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Article: Production delays could trigger rare strike coverage: broker negotiates special-circumstance policies for studios.(LABOR)
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- Los Angeles Business Journal
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- November 12, 2007
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Producers and writers weren't the only ones negotiating during the run-up to last week's writers' strike--insurance companies were trying to make deals over customized strike coverage for the studios, too.
Brian Kingman, managing director of the Westwood office of Aon/Albert G. Ruben Insurance Services Inc., spent months haggling over "special circumstance" coverage for independent producers and some of the major networks before the strike. The same types of talks are now starting for feature film productions that could be affected by the writers' strike.
Insurance doesn't cover production delays due to strikes, but could kick in under special ...