Thanks for the help everyone, I'm in the process now of getting the general liability insurance. The prices seem to vary widely for whatever reason but we're making some progress ;]
Best of luck, Igor H. Trixter aka Bret McDanel wrote: > Insurance requirements and availability vary from jurisdiction to > jurisdiction. In the US each state has its own insurance laws. As a > result it can be tricky to know, but if you call your insurance agent > and they dont know what you are talking about, either its not available > in your area or its time to get a new insurance agent. > > There are things in addition to just the normal hardware and service > related insurance that you may want to investigate, such as legal > liability costs, eg providing some service that ultimately comes back as > a lawsuit. For that however you have to involve legal in with the > insurance people. And that can really get complex with the different > jurisdictions and all that. There may also be some remedies that can be > come up with to mitigate all of that which can lower premiums. > > Sometimes its also cheaper to just get a bond for some large amount > rather than pay for a policy. The bond offers the same coverage to a > point (its not identical though). I have worked for companies doing > wall street stuff and we had to get a $1M bond as insurance which really > only cost about $20k one time, so it was cheaper than getting a policy > for which we had to make payments monthly for the duration of the > contract. > > These alternatives are why you need a good legal team and a good > insurance team. I am sure there are a dozen other alternatives as well, > I am also sure that some are not legally suitable in some jurisdictions. > > On Thu, 2008-07-17 at 12:43 -0700, Max Clark wrote: >> You need general liability insurance. Most facilities want 1/2 million >> of coverage with them named as additional insured. Some facilities >> will require proof of workman's comp as well. It depends on the >> facility. >> >> -Max >> >> On Wed, Jul 16, 2008 at 9:43 AM, emist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> Hey, >>> >>> For those of you that have your asterisk boxes hosted in a data center. >>> How much does the liability insurance policies usually cost you? >>> >>> I've been trying to get a quote and no one seems to have heard of this >>> type of policy for a colo. >>> >>> Any help is appreciated, >>> >>> Igor H. >>> > _______________________________________________ --Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com-- AstriCon 2008 - September 22 - 25 Phoenix, Arizona Register Now: http://www.astricon.net asterisk-biz mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-biz
