I think they are going to be extremly short of suppliers very soon! As far as "average " liability insurance is concerned it varies on the scope of your business practice. I am required to have a 2 mill liability policy on a tower space I rent. costs me about $100 a month. Needless to say with the economy and nextel, I will be shutting that site down shortly if things don't pick up. It is far cheaper to own you own tower site and contract out installs and service with a "capitation" It seems to be working as the small shops need the extra install and service, in turn I just sit back and collect rental and of course just service my tower.
--- On Wed, 5/19/10, Scott Zimmerman <n3...@repeater-builder.com> wrote: From: Scott Zimmerman <n3...@repeater-builder.com> Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] Off-Topic: Shop liability insurance To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Date: Wednesday, May 19, 2010, 5:42 PM Well... They claim they want product liability insurance for any products received on property. Not just installed, but SOLD!! I talked with one of the purchasing agents and they said they can no longer go out and buy a box of bolts at the local hardware store and use those in the manufacturing process since the vendor of those bolts won't insure them. I think they are trying to limit THEIR liability by being able to pass the blame onto their vendors. Quite frankly I don't see how a portable radio could be a liability issue, but I'm a technician, not a lawyer. At any rate, I was just trying to find out what the average sole proprietor pays for liability insurance. Scott Scott Zimmerman Amateur Radio Call N3XCC 474 Barnett Road Boswell, PA 15531 Stanley Stanukinos wrote: > Scott, I am confused? Do they mean liability insurance for the product you > are installing or a general liability policy for when you are doing work on > their property? If it is for the product you are installing I would push > back and try to find out what they are talking about. It may be someone in > their purchasing department has gone off the rocker and misinterpreted a > directive. > > Stan > > -----Original Message----- > From: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com > [mailto:repeater-buil...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Scott Zimmerman > Sent: Wednesday, May 19, 2010 4:04 PM > To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com > Subject: [Repeater-Builder] Off-Topic: Shop liability insurance > > For those that are on the list that own their own two-way shop: > > Who do you use for a liability carrier and what is your typical > monthly/yearly premium? > > I have a customer I have been dealing with for about 8 years that has > decided they won't do business with anyone that does not have liability > insurance on the products they vend. It seems rather stupid to me, but I > guess that's what happens when lawyers get involved. > > Input appreciated. > > Scott > > Scott Zimmerman > Amateur Radio Call N3XCC > 474 Barnett Road > Boswell, PA 15531 > > > ------------------------------------ > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > >
