Thursday 30 March 2017

Give Your Events Security with Event Liability Insurance



Events are supposed to be moments of merriment for those who are part of it. It is an experience of a lifetime but, somehow those moments get lost if you have not taken the right precautions. It is like a disease that gets spread if you have not taken the moment out to understand the cure. With events the cure is clear - you need to insure them.

Insuring events needs a quick thinking on what all aspects need to be insured starting from the people to the assets to the venue. It's time to make a list of all that will be part of the insurance, and all the liabilities that you are likely to suffer from. What if your event gets cancelled; who would bear the cost of the cancellation of the event? A rally or any sort of disturbance can become a major havoc in the life of your event, and it might get cancelled eventually. The trouble that your event goes through is high, and you need to ensure you take all the necessary precautionary measures before you actually move ahead with the concert.

When dealing with events, there are multiple things that you might want to cater to
  • Have you booked the venue for the perfect time? Is the venue available? How prone to disasters (natura and manmade) is the venue?
  • Have you taken the necessary permits for the traffic and parking at the venue? Have you gone through all the necessary profiling?
  • Are you planning to serve alcohol at your event? Have you taken the permit for alcohol? If not, then you must probably try including that in your list
  • The necessary bookings, tickets being sent across, proper booking window etc. Should be taken care of well in advance
  • It is always good to have a checklist in place before you start with the event. The checklist should be prepared at the planning stage itself
Let me take you through the reasons to invest in event liability insurance
  • In case of event cancellation, you would be responsible for paying up the entire amount. This will not be the case if you have taken the necessary insurance. The insurance will cover the damages caused by event cancellation, and you can just feel sad about it being cancelled
  • In case an accident occurs during the event, which leaves injuries then you would need to compensate for all sorts of losses. This would be marked unnecessary if you have taken the event insurance
  • Liability insurance also covers up damage, repair and loss of instrument while the musical event is on. So, if your band members don't have an instrument and need to get it on rent, and they don't have their own insurance, yours will help you both
  • Compensations, and other expenses are also taken care of by event insurance
Buying the event liability insurance needs quite a bit of research and complete understanding of the nature of event and the kind of people attending. Don't forget to include crowd management as well in the insurance.

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