Film Insurance
What is Film Insurance?
Film insurance protects your production company and/or individual film project from any possible liabilities that may happen during filming.
As there are various categories of films, such as low budget short films, feature films, commercials, documentaries and more. Each film may need a different coverage where coverage and premium may differ.
What Does Film Insurance Cover?
Film Insurance covers aspects such as:
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Cast Coverage: Death, illness, injury, disease, or kidnapping for cast and crew.
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Production Media: Protection against physical damage and accidental perils.
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Liability: bodily injury and property damage during filming.
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Mechanical Breakdown: Expenditure from delays due to equipment failures, standard coverage.
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Property Coverage: Includes cameras, production equipment, props, sets, wardrobes, and vehicles.
Film Insurance Tips
Fidelity Guarantee in Hong Kong can be found as one of the sections of the Office/Shop package and automatically comes free of charge. Depending of your insurance company, from HKD 50,000 to HKD 100,000 per loss and in aggregate.
Film Insurance Tips
Film production insurance is purchased by a producer or the owner of a production company. The insurance should be purchased during the pre-production period to get the best coverage.