-----Original Message----- From: Brant I. Stevens [mailto:bra...@networking-architecture.com] Sent: Tuesday, September 20, 2011 10:33 AM To: valdis.kletni...@vt.edu; harbor235 Cc: NANOG list Subject: Re: insurance
On 9/20/11 9:11 AM, "valdis.kletni...@vt.edu" <valdis.kletni...@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