ages enjoyed a day dedicated to basketball. This traveling event, under the name “Grow With Us” had its record turnout Saturday at the school Ferrández Cruz de Elche, where 30 teams competed in a tournament 3×3 in different categories. Younger also enjoyed a fun day on the playground with mini baskets, drawing area, a bouncy castle … In addition, all participants received gifts and special awards winners collected.

Over the next few weeks, different Spanish cities enjoy this traveling event. Los Palacios, in Seville, San Juan, Alicante, and Alzira, Valencia, are the next destinations Roadshow “Grow with us.”

Divina Pastora Insurance is an insurance company established over 50 years. In the beginning, was a pioneer in providing financial protection to domestic servants, ie women who had no social benefit. Gradually, the company was transformed into a more solvent insurers in the country and now offers a wide range of products. Divine Shepherd Insurance has a clear commitment to the sport and now is found to support the People’s Pedestrian Carreira GALLEGO MAIL. Francisco Javier de Labra regional director Divina Pastora Insurance in Galicia tells us the close relationship of this company and sport.

What is your role in the popular racing?
Divine Shepherd Insurance has a strong commitment to the sport, both elite and grassroots. In fact we support more than 150 popular careers throughout the country and we are the Sponsor of the Royal Federation of Athletics. In addition, the Divina Pastora commitment to the sport is reflected in concrete with our product Sports Insurance.

What do you think of the Carreira Walks?
It’s a race that has been consolidated in the national circuit schedule, both for quality and organizational level sports. Proof of this is that this issue is already the thirty-third. For Divina Pastora is proud to help drive and keep improving year after year this race ..

What other sporting events Divina Pastora involved?

Divina Pastora involved in many sporting and cultural events, not only through but also Divina Pastora Insurance Foundation Divina Pastora. For example, the Foundation supports Divina Pastora adapted sport thanks to the Adapted Sports Program in collaboration with the University of Valencia, which allows athletes with disabilities compete nationally and internationally. Here in Galicia, in addition to Carreira, Walks, also include our participation in a very direct with Oscar Pereiro Foundation through the sponsorship of the Fun Run Charity Oscar Pereiro-Divina Pastora Insurance, or in the Circuit Race with us from Lugo.

Who are your customers (individuals, companies, etc..) And what type of products offered?

Most of our clients are individuals and we specialize in personal insurance. We sell a wide range of products including Personal Multi-Risk, Life, Savings Plan / Retirement, Death, Health and Sports Insurance. These products join the company’s latest releases: Dental Insurance, the penalty points, Defense and Family Law Graves Disease International.

How many offices have and where?

We currently have a network of over 300 brokers and 49 offices all over Spain, of which there are six in Galicia.

How the crisis affects them?
Despite the difficult economic environment, Divina Pastora 53 years consecutively-positive results since its founding. This is due primarily to the loyalty of our policyholders, who maintain their trust in us year after year. We have also strengthened with the opening of new offices and a widely studied commercial expansion which together with our prudent investment policy allows us to maintain excellent levels of solvency. In addition, our business grew in 2009 by 11.7% compared to last year.

The mandatory sports insurance protection they seek to serve both the athletes and third parties involved with their activities when they occur their work-related injury sporting and result in damages to their health or their wealth. The mandatory sports insurance and home insurance, vehicle or life cover full or partial lost the understanding that the risk is any athlete is high in the course of their work. The athlete is exposed to multiple risks in performing their activity think of the racing driver in the athlete, boxer, who practiced high-risk sports or a footballer, among others. Each is exposed to accidents that can leave you disabled and even lose your life and leave his family unprotected.

Are these the reasons why the authorities have paid interest to the safety of athletes and created makes Several years mandatory sports insurance. Subject to many unknown and therefore not part of the claim or not it should be. mandatory sports insurance covering accidents, death, disability, medical expenses unlimited authorized service centers. Sport established by law to have insurance Sport is compulsory sport in schools, the federated sport, college sport and even sport and recreational participation. sports insurance are understood mandatory health care insurance, liability insurance, indemnity insurance in case of death or anatomical loss.

In case of death insurance cover all funeral expenses. Insurance is mandatory sports sports federations pay once and for all their athletes have this benefit. The rates or reach the limit to where this insurance are set by decree as the laws of each country. In Spanish legislation disability amount is 12,000 Euros. scenarios or sports institutions in which the athletes practice their activity must also have liability insurance as required by law if a person is injured or dies in that place because of the relationship of place with the sport that is making, they must respond. When making skills, tournaments or sporting events is also necessary that each participant have an indemnity insurance since no one knows what may occur during the competition and is better to prevent any legal involvement in case something unexpected happens. Safety in sport is raised in different legislation, however there are athletes and even leaders who are unaware or ignore it.

There are many risks that result from sports activities and is Spain the country that has given more attention to the issue of mandatory sports insurance laws and decrees have established and well established. Even books have been published that summarize all the information about this topic to let them closer and more clear to athletes, sports institutions and public places where people practice their sport.

The practice of adventure sports and risk, as the name suggests, carries a high risk factor, so security is a primary factor in these activities.

Safe from the danger
Sports are considered all activities or disciplines due to special circumstances or situations implied the danger and difficulty to perform them, they are considered extreme. In addition, such practice of sport are increasingly accepted in our society. Whether it’s the adrenaline rush, the challenge yourself to yourself or the need for adventure is striking so many people. Jump in paragliding, abseiling, diving, climbing, rafting? there are many sports that are exposed to great risk. From the most dangerous as bungee jumping or skydiving as more traditional but no less dangerous as sailing, skiing or motorcycling athlete exposed to great risk. So if we are where we like to test you regularly with any of these practices or, let’s make a timely manner any of these activities is advisable to have one of the many extreme sports insurance on offer.

Title and cover
Insurance risk sports usually included within the travel insurance. Whatever our trip and the sport to practice, these policies conform to the type of trip you’re going to do (Skiing, Vacation, Adventure, etc.). To protect both your physical and expenses you may have. Normally, we found protection in those designated as safe adventure that protect against any problems that may arise in the practice of these sports. The insurance coverage of these extreme sports offer a wide range of services including medical services among which are usually included hospitalization, emergency evacuations, ambulance and the accompaniment of kin. The price of this insurance proposal, which sometimes also includes trip cancellation, range depending on the contract duration.

Risk Experts
The practice of adventure sports and risk, as the name suggests, carries a high risk factor, so security is a major factor in this type of activity even for experts or people working on it. Having an insurance policy of extreme sports is not only desirable but quite central to both the monitor and customers. At least have liability insurance, at least. Usually companies as a mandatory condition to monitor and ensure the price of the insurance activity is included for the customer but never hurts to ask and make sure.