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Instructions · What links here · Front Row Insurance (talk: + · bio) · (log) · Copyvios report · reFill · Citation Bot · (Search: Google, Wikipedia) · Submitted 17 months ago by Turner.john60 (talk: D · +) · Last edited 17 months ago by Turner.john60

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.^[2]

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^[3], 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.^[4] Front Row has partnerships with various film industry associations to provide production insurance to their members, including the Documentary Organization of Canada^[5] and the US (WIFT-US) chapters of Women in Film and Television International.^[6]^[7]^[8]

In 2015, the company initiated an online camera insurance program for Canadian photographers.^[9]^[10]

In 2017, the company initiated an online office insurance program for Canadian businesses.^[11]^[12] Also in 2017, the company initiated an online theatre insurance program to insure short-term theatrical performances in Canada.^[13]

In 2018, the company initiated an online short-term event liability insurance program.^[14]^[15]^[16]^[17]

Rust shooting incident

Front Row Insurance is the insurance broker for Rust (upcoming film). In October 2021, production was temporarily suspended after a controversial and highly publicized firearms shooting incident, in which cinematographer Halyna Hutchins was shot and killed.^[18]^[19]^[20]^[21]

Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on cinema

In various trade publications and media outlets, insurance brokers from Front Row have provided commentary on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on cinema, and specifically on film production insurance.^[22]^[23]^[24]^[25]^[26]^[27]^[28]

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.^[29]

In 2013, Front Row merged with Montreal, QC insurance broker Globalex Gestion de Risques Inc.^[30]

In 2015, Front Row acquired cultureONE Inc., an insurance broker in the Canadian performing arts scene.^[31]^[32]

In 2022, Front Row was acquired by Westland Insurance.^[33]^[34]

References

^ "Front Row Insurance Announces Donation to SOCAN Foundation". www.canadianinsider.com.
^ https://www.imdb.com/search/title/?companies=co0309875
^ "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.
^ https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/national/2021/10/28/639522.htm
^ https://www.tmz.com/2021/10/26/rust-insurance-policy-6-million-hutchins-souza/
^ https://www.businessinsurance.com/article/20211028/NEWS06/912345556/Documents-name-Chubb-as-liability-insurer-for-Alec-Baldwin-movie-Rust
^ https://www.castanet.net/news/Entertainment/349837/Criminal-charges-on-the-table-in-Rust-shooting-as-investigation-continues
^ 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.
^ https://covid19.docorg.ca/can-i-shoot/insurance-coverage/
^ "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
^ Underwriter-90, Canadian (June 7, 2007). "What's New: In Brief (June 07, 2007)".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
^ http://www.bctq.ca/uploads/files/qfsb_2020_september.pdf
^ "Steve Beatty". November 27, 2018.
^ "Certificates of Amalgamation (CBCA)".
^ https://www.westlandinsurance.ca/news/westland-insurance-acquires-front-row-insurance-brokers/
^ https://www.insurancebusinessmag.com/ca/news/mergers-acquisitions/canadian-broker-makes-us-entry-with-acquisition-419668.aspx

[1] "Front Row Insurance Announces Donation to SOCAN Foundation". www.canadianinsider.com.

[2] ttps://www.imdb.com/search/title/?companies=co0309875

[3] "Front Row Musical Instruments & Studio Liability Group Program | SOCAN".

[4] "Film Short Production Insurance". December 1, 2014.

[5] "Join DOC".

[6] "Front Row Insurance – WIFT US".

[7] "Membership Benefits".

[8] ttps://www.nywift.org/front-row-insurance-brokers-the-film-insurance-experts-nywift-discount-on-production-insurance/

[9] "Canada's largest film insurance broker is first to offer online camera insurance policies for photographers". Insurance-Canada.ca. September 8, 2015.

[10] "Vancouver brokerage launches online camera insurance". September 8, 2015.

[11] "Automated Online Office Insurance Could Make Brokers Redundant". Insurance-Canada.ca. October 23, 2017.

[12] "Front Row Insurance Brokers launches fully automated process for office insurance coverage". October 23, 2017.

[13] "Entertainment brokerage offers short-term theatre insurance program". May 19, 2017.

[14] "Wedding insurance can cover unforeseen problems, but not a runaway bride" – via The Globe and Mail.

[15] Press, Canadian. "How wedding insurance can cover many things - but not a runaway bride". www.insurancebusinessmag.com.

[16] Ligaya, Armina (March 29, 2018). "Wedding insurance can cover unforeseen problems, but not a runaway bride". CTVNews.

[17] "Wedding insurance can cover unforeseen problems, but not a runaway bride". thestar.com. April 2, 2018.

[18] ttps://www.insurancejournal.com/news/national/2021/10/28/639522.htm

[19] ttps://www.tmz.com/2021/10/26/rust-insurance-policy-6-million-hutchins-souza/

[20] ttps://www.businessinsurance.com/article/20211028/NEWS06/912345556/Documents-name-Chubb-as-liability-insurer-for-Alec-Baldwin-movie-Rust

[21] ttps://www.castanet.net/news/Entertainment/349837/Criminal-charges-on-the-table-in-Rust-shooting-as-investigation-continues

[22] Grzadkowska, Alicja. "Coronavirus drops curtains on coverage for film and TV productions". www.insurancebusinessmag.com.

[23] "Lights … Camera … Canceled? | Leader's Edge Magazine". January 19, 2021.

[24] ttps://covid19.docorg.ca/can-i-shoot/insurance-coverage/

[25] "Coronavirus Production Insurance? No Such Thing. Here's How Hollywood Will Cope". finance.yahoo.com.

[26] Maddaus, Gene; Maddaus, Gene (September 15, 2020). "Why Hollywood Is Facing a COVID-19 Insurance Crisis".

[27] "Pandemic insurance, coming to a screen near you".

[28] ttps://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/business/story/2021-07-09/independent-producers-still-struggling-even-as-pandemic-recedes

[29] Underwriter-90, Canadian (June 7, 2007). "What's New: In Brief (June 07, 2007)".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

[30] ttp://www.bctq.ca/uploads/files/qfsb_2020_september.pdf

[31] "Steve Beatty". November 27, 2018.

[32] "Certificates of Amalgamation (CBCA)".

[33] ttps://www.westlandinsurance.ca/news/westland-insurance-acquires-front-row-insurance-brokers/

[34] ttps://www.insurancebusinessmag.com/ca/news/mergers-acquisitions/canadian-broker-makes-us-entry-with-acquisition-419668.aspx

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