Liability Insurance for EEM Certified Practitioners
You are free to choose your insurance carrier.
Some EEM Certifice Practitioners already have liability insurance tied to a professional license. In that case you only need to be certain that it also covers your EEM activities and set up the AIE. For those who do not have professional liability insurance, we have done some research and mapped out the following suggestions, any of which satisfies our requirements. For more details go to the websites that are listed.
Insurance Through A Massage Organizaiton
In general, when working with massage insurance carriers, you will notice on their websites that the requirements discuss whether your state regulates massage and body work. If the only modality you use in your practice is energy medicine, this does not apply to you. States do not regulate the practice of energy work. Instead, you will be asked to sign a form which specifies that you are being insured in only a single modality. On this form you want to list "energy healing" (this is one of their standard categories).
You should be able to get all of the other information you need from the above websites or the very friendly staff each of these companies possess via telephone. Beyond the insurance, we believe you will find ABMP, IMA, and HandsOn to be valuable organizations with which to be associated. And please be sure to list Innersource as an AIE.
USA Insurance Carriers
ABMP (Associated Bodywork and Massage Professionals)
ABMP Phone: (800) 458-2267
Website: www.abmp.com
To list Innersource as an AIE: no extra cost
Cost: $199/year (to join the Practitioners Membership ~ those that have less than 500 hours in a modality). If you are a massage therapist you would probably want to consider their highest level, which lists you on a national massage therapist referral list, and you would be joining as a Professional Member.
IMA (International Massage Association)
IMA Phone: (540) 351-0800
Website: www.imagroup.com
To list Innersource as an AIE: Additional $10
Cost: $199 - 299/year
HandsOn Trade Association
HandsOn Phone: (800) 872-1282
Website: www.handsontrade.com
To list Innersource as an AIE: Additional $10
Cost: $160/year
Canadian Insurance Carriers
Lackner McLennen Insurance
Lackner McLennen Phone: (800) 265-2625 x305 (ask for Gail Smith)
Website: www.LMICanada.com
To list Innersource as an AIE: No additional Cost
Cost: $250 (Canadian). Additional 8% PST in Ontario
Preventative Health Services Group
Contact George Keramaris, Phone: (416) 423-2765, Fax: (416) 429-5658
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Website: www.preventativehealthservices.com
To list Innersource as an AIE: No additional Cost
Cost: $240 (Canadian).
United Kingdom Insurnace Carriers
Insurance through AAMET
http://www.aamet.org/main.php (see link toward bottom of right column)