Risk Management: Special Events & Campus Activities

Special Event Liability Insurance Program

Driver Alliant Insurance Services through CSU, Chico offers Special Event Liability Insurance Programs for Tenant User, Instructor/Recreation, Nominee/Entity Sponsored Events, and Concessionaire coverage.  To request Special Event Insurance, please complete the Special Event Insurance Request form and return the completed form to Risk Management.

• Nominee Event -- is held or sponsored by the University, or any department or division thereof holding or sponsoring the event. All events must be approved and rated by the insurance company.
• Tenant User Event -- is an event that is held or sponsored by companies, organizations, or individuals that have been permitted to use the University's premises.
• Instructor/Recreation Event --is an event that is instructional to its participants. Instructors are not employees of the public entity, but provide instructional services for a fee.  Fee is paid by participants not by the University.  Participant coverage requires signed waivers.
• Concessionaire -- is a company, organization, or individual who is permitted to operate a small business, as selling food, newspapers, etc. on the premises as part of a large short-term event.  The business can only be covered in conjunction with a covered event.

Vendors participating in events on campus must comply with the insurance requirements in Executive Order No. 849

If you will have food at your event, the Department of Environmental Health and Safety will determine if a food permit is necessary and will also provide food preparation guidelines. Please contact the Department of EH&S at ext. 5126.