[TheThinkTank] Insurance for community shops

[ride with heart]

great!  some good places to start.  shoulda checked the WIKI first...now I
know.

do all shops on this list have liability and child molestation insurance?

w.


> Good one! I updated the wiki to reflect it:
>
> http://www.bikecollectives.org/wiki/index.php?title=Insurance
>
> On 5/8/07, Neighborhood Bike Works <info at neighborhoodbikeworks.org> wrote:
>> NBW has liability insurance from American Specialty through the League
>> of American Bicyclists.  A group must be an LAB member to get the
>> discounted rate.  Rates are based on your number of "members" (students
>> and shop users, in our case) and cover regular activities only; extra
>> coverage may be obtained for special outside-the-shop events and races
>> on a fee-for-event basis.
>>
>> LAB & liability together cost ~ $1300 annually, but NBW has *a lot* of
>> member-users.  When we only had 500 or so folks a year, the rate was
>> much, much lower.
>>
>> j
>>
>> ride with heart wrote:
>> > Howdy,
>> >
>> > another question from us folks at Freewheel in Madison.
>> >
>> > Due to changes in our space arrangement, we lost the liability
>> coverage we
>> > had through our partners.  Now we're looking for basic liability and
>> > wondering if anyone has contacts at companies with sympathies for
>> > community groups and possibly a deal on rates, etc.  Or at least an
>> > understanding of what community shops are and how to write a policy.
>> >
>> > Any other insurance related tips would be appreciated.
>> >
>> > Wajid Jenkins
>> > Freewheel Community Workshop
>> >
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