DIT Business Insurance

[Jeremy Ball]

This is a bit off topic but certainly a DIT question about the business.

I have backups with redundancy in place with a 2 TB RAID 1 and 6 TB RAID 5 for camera files along with the client drives. My strategy is for the client to take their drives off site every night that way we have data in two locations.

I think this is a good back up strategy for data but do you also need to have business insurance in case something catastrophic happens on set and you loose everything? If you do what do you recommend for coverage and what insurance companies do you use.

Thanks for the advice.

 

[Marc Wielage]

Here's a few companies that have experience with picture & sound equipment insurance in the LA area:

DeWitt-Stern of California
4605 Lankershim Blvd., #600
North Hollywood, CA 91602
(818) 623-1170
Contact: Sarah Legan


Taylor & Taylor Insurance
12100 Wilshire Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90025
(310) 826-7200
http://www.taylorinsurance.com/
contact: Darren Rosenbaum


United Agencies
5435 Balboa Blvd. #102
Encino, CA 91316
(818) 788-5200
contact: Debra Heppe


Truman Van Dyke Company
6767 Forest Lawn Drive
Los Angeles, CA 90068
(323) 883-0012
contact: Tanya Applegate


Heffernan Insurance Brokers
http://www.www.InsureMyEquipment.com
(213) 236-0511
contact: Kat Wong

 

[Christian Munoz D]

Heffernan Insurance Brokers
http://www.www.InsureMyEquipment.com
(213) 236-0511
contact: Kat Wong

Kat Wong does not work anymore there for a couple of years now.

 

[Brian Shephard]

Kat Wong does not work anymore there for a couple of years now.

Hey Jeremy,

The insurance company that I've been speaking with is:
Francis L. Dean & Associates
http://www.fdean.com/

I think I read of RedUser that Kat Wong works for them (but I'm not sure).
I've been speaking with Breda Dean from the FL office. She's been super helpful in answering all of my questions.

Hope that helps!

 

[Mark Toia]

Remember the days when we shot film... One copy, traveling through how many gates, rollers, couriers, people hands.... etc etc etc... and not finding out the next day if the film was good or not...

We do millions per year, we have now officially dropped all neg & data insurance which we were paying up 30k per year, x 15 years = $450,000 and not one single claim. !
All I can say, is WOW! I wish i could get that money back from those arse sitting blood suckers...


copy to 3 seperate drives on set, backup and check after ever major shot or scene... , give the drives to 3 separate reliable people on the day to take in different cars.
Have aspare body on set at all times.

You are now covered....

Save your money and buy a Condo in Tahiti...