World clown association insurance
CALL US CLOWNS
We offer training courses every year. Each training session consists of a weekly meeting, lasting two to three hours and continuing for five to six weeks. Upon completion of the course, graduates become working members of Call Us Clowns and begin performing at the volunteer gigs that are the mainstay of our organization.
We will help you with ideas for your clown name, costume, accessories, and props. You will be trained by our seasoned alley clowns in make-up, costuming, balloon sculpture, face painting, magic, hospital and nursing home regulations, and stage presence.
The class fee includes initial supplies and the dues for the first year’s membership in our charitable organization. Clowns are also required to join World Clown Association and carry Performer’s Liability Insurance through WCA.
Contact us for more information or to request an application for our next class.
We offer liability insurance to individual, U.S.-based performers entertaining the common as sole proprietors and independent contractors. Our policy protects against bodily injury to a spectator or property damage to a performing premises.
Insureds must have a U.S. mailing address to be eligible for coverage under this policy, and the premium must be paid in US dollars. Please note that giving a false address to qualify for coverage is misrepresentation and could result in your coverage creature cancelled and any claims entity denied.
This is not group coverage, meaning that this policy will only cover you as an individual person and your show. Our base policy does not provide coverage to others that work with you.
Please note that bodily injury to a fellow performer insured under this policy during any practice or production is excluded from coverage. Additionally, there is a 30-foot height restriction; any activity over 30 feet is excluded from coverage.
Coverage territory extends throughout the US (including its territories and possessions), Puerto Rico, and Canada, as well as international waters – but only if injury or damage occurs in the course of transp
Send in the clown insurers
Clown insurance is for clowns, not for persons potentially afflicted by them. Insurance companies offer it to clowns because clowns – no matter what you may thoughtlessly think of them – are people, and bad things can happen to anyone.
Clown insurance exists, as a distinct product category, thanks to the mathematical discipline called risk assessment. Industry researchers calculate that every year enough bad things happen to enough clowns to reliably yield a profit. Clowns, as a group, perform a benefit/cost calculation; that's why, year after year, they spend money to defend against life's practical jokes.
The UK boasts several suppliers of insurance for clowns. Blackfriars Insurance Brokers, for one, offers public liability clown insurance of up to £5m cover. Their website boasts, not unkindly, of "products to meet the business and personal insurance needs of clowns".
(Be aware, though, that a website temptingly called www.clownsinsurance.co.uk appears to just an example of a marketing concept.)
Foreign clowns, too, can buy clown insurance. Pretty much any clown, anywhere, can join the World Clown Association. The association
Salary
Average Salary: $36,000
Expected Lifetime Earnings: $1,502,928
The money you could make as a good clown in the right town is no laughing matter—or it could be a joke, if you're not that good or don't know how to market yourself. Experienced clowns working in affluent areas make a lot more money than those trying to eke out a living in places where everyone's broke. But that should be a given.
For newbie clowns with no experience and no formal training, pay is low and venues aren't all that exciting. Expect most of your gigs to be paid hourly, and involve little more than festivals, store openings, and birthday parties.
Once you go to Clown College and get some experience, your rates will go up. A good clown with solid networking skills may be able to book a couple of parties or events a day, aiming especially for private dinners and exclusive parties that come with a heftier paycheck. Put it all together, and your average clown is banking about $38,000 per year (source).
A small-time circus clown earns about the same as an inexperienced party clown, bu
Just a friendly reminder…. If you get your entertainer insurance from the World Clown Association, it is time to renew your membership. Membership and Insurance Renewals are due on May 1st. Be sure to send in your renewal for so as to not miss out.
Registration forms are available to download at: http://worldclown.com/?page_id=37
Remember, you have options for entertainer’s insurance besides getting it from the World Clown Association. Evaluate your current needs and the plans, then select the one that will serve you best. If I am not mistaken, the policy offered by WCA does not cover employees or animals used in a show other than dogs, doves, and rabbits.
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