The Front Row View (entertainment insurance blog)
Filmmakers: You May NOT be Covered under Homeowners Insurance
17 September, 2024 • David HamiltonImage: Shutterstock You arrive back at your apartment to find your door pried open and your camera, sound and lighting gear missing. You take out your phone and call your insurance broker to report the claim under the homeowners policy that you purchased. An adjuster is assigned. The claims adjuster does a web search a...
How a specialized film insurance broker can help your production
2 July, 2024 • David HamiltonHow a film insurance broker helps A broker will help identify the risks associated with a production. Once the risks are identified, the risk can be transferred to an insurance company for a fee or premium. The film insurance broker negotiates the lowest possible premium and the broadest coverage available in the marke...
Negative Film & Faulty Stock Insurance
11 August, 2022 • Mike GronerNegative Film & Faulty Stock Insurance Negative Film / Videotape and Faulty Stock Insurance can be put in place to cover the additional expenses that a production company could incur in order to re-shoot or edit footage due to a loss. NEGATIVE FILM & VIDEOTAPE INSURANCE: Coverage against all risks of direct phy...
Film Production Insurance: Why it is Needed.
4 November, 2021 • David HamiltonProduction insurance is a vital part of any production. All productions should be insured to protect the producers from financial disaster resulting from property damage or liability arising from the production or post-production process. Even if the producer is willing to assume these risks, they will still need insur...
Organizing Your Camera Gear / Keeping Track of Your Photography Gear
6 May, 2020 • Grant PattenSource: Royalty-free stock photo ID: 1569424465, Shutterstock Photographers often have a lot of photography gear and it can, eventually, become difficult to keep track of what’s going out and what’s coming in. Since we provide photography insurance and want to help photographers protect their gear, it also makes sense ...
How to choose between a DICE Insurance Policy and a DigiGear Policy?
11 November, 2019 • Grant PattenDICE (docs, corporate videos, commercials, educational films, music videos) The DICE Package Policy is intended to provide insurance for smaller budget documentaries, corporate videos, commercials, educational films, music videos and more. DICE is best suited for producers who are planning to produce projects other tha...
Preventing Film Equipment Theft – Tips
7 May, 2019 • Grant PattenThanks to cooperation between the FBI, the US embassy and Argentinian federal police, this massive haul of film production gear worth ~$3M was recovered in September 2018. The thieves had apparently targeted equipment in Hollywood and other US cities and then smuggled it into Argentina. As of May 2019, four people have...
Filmmakers and Producers Insurance
5 November, 2018 • David McLeishFilm producers insurance Let’s Make Art Together. You’re a prolific filmmaker with a full production slate. Like most creative people, you‘d rather focus on your work. The problem is that since each project requires its own insurance policy, it often feels like the more you work, the more time you have to spend dealing...
Insurance for Theft of Camera and Film Equipment
24 October, 2018 • Casey BuddenFilm Equipment Theft Insurance (Canada and USA): Front Row You’ve finally gotten to the meat of the production: the principal photography phase. Much of the busywork is done; now for the fun part! Unfortunately, as it so often does, disaster strikes at the worst time: a rented vehicle used in the production is stolen f...
How to choose between a DICE Annual Policy and a Short Shoot policy
22 September, 2017 • David HamiltonA Short Shoot Policy is intended for those producers who are conducting shoots lasting 15 days or less, using rented equipment and with budgets of $250,000 or less. This makes it ideal for short film producers, student projects or anyone else who will be filming on a short term basis and requires insurance. Equipment c...
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