[OSM-legal-talk] Insurance for Mapping Party

[Andy Robinson]

As insurance is unlikely to be easy to arrange if it were me I would
undertake a risk assessment for venue and mapping and then print off some
A5's with the mitigation measures and make sure OSMers attending understand
they are participating at their own risk and that these were the measures I
identified that they might take notice of. If facilitating mappers to come
together rather than arranging a public event then I'd be comfortable with
that. 

However what the public building folks will be concerned about is someone
getting injured on their premises so if PL is a requirement from them there
is very little that you can do other than to find some insurance.

 

As far as I recall OSMF has obtained insurance to date through Hiscox (to
cover Directors and SOTM events) so they might be the place perhaps to start
if you need a quote. PL insurance for this type of activity is rarely
expensive but there is a cost and it's a pain to have to do by yourself
rather than as part of an organisation.

 

Cheers

Andy

 

From: Fozy 81 [mailto:fozy81 at hotmail.com] 
Sent: 12 July 2012 20:40
To: legal-talk at openstreetmap.org
Subject: [OSM-legal-talk] Insurance for Mapping Party

 

Hi,


Slightly different legal question than licence issues. Not sure if this is
the right place to ask it, but here goes...


When organising a mapping party do we need public liability insurance in
case of accident and/or disclaimer to be signed?. I am organising a mapping
party in the Scotland. We are using a public building from an organisation
who have kindly let us use their facilities for the day. They have asked if
we have insurance in case of accident and if we have a risk assessment. It
seems health and safety has finally caught up with OSM. In the past, I have
organised mapping events but this issue has not been raised. 


Can anyone provide some advice on this issue?


Thank you,


Tim

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