When I was involved with Preschool Playgroups (in England) I took note of an article about
insurance.
The insurance company will only pay out for something that their client has done wrong
which has caused damage.
So e.g. if I (playgroup employee) had taken the Children on a float in a procession and
one had been hurt and sued I got the impression that the insurance companies involved for
the Playgroup, procession organiser and vehicle owner would have all tried to pass
responsibility on to each other. (And if you couldn't prove fault there would be no
compensation)
So I have insurance that covers me as a caller - up to other people to have their own.
----- Original Message -----
From: tod1950(a)yahoo.com [trad-dance-callers]
To: trad-dance-callers(a)yahoogroups.com
Sent: Wednesday, December 30, 2015 6:07 PM
Subject: [trad-dance-callers] Re: Insurance!?
Thank you for the information. Karen, I have had requests when producing events, which
is not so surprising. In this case and most cases the participant is an independent
contractor, contracted by the school (producer) which would lead me to think the insurance
burden is on the school (producer). Times may be changing.
Name - I realized after posting that my name was not included, I assumed that it would
be, but I was wrong :)
Happy New Year,
Tod Whittemore
Northeast CT