[Finance] insurance for hackerspaces

[Jeff Cotten]

Natin raised some questions about hackerspace insurance, and has setup a
wiki page for it here:
http://hackerspaces.org/wiki/Insurance

Natin, if you haven't joined the finance mailing list, it can be a great
resource for questions like these.



On Tue, Oct 26, 2010 at 1:19 PM, Nitin Gadia <nittyjee at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello all,
>
> I recently added a page on insurance:
> http://hackerspaces.org/wiki/Insurance
>
> It needs to be expanded :)
>
> We are looking for insurance here in Ames, Iowa, USA and are having a
> pretty hard time, and it is making us a bit stuck.
> We are dealing with a broker, and the only quote he has received was pretty
> outrageous ($5000/yr or something).
>
> I saw on the previous discussion threads, which I linked to in the wiki
> article, that there is quite a range, from $324/yr to $1300/yr.
>
> We are going to try to do pretty much everything, and the dangerous stuff
> (woodworking, requiring electric saws and such) is going to be sectioned
> off, and probably require some sort of official training.
>
> Is there a way that I can provide information to the brokers here for
> insurance companies they can go through?
> Can I go through an insurance company any of you use, out of our locality,
> or out of state?
>
> The help will be very greatly appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
> Nitin Gadia
> Ames, Iowa, USA
>  http://hackerspaces.org/wiki/Ames_MakerSpace
>
>
>
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