Insurance. It’s something you may not think about until you have to use it. Insurance for county fairs is a bit different than the insurance you have for your home or life. Robert Holmes of Spectrum Weather Insurance and Andrew Vandepopulier of Haas & Wilkerson Insurance specialize in helping people understand just what their insurance policy really means. Since the pandemic there have been many changes to these policies that fair personnel need to be aware of.

Many insurance carriers have added exclusions that fair boards need to be aware of when purchasing a policy so that they understand as a whole, if they have coverage for the events they are putting on. Some key exclusion areas have been added for rodeos, motorsports, and fireworks - all of which affect the fair industry.

“When it comes to events, the inclusion of communicable disease has now been eliminated,” explains Vandepopulier. “You're not going to be able to find cancellation insurance that will provide coverage in the event of another pandemic or even influenza or bird flu and things like that.”

Insurance. It’s something you may not think about until you have to use it. Insurance for county fairs is a bit different than the insurance you have for your home or life. Robert Holmes of Spectrum Weather Insurance and Andrew Vandepopulier of Haas &amp; Wilkerson Insurance specialize in helping people understand just what their insurance policy really means. Since the pandemic there have been many changes to these policies that fair personnel need to be aware of.
Many insurance carriers have added exclusions that fair boards need to be aware of when purchasing a policy so that they understand as a whole, if they have coverage for the events they are putting on. Some key exclusion areas have been added for rodeos, motorsports, and fireworks - all of which affect the fair industry.
“When it comes to events, the inclusion of communicable disease has now been eliminated,” explains Vandepopulier. “You're not going to be able to find cancellation insurance that will provide coverage in the event of another pandemic or even influenza or bird flu and things like that.”

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