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« on: July 04, 2016, 09:00:18 PM »

Hi there! I am Kate, I am a soap and beauty products maker myself and I am covered by my medical malpractise insurance. I am organising some  events in my area and I need to know exactly what insurances I should be looking for from stall holders selling handmade cosmetics. I have noticed quite a few sellers in my area that I have very good reason to doubt that they have any knowledge of what they are doing and I dont want anyone to get hurt from a sale at one of my events. like I say, I am covered by medical malpractice but, naturally many wont have got to it the way I did.
Please advise!
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« Reply #1 on: July 05, 2016, 12:04:31 AM »

Helo Katie, welcome to the forum.

When I was making and selling I had two insurances - one for the products (something like the term "Product Liability" which covered my products whether I sold at a fair, to a shop or online/directly to customer and the other insurance covered my stand at a fair or show - for instance if part of the display fell on someone or even if someone tripped over part of the stand or display.

As Organiser you'll need to have insurance (depending on that provided by the owners of the venue) to cover mishaps to the public and exhibitors.

Best to take advice from your insurance company (one reason why I use NFU wherever possible - they have local offices in many places so you can actually call in (and don't have to be engaged in farming to use their services).
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« Reply #2 on: July 05, 2016, 06:21:53 AM »

Hi Katie,

EJ's advice is sound and I can't add to it but I did want to say hi and welcome to the forum  :buttrf:
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« Reply #3 on: July 05, 2016, 09:55:48 AM »

Hi and welcome.

I think an event organiser would need public liability insurance. Stall holders would need product and public liability insurance. It would be a good idea to ask the cosmetcs sellers whether they have an up to date cosmetics assessment too. I know that the insurance company I use asked to see evidence that my assessment has been upgraded but I don't know whether all of them did.

I did not know that medical malpractice insurance would cover cosmetics.
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« Reply #4 on: July 05, 2016, 04:07:01 PM »

Hi, nice to meet you

The others have given the advice you need re the insurance, but as an organiser perhaps you should ask anyone selling cosmetics products to confirm that they comply with the current EU regulations. 
Members of the Guild of Craft Soap and Toiletry Makers will be able to produce a certificate (you can only become a member if you are compliant) or if they don't belong to the Guild, perhaps you could ask for their CPNP ref no  (CPNP is the EU cosmetics portal where all cosmetics products have to registered) - I've been asked for the ref no and/or a screenshot showing my listing.  Neither are too difficult to supply to an organiser/seller and it gives you an assurance that products comply with current legislation and are also safe.  Not sure where it leaves insurance if people don't comply to regulation, but I suspect most insurers would find an 'opt out' clause if that were the case and you needed to make a claim.

Hope you enjoy organising your events - let us know how you get on.
Oh, and I should mention we all love to see some photo's so we'll be looking forward to those Wink
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