Front Row Insurance Brokers
Front Row Insurance Brokers Inc. is a privately owned insurance broker primarily serving the entertainment industry with Canadian offices in Vancouver, BC; Toronto, ON; Montreal, QC and Halifax, NS and US offices in Los Angeles, CA; Nashville, TN; and New York, NY.[1]
Front Row has insured film productions in Canada and the US, including 50/50 (2011 film) starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Enemy (2013 film) starring Jake Gyllenhaal, The Experiment (2010 film) starring Forest Whitaker, Kodachrome (film) starring Ed Harris, The Whistleblower starring Rachel Weisz, and Barney's Version (film) starring Paul Giamatti. In various trade publications and media outlets, Front Row insurance brokers have provided commentary on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on cinema, and specifically on film production insurance.[2][3][4][5][6][7][8] [excessive citations]
In 2013, the company initiated an online musical instrument insurance program for members of various Canadian music associations, including the Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada[9], the Screen Composers Guild of Canada and the Canadian Country Music Association.
In 2014, the company initiated an online short-term production insurance program for Canadian filmmakers to insure short film projects.[10] Front Row has partnerships with various film industry associations to provide production insurance to their members, including the Documentary Organization of Canada[11] and the US (WIFT-US) chapters of Women in Film and Television International.[12][13][14]
In 2015, the company initiated an online camera insurance program for Canadian photographers.[15][16]
In 2017, the company initiated an online office insurance program for Canadian businesses.[17][18] Also in 2017, the company initiated an online theatre insurance program to insure short-term theatrical performances in Canada.[19]
In 2018, the company initiated an online short-term event liability insurance program.[20][21][22][23] [excessive citations]
Company history
The company formed in 2009 when FOCUS Entertainment Insurance Brokers Inc. merged with the entertainment division of Jones Brown Inc. to create Front Row Insurance Brokers Inc.[24]
In 2013, Front Row merged with Montreal, QC insurance broker Globalex Gestion de Risques Inc.[25]
In 2015, Front Row acquired cultureONE Inc., an insurance broker in the Canadian performing arts scene.[26][27]
References
- ↑ "Front Row Insurance Announces Donation to SOCAN Foundation". www.canadianinsider.com.
- ↑ Grzadkowska, Alicja. "Coronavirus drops curtains on coverage for film and TV productions". www.insurancebusinessmag.com.
- ↑ "Lights … Camera … Canceled? | Leader's Edge Magazine". January 19, 2021.
- ↑ "Archived Copy". Archived from the original on 2021-05-19. Retrieved 2021-05-23.CS1 maint: Archived copy as title (link)
- ↑ "Coronavirus Production Insurance? No Such Thing. Here's How Hollywood Will Cope". finance.yahoo.com.
- ↑ Maddaus, Gene; Maddaus, Gene (September 15, 2020). "Why Hollywood Is Facing a COVID-19 Insurance Crisis".
- ↑ "Pandemic insurance, coming to a screen near you".
- ↑ https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/business/story/2021-07-09/independent-producers-still-struggling-even-as-pandemic-recedes
- ↑ "Front Row Musical Instruments & Studio Liability Group Program | SOCAN".
- ↑ "Film Short Production Insurance". December 1, 2014.
- ↑ "Join DOC".
- ↑ "Front Row Insurance – WIFT US".
- ↑ "Membership Benefits".
- ↑ https://www.nywift.org/front-row-insurance-brokers-the-film-insurance-experts-nywift-discount-on-production-insurance/
- ↑ "Canada's largest film insurance broker is first to offer online camera insurance policies for photographers". Insurance-Canada.ca. September 8, 2015.
- ↑ "Vancouver brokerage launches online camera insurance". September 8, 2015.
- ↑ "Automated Online Office Insurance Could Make Brokers Redundant". Insurance-Canada.ca. October 23, 2017.
- ↑ "Front Row Insurance Brokers launches fully automated process for office insurance coverage". October 23, 2017.
- ↑ "Entertainment brokerage offers short-term theatre insurance program". May 19, 2017.
- ↑ "Wedding insurance can cover unforeseen problems, but not a runaway bride" – via The Globe and Mail.
- ↑ Press, Canadian. "How wedding insurance can cover many things - but not a runaway bride". www.insurancebusinessmag.com.
- ↑ Ligaya, Armina (March 29, 2018). "Wedding insurance can cover unforeseen problems, but not a runaway bride". CTVNews.
- ↑ "Wedding insurance can cover unforeseen problems, but not a runaway bride". thestar.com. April 2, 2018.
- ↑ Underwriter-90, Canadian (June 7, 2007). "What's New: In Brief (June 07, 2007)".
- ↑ http://www.bctq.ca/uploads/files/qfsb_2020_september.pdf
- ↑ "Steve Beatty". November 27, 2018.
- ↑ "Certificates of Amalgamation (CBCA)".
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