Re: Performance insurance

[Joe Kurland <ganeydn...>]

When someone sends me a contract that requires insurance, I tell them 
that if they want us to carry insurance, we'll have to be paid 
considerably more than they are paying us to cover the expenses of a 
policy and the lawyers that we will need to figure out the 
requirements of the contract, plus considerably more advance notice 
in order to meet their requirements.  I know that there are musicians 
who sign the contracts without actually having the insurance, but I 
refuse.  The person handling the contract has no authority to change 
the contract.  I tell them to find someone who does.  At the last 
minute, someone comes forward to cross out the insurance requirement, 
initial the contract, and the show goes on.


Zayt gezunt (be healthy),

Yosl (Joe) Kurland
The Wholesale Klezmer Band
Colrain, MA 01340
voice/fax: 413-624-3204
http://www.WholesaleKlezmer.com



At 10:03 AM -0500 1/7/04, LevineLM (at) aol(dot)com wrote:
>I'm sure all shuls  have  insurance, but perhaps some don't want to 
>have to deal with a suit if someone, say, trips on a musician's wire 
>(G-d forbid!). For whatever reason, some of them in my area 
>(NY/NJ/CT)--and particularly fancier hotels and catering halls--have 
>been requiring proof of insurance certificates (of caterers and 
>photographers, as well).
>
>Michele

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