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Advice on insurance needed? - 12/1/2004 8:41:27 AM

Brindle

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Dear all

My partner (a fellow Domina) and I are thinking of doing occasional pro sessions from a freinds house who has a wonderful private play space - but we are concerned to make sure that we are operating withing the law as much as possible and that we have health/safety issues covered, including any possible need for insurance. As in - do we need any? We would be effectively working from someone's home.

I know I sound totally green on this - and it's cos I am

- but any help would be much appreciated. We are UK based.

regards Ms B

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RE: Advice on insurance needed? - 12/1/2004 9:28:39 AM

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I'm not in the UK so I don't know if this applies, but homeowners insurance will cover liability up to $100,000. You can purchase a general liability policy for additional coverage which is a good idea for a small amount. Today's lawsuit payouts are more than $100k. When you apply for the additional coverage, just tell them you are operating a home-based business.

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RE: Advice on insurance needed? - 12/2/2004 1:56:56 PM

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It's illegal for 2 ladies to work from the same place, so, no you wouldn't be able to get insurance.

Even if you worked at different times, I doubt any insurance company would touch you due to the nature of the beast

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RE: Advice on insurance needed? - 12/2/2004 2:57:54 PM

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personal liability insurance, costs you about a couple hundred bucks a year for 1 to 2mil coverage and protects you from lawsuits and the like. One of the best investments you can make and can be used as an umbrella policy.

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RE: Advice on insurance needed? - 12/8/2004 2:42:15 AM

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Im not sure on the UK laws but in both the US and the West Indies
I have My BDSM Public Dungeons set up as a Adult Little Dinner Theatres and Insure
both as such and gaining the membership to sign waivers to the privvy.
You will not have any issue with insurance companys signing policys for
such and the building will need to have in place any thing that a regular
business would need such as proper fire protections emergancy doors
proper handling of items and food stuffs. Get a regulatory book on how
restaurants are licenced by your regulartory commissions and contact
the health depts in your area to ask how and who inspects a business and
call your fire depts and ask for a check list of what a business needs in
place in order to pass inspections for starters. Contact the Internatioal Hotel
and Resteraunt Association and see what rules they follow in opening up
their businesses in your area. Do the same for the live theatres in your
area as well and then take a package of the business you have put together
to your insurance agent and explain what it is that you will be doing to get
a realistic idea of the insurance involved. Be sure you have in your plan
that you will be getting members or patrons to sign waivers for use so this
covers any comp coverage. Also check into the laws in your community to
see if having such a business is allowed by either the Goverment, State, County
or City of your residence and if there are children in the home also what
the law states for such things because in most situations home dungeons
that are opened for public use become Adult regulated hence no children
can be around or involved in the place of business so to speak, so this might
be the isssue you most need to address as well. I did mention that you would
have to licence this endevor and business dident I? JMO

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