Protect Your Camp with
The Counselor!

With The Counselor, Markel’s camp insurance program, you’ll find expert insurance counselors who can help you with claims, coverage, and everything in between.

The Counselor covers these types of camps:

• Resident camps
• Day camps
• Religious camps
• Sports camps
• Equestrian camps
• Short-term camps
• Special-needs camps
• Conference centers

The Further Adventures of The Counselor!

The Counselor is back! He's as safety conscious and vigilant as ever, and he's just as cute. Take a minute to view his latest camper-saving adventures by clicking on the orange button to your left. He's guaranteed to make you smile!

The Counselor
Protection That's Always There

The Counselor protects your camp in ways both big and small, whether you encounter a crisis or a minor mishap. One of the most important ways to protect your camp is to prevent accidents from happening in the first place. That’s where our Safety 1st Education Program comes in.

The Safety 1st Education Program provides exceptional risk-management tools, including background checks for staff and volunteers at a deeply discounted rate, safe driving courses at a discounted rate, timely and useful publications, and practical loss-control solutions.

But that’s just the beginning of the specialized services The Counselor provides. When you choose The Counselor to protect your camp, you also get:

• Broadened coverage: The Counselor protects every facet of your camp. It offers hard-to-find liability coverage, such as sexual abuse and professional liability, as well as property coverage to protect your unique camp property, like ropes courses, docks, platforms, and pavilions.
• Compassionate, caring claims handling: When you're in a tough spot, our claims associates will help you through it. Our claims team has extensive experience successfully resolving claims involving children.
• Exceptional risk-management tools: The Counselor policyholders reap many benefits, including a dedicated crisis response team, background checks for their staff and volunteers at a deeply discounted rate, timely and useful publications, and practical loss-control solutions.
• Unmatched experience: Markel is the largest insurer of camps in the U.S., and a pioneer in camp insurance.
• Financial stability: Independent insurance analyst A.M. Best Company rates us  "A" Excellent for financial strength. That means there will always be money in the bank to pay your covered claims.
• Licensed throughout the U.S.

Call 888-442-4006 to speak with a Markel representative

8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. EST
Monday - Friday