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Assuming (usually a mistake) that troops or local BS A council has 
insurance, adding a one day (overnight) rider naming university as also 
insured is a common occurrence. A call by the troop to insurance agent 
would be all it should take and university should get certificate from 
insurance company indicating university has been covered.

Tom Lesser


On Tue, Sep 25, 2012 at 3:50 PM, Timshel E. Purdum wrote:

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> Hello everyone
> I have a question. We are working with our new university partner to 
> overhaul our contract for overnight participants.   The sticking point 
> currently is overnights for scout groups.  It has been suggested that 
> each individual troop of scouts that plan to attend  an overnight (we 
> take up to 350 people at an event which means multiple troops at one 
> overnight) must carry their own workman's comp insurance, business 
> automobile liability insurance and commercial general liability 
> insurance or they cannot participate in a museum overnight.  Has 
> anyone else come across this?  Although the councils for the scouts 
> have insurance, at the moment does not seem to be enough.  We are 
> concerned as we think it will be highly unlikely that individual troop 
> leaders, who are mostly parents, will be able to provide this type of 
> coverage.
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> Any insight would be appreciated!
> Thanks
> Timshel
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