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Oh, yes. But US liability law is a funny thing and its reach is vast. That's why US swimming pools tend to be surrounded with serious fencing with locked gates: to avoid liability for the kids and drunks and $OUT_GROUP members who would otherwise wander in and drown.



You can't insure a property if pool (or entire property) is not fenced.


Sure you can. You just cannot use standard cheap home policies. I have learned that someone somewhere will always write a policy. It may be crazy expensive. But they will write it.


Many places are fine with a retractable cover that you can't fall through. They are like a flat thing on wheels, let you walk on it when closed.




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