[Organizers] Fwd: Liability insurance

[Don Veino via Organizers]

I'd sent this earlier but didn't see it in the archive - realize now I
didn't copy the list.

-Don
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From: Don Veino <redacted>
Date: Mon, Aug 14, 2017 at 12:43 PM
Subject: Re: [Organizers] Liability insurance
To: John W Gintell <redacted>


Included in NFO membership at very reasonable rate. http://www.nfo-usa.org/
insurance.htm

On Aug 14, 2017 12:38 PM, "John W Gintell via Organizers" <organizers at lists.
sharedweight.net> wrote:

> I am wondering whether most dance series have liability insurance -
> particularly  small ones.
>
> Insurance for a dance series from CDSS costs $450, $550, … depending on
> the number of dances plus $85 membership fee every year. I suspect other
> sources would be more expensive. For a small dance with few financial
> reserves, the extra fees each year could easily drive it to extinction.
>
> I know that sone venues require that the group has insurance, but not all
> do.
>
> What is the risk of not having it? Any recent incidents in the past few
> years?
>
> I’d think possible suits could be from dancers or musicians/callers who
> got injured or thought they were treated badly, venues where there was
> damage to the site.
>
> What about ASCAP copy infringement suits? Have there been any of these?
>
> Anything else?
>
>         John
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