Event Insurance

I have just rumours and i want to know if its true. New RR rules: you the builder and associated team members are responsible for all claims and damages arising from constructing and competing with your robot.

Does this mean that we all need insurance now cause i cant afford it? people will need to know before the champs if they have to get insurance

Can you tell me which set of rules/paragraph#?

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(Message edited by anukhet on August 23, 2007)

I thought that as members of the FRA we are covered by their own insurance?

Gary, Im not good in the legaleze language, Bureaucratese neither.

The FRA insurance only covers legal issues arizing from the FRA rules that dont cover everything, and that only for the FRA members, not the robots, arena or audience.

In effect, the FRA insurance will get you a fancy lawyer. If youre a member, and did comply to every rule, dot and comma.

Now, the Arena owner and organisator are in deeper trouble if something happens. Because then or the arena failed to contain the problem, or the pits arent up to HS&e spec.

Debbie, I dont know how it is over there, but over here were insured by our family insurance. That is the same insurance that will cover the damages done by your kids while playing in your neighbors garden. If the insurance compagny doesnt use legalese and bureaucratic to wiggle from under the claim.

As far as general roboteers go, no you dont need insurance to go to an event run by most event organisers. The event organisers have their own insurance (public liability, usually around £2-5 million) that differs from the FRAs. Unless you are using your robot at some form of event that isnt already covered by public liability insurance, such as an exhibition or school then this is the only time you as a roboteer would need to get insurance.

Guys

Does anyone know my email or phone number?

The rules are exactly the same as last year, nothing has changed.

Roboteers do however have to take certain responsibility for their own actions at events, that€™s why we work hard to push Robot Cradles, and ALL safety devices.

Regards

John
http://www.RoamingRobots.co.ukwww.RoamingRobots.co.uk

John,
It would seem from reading your post that the certain responsibilty is that quoted from the contract .......to whit you the builder and associated team members are responsible for all claims and damages arising from constructing and competing with your robot.

This sentence or one similar was ... as I recall ...tacked onto Robot Wars contracts.

Would you suggest that we ( Competing Robot Teams ) should take out our own insurance to cover such an eventuality?

Regards Woody

Ok, pretend I am a 12 year old and want to understand this properly.

I have a heavyweight robot, i fight that robot in the arena with a FRA stamp of approval on it, and the robot was techchecked and approved, the sheet was signed by me and the tech check person. During a fight a flipper throws my heavyweight robot into a post of the arena and the arena collapses, injuring a arena marshall.

Who exactly is liable and who should have insurance?

BTW John .....My post isnt meant as a critisism of you or R.R.
I merely wish to be informed if you / R.R. or indeed the F.R.A. advise the need for additional Team insurance cover when competeing.

Neither is mine, but i would like a straight answer.