Certificate of Insurance for an Event Venue

Send the venue the certificate they need before your event

Generate the venue’s certificate in the Spot app from your policies, and your Spot team adds liquor or additional insured cover if the venue asks for it.

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The venue’s requirements checked against your policies
Liquor and additional insured needs caught before load-in
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How it works

Send the venue’s requirements

Upload the venue agreement or its insurance page, with your event date. Your Spot team checks what it asks for.

General liability insurance

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Policy wording: Coverage limits
Compare with: Contract requirements

Confirm with your broker

Limits, exclusions, and endorsements

Add what the event needs

If you’re serving alcohol or the venue wants to be an additional insured, we work with your broker to get the cover and endorsements in place.

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Let’s review the information and discuss the next steps with your broker.

Generate the certificate

Create it in the Spot app with the venue as certificate holder and the event in the description, and send it before their deadline.

What your certificate needs to show

01
General liability
For injuries to guests and damage to the venue during the event, set-up and teardown.
02
Liquor liability
If you or your caterer will sell, serve or furnish alcohol.
03
The venue as additional insured
Usually the venue, its owner and its management company, named as the agreement names them.
04
Event name and dates
The event, its dates and the room or area you’re using, in the certificate’s description.
05
Staff and vehicles on site
Workers’ compensation for your staff on site and auto for vehicles used at load-in, if the venue asks.

Endorsements to check

01
Additional insured
Extends your liability coverage to the venue for claims arising from your event, on the endorsement’s terms. Listing the venue on the certificate alone doesn’t.
02
Primary and non-contributory
Some venues want your policy to respond before theirs. That wording must be endorsed onto your policy, which your Spot team requests through your broker and insurer.

Generate your certificate in Spot

01
Choose the policies for the event
Pick general liability and any liquor, auto or workers’ comp the venue requires.
02
Add the venue’s name and address
Enter the venue and its management company exactly as the agreement shows them.
03
Describe the event
Add the event name, dates and space, or upload the venue’s request so its wording carries over.
04
Review and send
Check the dates fall inside your policy period, then send the certificate to the venue’s events team.

Mistakes to avoid

01
Assuming general liability covers alcohol
If you serve drinks, the venue may require liquor liability, and an occasional party and a bar operation can need different cover.
02
Naming only the venue
Venues are often owned by one company and run by another. The agreement tells you who to list.
03
Sending it at the last minute
Venues set certificate deadlines before load-in. Endorsements take time to add, so send the request as soon as you sign.

Coverage to consider

General liability
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Liquor liability
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Workers’ compensation
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Hired and non-owned auto
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Tools, equipment and inland marine
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Common questions

Can I generate a venue certificate myself?

Yes. Spot customers create certificates in the Spot app from their policies, so you can send one when the venue asks.

Do I need liquor liability for an event?

If you sell, serve or furnish alcohol, the venue may require it, and your general liability may not cover those claims. Your Spot team checks your policies and the venue’s terms.

Is a certificate enough to make the venue an additional insured?

No. The endorsement on your policy does that, and the certificate only shows it. Your Spot team requests the endorsement through your broker and insurer.

Will Spot replace our broker?

No. Spot works with your broker, takes no commissions on premiums and keeps your policies together in your Spot workspace.

Get insurance off your to-do list.

Generate the venue’s certificate in the Spot app from your policies, and your Spot team adds liquor or additional insured cover if the venue asks for it.

Get StartedGenerate a COI in Spot