[144859] in North American Network Operators' Group
RE: insurance
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Ryan Finnesey)
Tue Sep 20 10:38:07 2011
From: "Ryan Finnesey" <rfinnesey@gmail.com>
To: "'Brant I. Stevens'" <branto@networking-architecture.com>,
<Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu>, "'harbor235'" <harbor235@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <CA9E1BB4.792C7%branto@networking-architecture.com>
Date: Tue, 20 Sep 2011 10:36:31 -0400
Cc: 'NANOG list' <nanog@nanog.org>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
-----Original Message-----
From: Brant I. Stevens [mailto:branto@networking-architecture.com]=20
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,=20
>> consultant, or small business, if so do you use professional=20
>> 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=20
>in the litigation-crazy US without carrying errors-and-omissions=20
>insurance?
I'm sure there are some people who do, but I'd say they were stupid over
crazy.
=08
>
[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
