For any questions or concerns about insurance issues, be sure to consult your instructor or TA.
For further clarification, email RTF Insurance: rtf-insurance@austin.utexas.edu and CC Marisela Campos: marisela.campos@austin.utexas.edu
What is it?
- General Liability Insurance (sometimes referred to as "Production Insurance") covers third party property damage within the United States. There is a $500 deductible.
Note that there are exclusions. These are excluded from the RTF Policy:
- Feature films
- Pyrotechnics (of*any*kind)
- Stunts
- Livestock
- Vehicles ... anything having to do with any type of moving vehicle cannot be covered
- Crew or cast members
- International travel
Only students enrolled in a University of Texas RTF production class, doing a project for academic credit, are covered under this policy.
How much does it cost a production student?
- $15/pdn student/class/semester – included as part of an insurance bundle (liability, equipment replacement, & accident). This charge will be posted to your What I Owe after the 12th class day.
What if a location requires proof we have liability coverage?
- Use the General Certificate of Insurance document below. It will cover most requests.
- Any other location or rental house that needs to be added as an "additional loss/payee" and named on the policy needs a new Certificate. Email your instructor or TA at least two weeks in advance to ask for the certificate. Provide name of entity, physical address, and contact information as well as your filming dates and a copy of the contract/lease agreement specifying the insurance obligations. Last minutes requests cannot be honored.
Examples of when policy will be used:
- You accidentally break a window. This insurance will pay to replace the window.
- You film on City of Austin property (such as Austin Studios). The insurance meets the City of Austin's minimum insurance requirements, making it possible for you to use their facility
- You rent additional camera gear from Gear or Chapman Leonard. The insurance meets the rental houses' minimum LIABILITY insurance requirements, making it possible for you to rent from them. Note that they will also require replacement value insurance.
What happens if the project is not covered under our current policy? Student must purchase insurance on his/her own and cost is borne by the student.
What if I need to submit a claim?
- Notify the RTF Administrative Office and your instructor /TA within 24 hours of the incident.
- Email the RTF Administrative Office and copy your instructor and TA with a written statement of what happened. Include your EID and course number.
- RTF Staff will first check to verify you are currently enrolled in a RTF production class before submitting a claim to the Risk Mangement office
- RTF Staff will contact you, the student, with any additional information required by UT System. This will include, but is not limited to, proof of damage (like a photograph) and value/replacement cost.
- RTF Staff will stay in contact with you, the student, and the property owner until the claim is resolved.
General Liability Certificates Currently Available to Students Currently Enrolled in an RTF Class:
21-22_COI_Evidence of Insurance UT RTF.pdf
21-22_COI_Austin Independent School District.pdf
21-22_COI_Austin Movie Gear.pdf
21-22_COI_Austin State Hospital.pdf
21-22_COI_Chapman Leonard Studio.pdf
21-22_COI_City of Austin Aviation Dept.pdf
20-21_COI_City of Austin_Cultural Arts Division of the Economic.pdf
21-22_COI_City of Austin_Kevin Johns.pdf
21-22_COI_City of Austin_Parks and Recreation Department.pdf
21-22_COI_City of Austin_Purchasing Office.pdf
20-21_COI_City of Austin_Right of Way Management.pdf
21-22_COI_City of Port Aransas.pdf
21-22_COI_The Contemporary Austin_Jones Center.pdf
21-22_COI_Enchanted Rock State Natural Area.pdf
21-22_COI_Film Society of Austin, Inc. .pdf
21-22_COI_FP4 Dobie Center, LLC dba Dobie Twenty21.pdf
21-22_COI_Guadalupe Mountains National Park.pdf
21-22_COI_Hope Events, Inc. and Castle Partners.pdf
21-22_COI_Monopolies Practice Fields.pdf
21-22_COI_MPS Camera & Lighting.pdf
20-21_COI_MPS Camera & Lighting_Austin.pdf
20-21_COI_Nueces County and the Nueces County Board.pdf
20-21_COI_Panavision, Inc. .pdf
20-21_COI_Radiant Images, Inc. .pdf
20-21_COI_Texas Parks and Wildlife.pdf
20-21_COI_Walnut Creek Sports Park.pdf
20-21_COI_White Sands National Monument.pdf