PatR
Premium Pilot
If you’re making money with your UAV, or you plan to in the future. Liability insurance.
PatR
Premium Pilot
Thanks, that took the guess work out of it. I carry a policy for my work. Just scratching the paint on some of the cars I shoot would cost over $10k to fix. If a person was involved in an incident we can just about be assured the civil settlement would be six figures, or more. After that there’s still the specter of a criminal case to pay for.
We can shoot a 1000 jobs where everything goes right but the chance of having just one go wrong is still to high to ignore. Multirotor equipment has zero design and reliability standards to provide any level of assurance.
You will find larger jobs require insurance, along with a certificate of additional insured. Some go so far as to insist on a commercial auto policy with $2 mil in liability coverage in addition to your operations policy, also naming them as additional insured. The fun ones even insist on a hold harmless document along with clauses to indemnify them from any action by you or others.
We can shoot a 1000 jobs where everything goes right but the chance of having just one go wrong is still to high to ignore. Multirotor equipment has zero design and reliability standards to provide any level of assurance.
You will find larger jobs require insurance, along with a certificate of additional insured. Some go so far as to insist on a commercial auto policy with $2 mil in liability coverage in addition to your operations policy, also naming them as additional insured. The fun ones even insist on a hold harmless document along with clauses to indemnify them from any action by you or others.
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