From the course: Freelance Work Strategies for Video and Motion Graphics Creators

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Insurance: What types and why you need them

Insurance: What types and why you need them

- There are lots of different types of insurance, and we're just gonna cover really what you need to think about to set up your insurance for your business. I am not an insurance expert, and every jurisdiction is different, so you definitely want to speak to somebody, and we're just gonna cover really what the questions are you want to ask. So there are many different types of insurance, property insurance, liability insurance, both personal liability, umbrella liability. There's location insurance, if you're a producer like me, and adding people to be additional insured covered for that location. There's workers compensation insurance, disability insurance, health insurance, and what we call E and O, or errors and omissions insurance that's usually only supplied for a particular project. So before you speak to an insurance expert, you may need to ask yourself a few questions about what you're gonna buy the insurance for. What kinds of jobs will you do? Who else will be involved? Will…

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