The requirement to "register" days marshalled goes back to the days when we had to keep detailed records for the Insurance Company of who did what where. This has not been a strict requirement for a few years now but it is still helpful for the Club to know what is going on, especially with overseas activities.
However, let me say that no fully-paid up member, attending an "approved" event (i.e. MSA permitted, MSA Certificate of Exemption and a wide range of events not covered by MSA Personal Accident Insurance) has ever been refused a legitimate claim for injury. Thankfully, the incidences of injury are rare but remember, too, that BMMC benefits are paid without the "means testing" present in most other PA insurance policies (including the MSA's). This is of considerable benefit to those marshals who are retired, carers, housewives or otherwise not in paid employment at the time of the incident.
Similar extention to risk, beyond that supplied by the MSA and, again, a much wider range of events, is contained in a Public Liability policy held in the Club's name for up to £5M.
The Marshals' Club has a proud record of innovation - the first ever Training and Grading Scheme for marshals (taken on by the MSA as their national scheme), many circuit safety features arose from Marshals' Club suggestions. The Marshals' Club was the first to report on the reducing number of marshals and the Team Wilson/BMMC/BTCC recruiting campaign has been the singularly most successful -ever- recruiting campaign for new marshals and it was this campaign that was largely responsible for the growth in recent years from a low of 22,500 marshalling days to the current 40,000 marshalling days a year. Many of the changes you see currently, on alternative marshalling methods, came first from a report submitted to the MSA and the FIA by the Marshals' Club.
Currently, marshalling overalls are virtually free to members and we are working on a closer partnership arrangement between circuits, organising clubs and "the Authorities" to better ensure marshalling facilities are maintained to a good standard.
Most of this is documented on the Club web site
www.marshals.co.uk and in "50 Years of Motorsport Marshalling", which records the history of marshalling in the UK and has earned some £5,500 so far for Club Funds.