Hawaii Film Office

1. General Liability ($1 million per occurrence, $2 million aggregate)
2. Automobile Liability: *preferred ($1 million bodily injury per accident)
3. Naming the State of Hawaii as additional insured, is required for a Standard Film Permit.

NOTE:If your production cannot provide the State’s preferred auto liability limits, then the below option can be accepted. This alternative option refers to Auto Liability only NOT General Liability.

Other option for auto coverage: If the production cannot meet the preferred coverage, they can provide $1 million of excess (or umbrella) liability.

COI – EXAMPLE

Liability Insurance

Required Wording

Note: the “insured” on the Certificate of Insurance must be the same as the ” Applicant” on the film permit applications.

In the “Description of Operations/Locations/Vehicles/Special Items” section:

“The State of Hawaii, including all of its departments and attached agencies, their officers, employees and agents are named as additional insured with respect to the named insured’s filming activities.”

In the “Certificate Holder” section:

State of Hawaii
c/o Hawaii Film Office
Dept. of Business, Economic Development & Tourism
P.O. Box 2359
Honolulu, Hawaii 96804-2359

** Please do NOT have a physical copy of your COI sent to this address. Send a PDF copy with your application only **

• The “insured” on the Certificate of Insurance must be the same as the “Applicant” on the film permit applications.
• The University of Hawaii must also be named as additionally insured when filming at any of its facilities.
• Kaka’ako Waterfront Park is no longer an Open and Accessible Site on Oahu. The Hawaii Community Development Authority (HCDA) must also be named as additionally insured when filming at Kaka’ako Waterfront Park.

A copy of the Certificate of Insurance must be included with your Film Permit Application. Renewal Certificates shall be emailed to us in PDF format to [email protected]. Please include the Subject Line of the email “COI for Standard Film Permits.”

More on Standard Film Permits here.

1.General Liability ($1 million per occurrence, $2 million aggregate)

2. Naming the State of Hawaii as additional insured, is required for an Open and Accessible Permit.

*Per DLNR, automobile liability is no longer required for an Open and Accessible Permit.

Required Wording

In the “Description of Operations/Locations/Vehicles/Special Items” section:

“The State of Hawaii, including all of its departments and attached agencies, their officers, employees and agents are named as additional insured with respect to the named insured’s filming activities.”

In the “Certificate Holder” section:

State of Hawaii
c/o Hawaii Film Office
Dept. of Business, Economic Development & Tourism
P.O. Box 2359
Honolulu, Hawaii 96804-2359

** Please do NOT have a physical copy of your COI sent to this address. Send a PDF copy with your application only **

Note:

• The “insured” on the Certificate of Insurance must be the same as the “Applicant” on the film permit applications.

A copy of the Certificate of Insurance must be uploaded when you first apply online for an Open and Accessible ePermit. Renewal Certificatea shall be emailed to us in PDF format to [email protected]. Please include in the Subject Line of the email “COI for ePermit Upload.”

If you have any questions or need additional information, please contact our office at  [email protected]

Evidence of coverage for the use of Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) provided by the UASoperators. Each UAS operating entity must submit proof of Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) insurance for owned and/or non‐owned aircraft with a limit of at least $2,000,000 per occurrence which names the State of Hawaii as an additional insured.

This can be submitted in one of two ways:

1. If UAS coverage is being added to a general liability policy, there must be a separate endorsement showing proof of UAS coverage or the UAS coverage needs to be evidenced on the certificate.
2. If the coverage is coming from an aviation‐specific insurance carrier (such as Global Aerospace), a separate policy endorsement is not necessary, as the entire policy represents the UAS coverage

If a separate endorsement is needed, it must name the State of Hawaii as Additional Insured on the policy using our required wording.

Required Wording

“The State of Hawaii, including all of its departments and attached agencies, their officers,employees and agents are named as additional insured with respect to the named insured’s filming activities.”

*If a separate endorsement is not needed, then our required wording may be shown-

In the “Description of Operations/Locations/Vehicles/Special Items” section:

“The State of Hawaii, including all of its departments and attached agencies, their officers,employees and agents are named as additional insured with respect to the named insured’s filming activities.”

In the “Certificate Holder” section:

State of Hawaii
c/o Hawaii Film Office
Dept. of Business, Economic Development & Tourism
P.O. Box 2359
Honolulu, Hawaii 96804-2359

** Please do NOT have a physical copy of your COI sent to this address. Send a PDF copy with your application only **

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