Tuesday, May 8, 2012

What Is Events Insurance

By Sarah Jones


Events insurance policies are a sort of specialized business insurance policy that is typically marketed as a insurance policy package of liability, property and cancellation cover options.

Cover is available for individuals or companies who are either organisers or participants in the event. Nearly every type of event is handled including sporting events, club meetings, fetes and fairs, festivals, exhibitions, parties and anniversaries, weddings and special events.

All polices will give you a minimum standard cover of public liability insurance coverage which guards the event organizers against any expenses or damages awarded, as a result of being sued for personal injury or loss to third-party members of the public. This can include claims from the event's guests.

In the United Kingdom the minimum level of public liability cover offered is one million pounds, which can be raised up to five million for large events.

If the organiser is planning an event in which a permit is necessary from the law enforcement officials or local authority, like a street party or meeting in public areas, the standard minimum requirement is 2 million pounds of insurance coverage.

If you aren't Superman it is very likely that you'll hire people to help bring about, run or organise the big event. Even when these individuals are unpaid, it's still a legal necessity that the event organiser has employers liability insurance coverage available to safeguard against claims from staff and helpers who may be hurt.

All events insurance policies include options for both types of liability cover for organisers, participants, performers and exhibitors.

A popular option for which an event insurance policy provides cover is that of event cancellation. This covers the costs of having to abandon, cancel or postpone the event due to unforeseen circumstances. For example a policy will cover cancellation if caterers fail to provide food, entertainers or performers do not show, your staff are unable to attend or even if the venue has become unavailable or double booked.

An expensive additional cancellation cover against extreme bad weather for outdoor events, called 'pluvious' cover, may be available for certain types of events such as weddings at certain times of the year.

The third type of cover offered by events policies is that of property cover. This is insured on an indemnity basis where the organiser declares the replacement value of property used for the event. This could be cover for anything that is hired in, such as marquees or dinner services, or against damage to property loaned or leased for a day, such as a local village hall.




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