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Vendor Insurance

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1-90 Days of Coverage

starting at

$49/event
Year-round Coverage

starting at

$24.25/month

Flexible Coverage

Insurance Canopy offers both short-term and annual coverage, so you can choose the policy that fits your unique business needs!

Comprehensive Plans

Insurance Canopy offers both short-term and annual coverage, so you can choose the policy that fits your unique business needs!

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Insurance Canopy offers both short-term and annual coverage, so you can choose the policy that fits your unique business needs!

Vendor Insurance Explained

Vendor event insurance is liability insurance that protects you while operating a booth or offering professional services during an event. It may cover the costs of accidents caused by you, your business, or your booth.

Our vendor insurance policies all come equipped with General Liability Insurance, Damage to Rented Premises Coverage, and a Medical Expense Limit. These coverages can help you pay for medical bills, legal fees, repair costs, and more.

Depending on the policy you choose and the type of vendor you are, our plans offer a variety of coverage options.

General Liability Insurance

General Liability Insurance

This helps to cover you for injuries or damages caused by your business operations, mainly slip and fall accidents or unexpected weather.

Professional Liability Insurance

Professional Liability Insurance

Also known as Errors and Omissions (E&O), it helps cover injuries or damages caused by paid professional services, advice, teaching, mentoring, and demonstrations.

Product Liability Insurance

Product Liability Insurance

Also known as Products & Completed Operations, this helps cover injuries or damages caused by products you make, sell, or use in a service, or accidents that occur after a service.

Damage to Rented Premises

Damage to Rented Premises

This helps to cover you for damages caused in rented spaces during an event or set-up/take-down. It covers a variety of risks for the first 7 days and provides fire liability coverage thereafter.

Medical Expense Limit

Medical Expense Limit

This no-fault coverage allows you to help cover the cost of medical treatment for a person injured in an accident caused by your business.

Personal & Advertising Injury

Personal & Advertising Injury

This helps to cover you for legal fees if you accidentally violate copyright, infringe on intellectual property, or are accused of libel or slander.

Equipment and Inventory Insurance

Equipment and Inventory Insurance

Also known as Inland Marine, it helps to insure your business items (like tools, supplies, equipment, gear, and inventory) against theft and damages.

Additional Insureds

Additional Insureds

This is a person, place, business, or entity you add to a policy to extend your coverage if you have a claim. This may be an event, venue, planner, or city.

Coverage You Can Count On

From one day to one week to one year, our vendor liability insurance works when and where you do. We cover thousands of different vendors at most events and in most locations.

Vendors We Cover

Artists & Exhibitors
Beauty & Body Artists
Booth & Kiosk Holders
CBD Vendors
DJs & Entertainers
Event Vendors
Food & Concessionaires
Liquor Vendors
Mobile & Virtual Vendors
Photo & Videographers

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Where You’re Covered

Campuses & Stadiums
Concerts & Arenas
Conferences & Conventions
Corporate Events
Fairs & Festivals
Galleries & Juried Shows
Pop-up Shops & Markets
Special Events & Weddings
Swap Meets & Flea Markets
Tradeshows & Expos

Vendor Insurance for Events

Starting at

$49/event

Annual Vendor Insurance Plan

Starting at

$24.25/month

Program Benefits

Our policy makes purchasing artist insurance more convenient and affordable than ever before.

Hosting an Event? We Make COI Management Easy!

Create custom insurance offerings for all your vendors, automatically be an additional insured on every policy, and manage vendor COIs in one central location — all at no cost to you.

81,000+

Additional Insureds Issued

116,000+

Policies Issued

305+
Number of Partners

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) About Vendor Insurance

The cost for vendor insurance for a 1-day event starts at $49. Prices can vary based on the type of coverage you need, the event, and adding additional insureds to your policy.

Learn more about the costs of vendor insurance for events.

A COI is a Certificate of Insurance and allows vendors to show proof of insurance. It contains a list of your coverages, additional insureds, limits of liability, exclusions, and more.

A COI can also be called an ACORD

Additional insureds (AIs) are outside entities (like event planners or venues) added to your vendor liability insurance policy that can receive coverage in the case of a claim. An AI is not a friend, employee, another business you own, or a fellow vendor.

Vendor liability insurance covers many common accidents that can occur when you’re operating a booth or providing a service during a short-term event, such as slips and falls or property damage.

This type of insurance is designed to help you pay for medical bills, legal fees, repair costs, and more!

You may need liability insurance for vendor events if a venue or event requires you to show proof of insurance. This shows them you have a policy that may help you cover the cost of a claim if something goes wrong and those costs won’t fall back on the event or venue. Think of it this way: the venue you are at likely has insurance, but it doesn’t cover other people who use the property. The event planner or business hosting at the venue likely has insurance to cover them while hosting events, but it doesn’t always cover vendors who attend. This means you have to get your own policy to cover accidents that may stem from you, your business, your booth, or your service. Whether you’re required to have insurance or not, it’s always a good idea—you never know if unexpected weather may strike, if a customer will slip, or if your gear is going to scuff up a venue’s floors. As the common phrase goes, “It’s better to be safe than sorry!”

*Available on some plans. Policy details vary by type.
**Some policies are currently unavailable in Missouri. 

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