Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Insurance for contractors?

2009-08-31 Thread Miles Fidelman
For what it's worth, I believe IEEE offers a professional liability policy to members. If it's in line with their other insurance, the price will be reasonable (I've carried their life insurance for years, and their medical policy when I was out on my own for a while). I wouldn't be surprise

RE: [OSGeo-Discuss] Insurance for contractors?

2009-08-31 Thread Landon Blake
m: discuss-boun...@lists.osgeo.org [mailto:discuss-boun...@lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of Bob Basques Sent: Monday, August 31, 2009 10:33 AM To: OSGeo Discussions Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Insurance for contractors? Michael, I've run into this problem for years, and the simple answer is, if you c

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Insurance for contractors?

2009-08-31 Thread Bob Basques
Michael, I've run into this problem for years, and the simple answer is, if you can afford the bother and cost of getting insurance to cover your works and the resulting products, just get it, it really helps with everything across the whole project spectrum. Now, having said that, I've only

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Insurance for contractors?

2009-08-31 Thread René A. Enguehard
Well, the small business I work for has the professional liability type of insurance. Additionally, the IEEE offers professional liability insurance at a pretty low cost, or so I'm told. I'd imagine many of the members subscribe to that form of insurance, otherwise it wouldn't be offered. I can