[Finance] insurance for hackerspaces

[Dan Hess]

I've had some very helpful discussions with Preaux from Makers Local 256 on
the insurance topic.  I'll see if I can't dig up some logs with a thing or
two.

Thanks,
Daniel

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On Wed, Oct 27, 2010 at 9:36 AM, Jeff Cotten <omegix at gmail.com> wrote:

>
>
> 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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