Vendor Insurance Links for Waterfront Piers
Event vendors and concessions on your pier buy their own liability coverage through one link, with the pier and port authority named automatically.
Set up my link →How insurance works at waterfront piers
A pier is a venue with an unusual landlord structure. The operator, a port authority, a city, and sometimes a state agency can all have an interest, and all of them may need to appear on a certificate.
On top of that, piers host exactly the kind of events that bring in outside vendors — festivals, markets, weddings, corporate receptions — each arriving with caterers, rental companies, and entertainers who've never seen your use agreement.
A link preloaded with the full list of parties lets those vendors satisfy the requirement without anyone on your team explaining the ownership chain.
What you're actually exposed to
- A guest is injured at a vendor's setup on decking, railings, or a gangway.
- Wind off the water takes a tent, canopy, or signage that couldn't be staked into the deck.
- A vendor's equipment goes into the water or damages pier structure.
- Multiple public and private entities must be named and the vendor's certificate lists one of them.
There are two links — most places need both
A renter's policy covers their event. It does not cover the food vendor they hired or the band they booked. Those are separate businesses with separate exposure, so they need their own coverage — and you need to be named on that too.
Vendor link
For each business working inside the event — they buy their own policy for their own booth or act, and your grounds are named on each of those policies.
Food vendors, entertainers, product and merchandise sellers, antique dealers, clothing sellers, crafters, service vendors.
Whole-space link
For the person or company renting your entire space for their own event. They buy a TULIP for the dates they have the place, and you're named as additional insured on it.
Weddings, receptions, reunions, birthday parties, clubhouse rentals, conferences, corporate offsites, fundraisers, memorials.
You can set up one or both on the same form below — there's no extra cost either way, and the renters and vendors buy their own coverage.
How it works for your grounds
Require proof of insurance from your vendors and space renters without collecting it by hand. One set-up, then the certificates come to you instead of you chasing them.
You Sign Up
Complete a short one-time form to open your grounds' account — free, no obligation.
We Create Your Links
We build a custom link for whoever rents the whole space, and one for your vendors.
You Share Them
Put the links in your vendor packet, booth application, rental contract, or event page.
They Buy Coverage
Each vendor or space renter buys their own event liability policy in minutes.
Certificates Auto-Issue
A certificate naming your grounds as additional insured is emailed to them and to you.
Your vendors are eligible too
It isn't only the person who rents your pier. The businesses that work your events can buy their own event liability coverage through your vendor link — for a single day, a weekend, or a whole season of dates.
Booths, stands, concession trailers, and food trucks serving at your event.
Bands, DJs, dancers, magicians, face painters, and stage acts.
Booths selling goods, gifts, souvenirs, or packaged products.
Flea market, swap meet, and estate dealers selling from a booth.
Boutique, vintage, and apparel vendors working your market.
Handmade goods, art, jewelry, candles, and maker booths.
Rentals, staffing, inflatables, photo booths, and setup crews.
Host something that isn't on this list? Tell us on the set-up form and we'll confirm whether it's eligible.
Each vendor is named on their own policy and your pier is named as additional insured — so one vendor's claim stays with that vendor.
Ready to set up your link?
Set-up takes about two minutes and costs you nothing — the renter or vendor pays for their own policy. We provision your custom link from there.
Free to set up · No contract · The renter or vendor pays for their own policy
Set up your link
Complete this one-time form and our team will provision your custom link. You'll receive it by email once your account is set up.
Frequently asked questions
Can a port authority and the city both be named?
Yes. The link can carry every additional insured your use agreement requires, with exact legal names and addresses, so each vendor policy names all of them.
Do event caterers and rental companies need their own coverage?
Yes. They're independent businesses, and the event host's policy generally won't answer for a claim caused by a caterer's or rental company's own work.
Can coverage run for a multi-day event?
Yes, including set-up and strike days.
What does the link cost us?
Nothing. Set-up is free and the renter or vendor pays for their own policy.
Is everything eligible?
No. Coverage is subject to the carrier's eligibility rules, and some events and activities can't be written. Your link tells someone up front if they don't qualify, so nobody shows up thinking they're covered.