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Why Hollywood Is Facing a COVID-19 Insurance Crisis

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Gene Maddaus Senior Media WriterRana Joy Glickman has produced lots of independent films over the last 20 years. But on her latest project, “The Blazing World,” she did something she had never done before: she did not buy cast insurance.Ordinarily, it’s an essential item.

Without it, a production could face a total loss if the director or principal actor gets sick or dies during filming. But in the era of COVID-19, such insurance is extremely expensive — if it’s available at all.“That definitely came with a certain degree of anxiety,” Glickman says. “But there are so few guarantees about anything in the independent film world.”In her case, it worked out.

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