-----Original Message----- From: Brant I. Stevens [mailto:branto@networking-architecture.com] Sent: Tuesday, September 20, 2011 10:33 AM To: Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu; harbor235 Cc: NANOG list Subject: Re: insurance On 9/20/11 9:11 AM, "Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu" <Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu> wrote:
On Tue, 20 Sep 2011 07:59:00 EDT, harbor235 said:
Curious if anyone out there is acting as an independent contractor, consultant, or small business, if so do you use professional liability insurance?
Many clients won't do business with you unless you provide the certificate indicating you have the appropriate level of coverage. In the networking business, this can often be 1 or 2 million dollars.
I don't consult myself, but is *anybody* crazy enough to do consulting in the litigation-crazy US without carrying errors-and-omissions insurance?
I'm sure there are some people who do, but I'd say they were stupid over crazy.
[Ryan Finnesey] At one of the User Groups I run the pizza place needs 6 million dollars in insurance just to make a delivery to the building. Cheers Ryan