For short term foreign travel insurance....

..... I've been using IMG Global for my recent trips - it is available for us Indians through travelinsuranceindia.com. The policy to go for is Patriot America with Extreme Sports rider to cover Paragliding and it includes everything from emergency medical evacuation to the expenses for getting ones bodily remains or ashes back home, if it gets to that.

Well, as to the question of whether these guys are reliable, I tried calling their call center, had a couple of mail exchanges and these were professional enough. They have a list of cashless hospitals too (the ones in Indian cities looked good, so I assume that the ones abroad will be to the same standards).

Third party liability cover is not available through these folks though.

Liability Insurance for flying in Europe

Liability insurance covers injury to other people and damage to their property. You need liability insurance to fly legally in most European countries even if a PG rating license is not required.

Here's a contact for obtaining PG third-party liability insurance for flying in Europe.

Sepp Himberger
AXA Insurance
axa@fly-koessen.at

I've never had to actually test if they pay up (thankfully), but Sepp was friendly enough. He even invited me to fly at his home site in Koessen, Austria.

It costs 70 euros for a year. You need to fax him an application form with the details of your glider and license, in my case the FAI license from the Aero Club of India, New Delhi.

You can find more details about their third party liability insurance coverage here.

Note that emergency rescue and world wide coverage are only available to EU citizens. Last year, Sepp told me that I was covered only for liability and only for flying in the EU.