Videographer Insurance

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Protect yourself & your business with comprehensive, affordable videographer insurance from Berxi.

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Whether you’re capturing weddings, producing corporate content, or running your own production studio, your clients count on you to deliver work that meets the moment. With customized videographer insurance from Berxi, you can help protect your business and your finances from the professional risks you face.

Who needs videography insurance?

The most important type of insurance for videographers is errors and omissions (E&O) insurance. Whether you’re a solo video production specialist or you run your own company, E&O insurance is an important part of protecting your business. Videographers can face claims that their work contained errors, failed to meet expectations, or wasn’t delivered as promised.

Here’s who needs E&O insurance for videographers.

Freelance & Independent Videographers

From creating promotional videos and social media content to working directly with clients, mistakes can happen. Videographer insurance can help protect you if a client claims your work contained errors, didn’t meet expectations, or caused them a financial loss.

Wedding & Event Videographers

Wedding and event videographers often have one-time opportunities to capture important moments. If footage is lost, corrupted, delayed, or doesn’t capture key moments as expected, a client may hold you responsible for the resulting costs — and E&O insurance can help.

Corporate & Commercial Video Producers

Commercial projects often involve strict deadlines, detailed creative requirements, and multiple stakeholders. Errors and omissions insurance can help protect your business if a client alleges that a mistake, oversight, or failure to deliver caused them financial harm.

Video Production Companies & Studios

Production companies and studios typically manage multiple projects, team members, and client expectations at once. E&O insurance covers claims arising from professional mistakes, missed deadlines, editing errors, or other issues related to the services you provide.

What does Berxi’s videography insurance cover?

Berxi’s top-rated errors and omissions insurance for videographers protects you from claims alleging that an error or negligence in your work caused a financial loss. It also protects you from claims of copyright infringement.

You can also add optional general liability coverage to your E&O policy to help protect against third-party injuries and property damage.

Errors and omissions insurance (also known as professional liability insurance) helps protect video production specialists if a client claims your work contained a mistake, made an oversight, missed a deadline, or failed to deliver agreed-upon services that resulted in a financial loss.

In addition, Berxi’s E&O policies for videographers automatically include protection against claims of copyright infringement in your content.

E&O insurance can help cover legal defense costs, settlements, judgments, and other related expenses.

Examples of E&O claims covered by Berxi videographer insurance include:

  • Lost or corrupted footage: A client alleges negligence after important footage from a wedding or event is accidentally lost, corrupted, or unusable.
  • Missed key moments: A wedding client claims you failed to capture important moments, such as the ceremony or first dance, resulting in financial damages.
  • Failure to meet project requirements: A corporate client alleges the final video did not meet the specifications outlined in your contract, requiring costly revisions or a reshoot.
  • Infringed on a copyright: Another creator or business alleges that you infringed on their copyright in content that you created, disseminated, or sold.

Amount Covered: Up to $1 million per claim/$2 million aggregate

You can add optional general liability coverage to your E&O videographer insurance policy for just $169/year. This coverage helps protect your business from third-party claims involving bodily injury, property damage, and personal and advertising injury. General liability insurance can help cover the cost of medical bills, property repairs, and legal expenses.

Examples of claims covered by Berxi general liability insurance for videographers:

  • Bodily injury: A guest at a wedding or a client at a commercial shoot trips over one of your camera cables and is injured, resulting in a claim for medical expenses.
  • Property damage: While setting up equipment at a client site, you accidentally knock over and damage an expensive decorative display or piece of equipment.
  • Personal injury: A business owner claims comments made in a promotional video harmed their reputation, which leads to a legal dispute.
  • Advertising injury: A competitor alleges that content used in your marketing materials infringes on their copyrighted work or intellectual property rights.

Amount Covered: $1 million per claim/$2 million aggregate

Key Features of Berxi Videographer Insurance

Berxi’s policies are designed with videographers and small video production companies in mind. Key benefits include:

  • Limits of liability up to $1 million per claim/$2 million aggregate
  • No interest payments or hidden service fees
  • World-class, in-house customer support and claims service
  • 24/7 online access to your Berxi account
  • Optional general liability coverage for just $169/year
  • Available coverage through our partners, including workers’ comp and cyber liability insurance

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What other types of insurance do videographers need?

If you have employees, workers’ compensation insurance is typically required by law and helps cover medical expenses and lost wages if employers are injured on the job. It can also help protect your business from related lawsuits. You can add optional workers’ comp coverage from one of our partners to your Berxi E&O policy by speaking with our in-house product specialist team.

Cyber liability insurance helps protect your business if sensitive client information is compromised in a data breach or cyberattack. It can help cover notification costs, legal fees, and recovery expenses. You can add optional cyber coverage from one of our trusted partners to your Berxi E&O policy by speaking with our in-house product specialist team.

Commercial auto insurance helps cover vehicles used for business purposes, including accidents, property damage, and liability claims. This is especially important if you regularly drive between shoots, clients, or events sites.

Equipment insurance can help cover the cost to repair or replace essential gear — such as cameras, lighting, computers, and more — if it’s stolen, damaged, or lost due to a covered incident.

How much does insurance for videographers cost?

Berxi’s E&O insurance for videographers starts at around $300/year.

In addition, you can add general liability coverage to your E&O policy for just $169/year.

Your annual premium will depend on a few different factors, including:

  • Your annual revenue
  • Your location
  • Your professional experience
  • The amount of coverage you need
  • Your deductible

Because Berxi has no hidden costs or interest payments, video production specialists who choose our insurance save an average of 15% vs. other insurance companies. The fastest way to find out how much you’ll pay for videography insurance is to get a quote.

Why choose Berxi for your videographer insurance?

We’re part of Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance.

With a financial strength rating of A++, we have the stability and expertise to protect you long-term.

We can save you an average of 15%.

Berxi never has any interest fees, hidden costs, or membership fees. In fact, people who choose Berxi save an average of 15%.

We have an easy-to-use online platform.

You can visit our website to get a quote, buy a policy, manage your information, and file a claim — all in just a few clicks.

We’re here for our customers.

When you call our support line, you’ll reach a real human being from our in-house product specialist team who will work hard to answer all of your questions.

How to Get Videographer Insurance From Berxi

Getting covered is fast and straightforward.

Step 1: Using our easy online quote process, select your profession as “Video Production Specialist” and answer a few quick questions about your work. Get a quote today.

Step 3: Get an instant, personalized quote with clear pricing.

Step 4: Purchase coverage online in minutes and download your proof of insurance.

Step 5: Access your policy 24/7 to manage certificates, update your information, or file claims — right from your phone or computer.

After purchasing, you’ll also have the option to add general liability coverage to your policy for $169/year, which helps protect you from third-party claims of bodily injury, property damage, and personal and advertising injury.

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Insurance for Videographers FAQ

If you shoot professionally, even if it’s only on occasion, you can still face the risk of a claim or lawsuit from a client. Insurance helps protect you financially, no matter how often you work. However, if you’re strictly a hobbyist videographer and you don’t profit from your video production, you likely don’t need liability insurance.

Yes, your errors and omissions insurance will most likely cover you if you accidentally delete or lose a client’s footage. This would be considered an error, and if a client files a claim or lawsuit against you, your E&O coverage can provide you with financial and legal assistance.

Berxi’s errors and omissions insurance for videographers does not cover rented equipment. It provides legal and financial help if a client claims that a mistake or negligence in your work caused them a financial loss. To protect your equipment, you will need specialized equipment insurance.

With Berxi, you can get your certificate of insurance one business day after purchasing your insurance policy. You can instantly download the certificate of insurance via Berxi’s easy-to-use online portal for policyholders, so there’s no need to wait.

Still have questions?

  1. For the fastest response, feel free to email us at support@berxi.com
  2. You can also talk to one of our licensed representatives by calling us at 833-242-3794. We’re available Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. – 8 p.m. ET (except holidays).

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