What kind of equipment do you have?<br><br>Renter's insurance would really cover it?<br>Our space is going to be pretty open to people...<br><br>Which is your hackerspace?<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Oct 26, 2010 at 1:30 PM, Chris Weiss <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:cweiss@gmail.com">cweiss@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;"><div class="im">On Tue, Oct 26, 2010 at 1:16 PM, Nitin Gadia <<a href="mailto:nittyjee@gmail.com">nittyjee@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
</div><div><div></div><div class="h5">> Hello all,<br>
><br>
> I recently added a page on insurance:<br>
> <a href="http://hackerspaces.org/wiki/Insurance" target="_blank">http://hackerspaces.org/wiki/Insurance</a><br>
><br>
> It needs to be expanded :)<br>
><br>
> We are looking for insurance here in Ames, Iowa, USA and are having a pretty<br>
> hard time, and it is making us a bit stuck.<br>
> We are dealing with a broker, and the only quote he has received was pretty<br>
> outrageous ($5000/yr or something).<br>
><br>
> I saw on the previous discussion threads, which I linked to in the wiki<br>
> article, that there is quite a range, from $324/yr to $1300/yr.<br>
><br>
> We are going to try to do pretty much everything, and the dangerous stuff<br>
> (woodworking, requiring electric saws and such) is going to be sectioned<br>
> off, and probably require some sort of official training.<br>
><br>
> Is there a way that I can provide information to the brokers here for<br>
> insurance companies they can go through?<br>
> Can I go through an insurance company any of you use, out of our locality,<br>
> or out of state?<br>
><br>
> The help will be very greatly appreciated.<br>
><br>
> Thanks,<br>
> Nitin Gadia<br>
> Ames, Iowa, USA<br>
> <a href="http://hackerspaces.org/wiki/Ames_MakerSpace" target="_blank">http://hackerspaces.org/wiki/Ames_MakerSpace</a><br>
<br>
</div></div>is this umbrella/liability insurance? like to be expensive no matter what<br>
<br>
for ours, we just have basic renters insurance because our landlord<br>
requires it. company asked what equipment we own and based it of the<br>
values, so the rate is reasonable, couple hundred a year or something.<br>
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