On Wed, Mar 28, 2007 at 04:34:44PM +0200, Ralf R. Radermacher wrote: > Markus Maurer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I'm sorry for you Peter but wonder what kind of insurance would cover such > > an accident. > > My camera insurance (Alte Leipziger Versicherung AG) covers theft, loss, > and all kinds of accidental damage, practically every conceivable kind > of mishap with the only exception of simply forgetting the camera on a > train or elsewhere (literally "liegengelassen"). > > Further conditions: no coverage if stolen from the car between 11 pm and > 7 am, and the gear must not be visible from outside of the vehicle (and > even this latter condition is waived for rented cars).
My camera coverage doesn't even have those kind of exclusions; If I leave the camera in a taxi, or on a bench, it's still covered. The cheapest way (at least in the US) to get that kind of coverage is as an addendum to a household insurance policy. Exactly how much it costs will also depend on where the coverage starts. In my case the first $500 of any single claim is my problem; after that everything is covered at full replacement cost. (Of course the one time I might have needed it - when I snapped my MZ-S off the back of my big lens, leaving the lens mount behind - the repair bill came to $480 :-) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
