Certificate of Insurance (COI)

You must submit your COI and be sure to meet ALL of the requirements from each of the following categories: verbiage, certificate holder, general liability limits & auto liability limits. If you do NOT meet all of the requirements listed here, your application will be on hold and considered INCOMPLETE until updated .

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.
  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 info@hawaiifilmoffice.com. Please include the Subject Line of the email “COI for Standard Film Permits.”

More on Standard Film Permits here.