Insurance for tuners

Don Rose drose@dlcwest.com
Thu, 03 Oct 1996 18:47:42 -0500


Hi All,

Unfortunately Ken (and I) both live in Canada which means the PTG insurance
is not available to us.

At 08:32 PM 10/3/96 -0400, you wrote:
>Ken   and the list:
>
>The PTG has an agreement of some sorts with an insurance company for all
>sorts of business insurance. They have insurance for your tools, customer's
>pianos in your shop, in transit, and at the house, and they have liability
>insurance for broken windows, damage to rugs, etc. They even have injury
>liability to $1,000,000.
>
>Contact
>
>Jerry Kiser at:
>Potter, Leonard & Cahan
>6161 N.E. 175th   suit 205
>Seattle, WA  98155
>206-486-4334
>206-672-7482
>
>It is expensive, but it is worth it, and one claim will pay for it. I had
>some water damage from a leaking roof, to a grand in my store, and I got a
>check to refinish the whole piano.
>
>I carry liability insurance not because I think I am going to break
>something, or damage a rug. I carry it in case the customer thinks I broke
>something, or damaged her rug, when I didn't. That is when the insurance
>company will pay the lawyer to defend me, and I don't have to pay money to
>prove I am innocent.
>
>Willem Blees  RPT
>St. Louis
>
>
Regards,
Don Rose, B.Mus., A.M.U.S., A.MUS., R.M.T., R.P.T.
"Tuner for the Centre of the Arts"
drose@dlcwest.com
3004 Grant Rd.
REGINA, SK
S4S 5G7
306-352-3620





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