Will you need to take out any additional insurance cover ?

Cancellation or abandonment:

In case the event has to be cancelled or curtailed for reasons beyond your control, such as terrorist activity or an outbreak of infectious disease? In case of cancellation by speakers, necessitating replacing them with others at extra cost, or delegates deciding not to attend? Enforced reduced attendance? Outside influences, such as train strikes, air delays or bad weather, limiting the numbers attending to non-profitable levels? Failure to vacate? Unable to remove participants and products on time?

Physical damage:

Employers’ liability in case of bodily injury sustained by your employees? Public liability to cover you against your responsibility to third parties for causing personal injury, death or damage to property? Product liability in case your products harm other people or property? Make absolutely sure you are well covered at the venue and the overnight accommodation.

Travel insurance and personal accident benefits:

To cover temporary, total and partial disablement and even death? Emergency travel expenses in case alternative and costly transport arrangements need to be made at short notice?

Personal money and effects:

To cover lost or stolen cash and belongings and misuse of credit cards? For you and your colleagues? Speakers and partners? Delegates and partners?

Money and registration receipts:

To cover cash, banknotes, cheques, credit card slips and so on stolen or lost at the venue? Also in transit from the venue directly en route to a bank in the locality of the conference?