Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Cohousing community work and Insurance

[Sharon Villines (sharon]

> On Jan 5, 2016, at 8:00 PM, Syndallas Baughman <syndallas [at] gmail.com> 
> wrote:
> 
> 1) a volunteer/participation insurance that would cover some medical bills- 
> but then the work program would have to be explicitly voluntary with waivers 
> and what not acknowledging the voluntary nature of the work.  

We have this but I don’t know the details. It is “volunteer insurance” and 
covers any resident while doing community work.

We also learned last spring that our insurance cost could soon triple — an 
industry increase I think.

But what I signed on to ask is have you consulted a lawyer. I wouldn’t take it 
for granted that the insurance agent understands all the legalities since 
expectations and management in cohousing isn’t like most condos.

Sharon
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Sharon Villines
Takoma Village Cohousing, Washington DC
http://www.takomavillage.org