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Insurance

The submission of insurance is part of the basic requirements for filming in San Francisco.  Our requirements are very specific.  It often takes brokers a few days to get us the required paperwork.  For this reason we suggest you forward this information to you agent in a timely fashion.

Shooting in SF Links:

The insurance requirements for San Francisco are as follows:

  1. We need a certificate of insurance showing:
    • $1 million ($2 million aggregate) of General Liability
    • $1 million of Auto Liability
    • $1 million of Workers Compensation

    Listed as additionally insured should be "The City and County of San Francisco, its officers, agents and employees."

    The Certificate Holder should be The City and County of San Francisco, San Francisco Film Commission, City Hall Room 473, San Francisco, CA 94102

  2. We need an additional insured endorsement with the same language for the Auto and General Liability policies.

We are required to receive these documents directly from your agent and cannot accept them from a third party. Please forward this link to your agent so that they may see our requirements.

Once the documents are compiled they should be faxed to 415-554-6503 or emailed to film@sfgov.org. Should you or your agent have any questions about our requirements please call the film office at 415-554-6241.

Last updated: 3/23/2012 2:25:48 PM