[SiliconBeach] Insurance help please

2010-05-23 Thread Bec Coleman
Hey everyone, I¹m setting up a new business, and have been given a couple of business insurance quotes (for public product liability and professional indemnity). Before I pay the $$$ I want to make sure it is right for what I need, and its not excluding something that is important. I¹ve heard a

[SiliconBeach] Re: Accepting USD Payments on Australian Business Website

2010-05-23 Thread Daryl
Interesting I was thinking of setting up in Hong Kong for much the same reason though mainly I expect to receive in USD, Euros, UK£ and AUD. Any experience with that ? Hong Kong appears to be all kosher with Australia in this regard and taxes and a lot less hassle than trying to sort a US bank

[SiliconBeach] RE: Insurance help please

2010-05-23 Thread Geoff McQueen - Hiive Systems
Bec, You really only need public liability and property/contents insurance. Professional Indemnity is a very expensive affair, and is usually only required when your clients - read govt departments - need it. You can probably get a package deal from someone like QBE which covers you for PL,

[SiliconBeach] Re: Accepting USD Payments on Australian Business Website

2010-05-23 Thread Derek Clapham
Hi Gary, Interestingly enough, the CBA has foreign currency merchant facilities. We have a USD merchant facility with them as part of a pilot program they are running. We use it with our product PhotoMerchant (http://www.photomerchant.net). They have not made this product public at this stage.