It is 'mandatory' at the government and university offices where I work/ed, too. Most of the private companies have stipulated WC and PE insurance cover, too. ...But I've always found someone reasonable who accepted my deletions, or agreed to omissions, from their standard contracts. And if we can't find anyone who has been sued, and if none of us has heard of a case, I think it would be fair to assume it's for the reasons previously stated (others proofread and approve our work), rather than that we are such an error-free group. <snip> I have worked with a large city council and with a federal government dept in Canberra, and both required the insurance. I don't think they have any choice. Someone in the organisation has made a policy on the issue 'just in case', and everyone has to enforce that policy whether they want to or not. I would be interested to hear the experiences of other federal gov't contractors. <snip> Find local movie times and trailers on Yahoo! Movies. http://au.movies.yahoo.com ************************************************** To post a message to austechwriter, send the message to austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx To subscribe to austechwriter, send a message to austechwriter-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "subscribe" in the Subject field. To unsubscribe, send a message to austechwriter-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe" in the Subject field. To search the austechwriter archives, go to www.freelists.org/archives/austechwriter To contact the list administrator, send a message to austechwriter-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxx **************************************************