<div dir="ltr">Nick, I have a recommendation for a company a few of us in NJ are using. I'll send it to you off list.</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, May 31, 2014 at 11:36 PM, Bob Bownes <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:bownes@gmail.com" target="_blank">bownes@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div>We got ours under teh 'club' heading, were very upfront about what we do, gave them a full list of equipment, and pointed out we got a sawstop table saw just for the liability aspect. When they heard about the sawstop, they were pretty thrilled. We also gave them the outline for our safety programs. <br>
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<br><br></font></span></div><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888">Bob<br><br></font></span></div><div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5"><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, May 31, 2014 at 10:28 PM, Ben Brown <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ben@generik.ca" target="_blank">ben@generik.ca</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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We had some initial issues as well, but once one of the insurance
companies figured out how to classify us (they went with something
like 'private club workshop', we were flying. We didn't keep them in
the dark about what we did, and as a result they even made sure our
liability insurance covered events that we run outside of our space
(like Mini Maker Faire). <br>
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We upped our coverage when adding new big-ticket items, and also
when we moved into our new space about 1.5 years ago, still no
problems. Of course, we've never had to make a claim so far either.
That said, we assume that any colossal fuckup that gets lawyers
involved would likely close our doors anyway, regardless of how the
insurance lands.<br>
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Not sure how different it is in the US as opposed to Canada, but
they may have an easier time wrapping their head around it if you
refer to your space as a club or private workshop as opposed to a
hackerspace/makerspace. Don't leave out exactly what activities are
going on though.<br>
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Good luck,<br>
Ben<div><div><br>
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<div>On 5/31/2014 7:55 PM, Nick Pollara
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<p dir="ltr">I am setting up a makerspace in NJ and I am having
trouble getting g insurance. Does anyone have a recommendation?
</p>
<p dir="ltr">If this is a repeat question I apologize, but I have
not figured out to access the archives.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Thanks,</p>
<p dir="ltr">Nicolas Pollara</p>
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