NAVA needs your help
NAVA was notified about more changes being made to the Premium Plus insurance policy NAVA members hold with QBE Insurance and brokered by Local Community Insurance Services (LCIS).
Three key changes for Members working at heights will increase premiums for some and exclude others from eligibility. The changes will apply from 1 October 2023, although some NAVA Members have already received notification directly from LCIS.
The changes include:
- Artists and arts workers who work at heights less than 2 metres* will be charged an additional premium of almost $100.
- Artists and arts workers who work at heights greater than 2 metres and less than 5 metres will be charged an additional premium over $600.
- Artists and arts workers who work at heights greater than 5 metres will no longer be eligible for this insurance package.
*2 metres indicates ‘fall height’, the height above the ground a person is standing: e.g. if working from a ladder, the rung the person is standing on.
Please note that these changes do not affect current policies.
NAVA is concerned these changes will directly impact the grassroots of the visual art and craft sector, where many emerging artists and curators install their own work. They are also concerned about the impacts on murals and public art works as artists are either priced out of insurance or no longer eligible. These changes also impact public galleries and local government programs where artists are required to have their own insurance.
Share how this will impact your practice
NAVA has been solidly advocating to contest these changes because they know how important adequate and affordable insurance is for artists, arts workers and the sector.
Your Member Impact stories were instrumental in NAVA advocacy to reverse past policy changes, so they are once again asking for your help before a critical meeting on Thursday 7 September 2023.
Please share how these changes will impact your work and practice as an independent artist, arts worker or organisation that requires artists and arts workers to have their own insurance.
