Public Liability Insurance
Tue, 3 Feb 2004, 09:04 amSam Miller10 posts in thread
Public Liability Insurance
Tue, 3 Feb 2004, 09:04 amHi,
I am trying to get a play up and running and start a theatre group (amatuer). To incorporate a group we don't need public liability, but it appears that if we want to hire a venue we will need it.
Can anyone tell me how they deal with this issue? Can you take it out for say 3 nights run or something?
Thanks to anyone who can shed any light on this trap for new players.
Sam
I am trying to get a play up and running and start a theatre group (amatuer). To incorporate a group we don't need public liability, but it appears that if we want to hire a venue we will need it.
Can anyone tell me how they deal with this issue? Can you take it out for say 3 nights run or something?
Thanks to anyone who can shed any light on this trap for new players.
Sam
Re: Public Liability Insurance
Fri, 6 Feb 2004, 04:29 pmWalter Plinge
No insurance? Not very clever, Sam!
We just renewed our insurance ($1,388 for the year). The C.E.O. of the people supplying our insurance apologized for the increase compared with the previous year's premium. The broker, he tells us, requested quotes from fifteen companies; only two responded. Clearly most underwriters don't understand amateur theatre.
Elsewhere in the information package supplied is the simple warning that: "Office bearers of unincorporated groups run the risk of being held personally liable for injury or damage." Can you assume that risk?
Our insurance is provided by:
The Association of Community Theatre Inc
P O Box 1026
ST PETERS NSW 2044
Ph: 02 9589 1244
E-Mail: martin@showline.com.au
As for short-term insurance. Perhaps you could contact them directly to see if they can help you...
Hope all goes well for your show.
Cheers,
Russell E Williams
Treasurer for
Players Theatre Company Inc.
Mt Waverley, Vic.
We just renewed our insurance ($1,388 for the year). The C.E.O. of the people supplying our insurance apologized for the increase compared with the previous year's premium. The broker, he tells us, requested quotes from fifteen companies; only two responded. Clearly most underwriters don't understand amateur theatre.
Elsewhere in the information package supplied is the simple warning that: "Office bearers of unincorporated groups run the risk of being held personally liable for injury or damage." Can you assume that risk?
Our insurance is provided by:
The Association of Community Theatre Inc
P O Box 1026
ST PETERS NSW 2044
Ph: 02 9589 1244
E-Mail: martin@showline.com.au
As for short-term insurance. Perhaps you could contact them directly to see if they can help you...
Hope all goes well for your show.
Cheers,
Russell E Williams
Treasurer for
Players Theatre Company Inc.
Mt Waverley, Vic.
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