Our smallish dance has had liability insurance for the past several
years because the venue required it. We also had to have their name
added to the contract which cost another $30 on top of the other fees
you have already mentioned. I have been at a couple dances where
accidents have happened, and someone could have sued, but fortunately
didn't. I've felt better knowing we have the insurance, but we really
can't afford it and our bands and callers have suffered because we had
less money to pay them. (We try to hold back a little each month to help
cover those costs as well as the cost of the hall.) I don't know what
the solution is - sorry!

Mary Anne

On 8/14/2017 12:38 PM, John W Gintell via Organizers 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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