The Front Row View (entertainment insurance blog)
Carnet Bonds And Touring Insurance For Your Band | What is a Carnet?
28 July, 2015 • Steve BeattyCarnet Bonds: (pronounced ‘car-neh’) Carnet bonds must be posted with the Chamber of Commerce when you are taking your equipment outside of the country. A carnet is like a passport for the property you are taking on the road. It allows you to pass into a country with your equipment duty & tax free. A carnet is a fi...
Musician Liability Insurance: Make Sure Your Band's Tour Is Protected
28 July, 2015 • Steve BeattyLiability Insurance for Musicians When someone gets hurt or you damage property such as a venue, a hotel room or a studio, you could be facing a tour liability claim. They can be costly to defend and to settle, if you are negligent and are responsible to pay the other party for their injury or damage. To reduce your ri...
Touring Insurance For Your Band: Planes, Trains And Automobiles
28 July, 2015 • Steve BeattyPlanes, Trains and Automobiles - Musical Tour Insurance Non-owned aircraft, helicopters, aviation, rented vehicles, international exposures; these are all things to talk about with your broker when you are arranging your insurance. Chartered tour vehicles, buses or airplanes can present risks to you that need to be con...
Does Your Band's Tour Insurance Include Out-of-Country Medical?
28 July, 2015 • Steve BeattyOut-of-Country Medical Insurance for Musicians and Bands Even a short hospital stay can result in thousands of dollars in medical expenses that will not be insured by your provincial medical insurance. A long hospital stay with extensive treatment, or the need to be returned home by air ambulance can create devastating...
How did what happened to Sarah Jones change the film industry?
24 July, 2015 • Janet SelleryOn February 20, 2014, Sarah Jones, a 27 year old camera assistant, was tragically killed when Midnight Rider filmmakers criminally trespassed onto live train tracks and began shooting. They did not tell their crew that they had twice been denied permission by CSX to be on the tracks; they also had no safety meeting bef...
4 Easy Steps To Reading A Theatre Insurance Policy
23 July, 2015 • Steve Beatty“You got it buddy, the large print giveth and the small print taketh away” ― Tom Waits, Step Right Up In the nearly 30 years I’ve been a theatre insurance broker, I’ve read many theatre insurance policies. Over those years, I’ve adopted an approach to help me determine what’s covered and what’s not, relatively quickly....
Copyright Reports: Use Them to Minimize the Potential of an E&O Claim
22 July, 2015 • David HamiltonPrior to providing a Producers E&O quote, the film insurance company will recommend that you obtain a copyright report. At Front Row, we recommend that a copyright report be obtained on any book, play, etc. that the producer is buying rights to, or for any script that was not written as a work for hire by the produ...
E&O Insurance for Producers: Minimizing the Risk of Unsolicited Submissions Claims
21 July, 2015 • David HamiltonMinimizing the risk of E&O claims Here are some ways to prevent a film producer's E&O insurance claim: Refuse to read scripts, story concepts etc. without getting a written waiver of any future claims by the writer. All submissions are held (preferably unopened) by clerical staff until they send out a release f...
Elmo and Film Production Liability Insurance
20 July, 2015 • Steve BeattyRoyalty-free stock photo ID: 1527200630, Shutterstock ELMO & FILM PRODUCTION INSURANCE What could Elmo have to do with general liability insurance for film production? A legendary Sesame Street character loved by generations of children. Along with Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch, he is an icon whose scraggly red fac...
Producers E&O Insurance: Best Practices when Reviewing Scripts
17 July, 2015 • David HamiltonProducers errors and omissions claims can be prevented by following the guidelines on the list below. The list is not meant to be all-encompassing, but is a quick reference: Avoid the accidental use of real names of people or organizations. Avoid identifying someone by a specific job or his/her involvement in actual ev...
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