INSURANCE REQUIREMENTS FOR EVENT CATERERS

1. Caterers must provide evidence and copies of all necessary City of Chicago and Stateof Illinois licenses and permits as required for off-premise food and alcoholic
beverage sales. Licenses and permits must be provided no later than ONE MONTHPRIOR to a Trade Show or Special Event. No Caterer or Concessionaire will be allowed
to conduct business on site without all required licenses and permits.
2. Caterers must sign the attached Insurance Agreement and provide a Certificate ofLiability Insurance in accordance with the following requirements and name therequired additional insureds. No Caterer will be allowed to conduct business on site
without a valid Certificate of Insurance. Exhibitors submit the Insurance Agreement andthe Certificate of Insurance via the Operations Portal and showrooms please email totradeshow_operations@themart.com.
3. Caterers shall maintain the following insurance in amounts not less than those specified
below. A certificate of insurance evidencing the coverages required herein andendorsements showing additional insured and waiver of subrogation must be presentedto The Mart by Caterer and each of Caterer’s subcontractors, in form and content
satisfactory to The Mart prior to commencing the work and prior to receiving anypayments. All policies (except worker’s compensation and professional liability) shallname all of the listed additional insureds.
A. Liquor Liability Insurance with a limit of liability of not less than $1,000,000.
B. Worker’s Compensation: Statutory amount for the state of Illinois; Employer’sLiability: $1,000,000 per Accident; $1,000,000 Disease each Employee;
and1,000,000 Disease Policy limit.
C. Comprehensive General Liability Insurance, written on an occurrence basis, on anoccurrence form CG 00 01 (12/2007 or later editions) or its equivalent including
Independent Contractors, Premises Operations Liability, Products/Completed
Operations Liability, Blanket Contractual Liability, Broad Form Property Damage(with “X” exclusion deleted), Broad Form Comprehensive General Liability andPersonal Injury (employees exclusion deleted), with a combined single limit of liability
not less than $1,000,000 for each occurrence and $ 2,000,000 in the aggregate forBodily Injury, Property Damage and Personal Injury. The policy shall contain nolimitations and/or exclusions for contractual liability for insured contracts (as definedin the ISO Policy Form CG 00 01). In particular, the policies or endorsements cannot
contain language which excludes coverage to owner additional insureds for claim
arising out of bodily injury to Caterer’s employee if it occurs in the course of (i.e.,third party claims). This insurance policy shall be primary and non-contributory,
notwithstanding any other insurance that might be in effect for any Owner Party.

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D. Comprehensive Automobile Liability Insurance covering all owned, hired, or nonowned vehicles including the loading or unloading thereof with a combined single
limit of liability not less than $1,000,000 for each occurrence and in the aggregate.
E. Umbrella Liability or Excess Liability Insurance Coverage for commercial generalliability, auto liability and employer’s liability policies; and coverage to be either“follow form” of the primary policy or provide coverage as broad as the primarypolicy. Limits: $3,000,000 per occurrence. If the policy is not follow form as respects
the primary policy, owner additional insureds must be endorsed as additional
insureds. All Umbrella/Excess policies cannot be excess and must be endorsed to be
primary and non-contributory for owner additional insureds. The certificate ofinsurance must indicate that any Umbrella/Excess policy is endorsed that thecoverage is primary and non-contributory for owner additional insureds.
F. The Caterer shall maintain Property Insurance sufficient to cover loss to its property
at the site and hereby agrees to waive all rights of action and subrogation against theparties named as additional insureds in accordance with Paragraph E for damages
caused by fire or other peril covered by such insurance.
G. Caterer’s insurer shall have a policyholder rating of at least B++ and be assigned afinancial size category of at least Class X as rated in the most recent edition of“Best’s Key Rating Guide" for insurance companies.
H. The Caterer, before commencing work and as a condition to final payment, will
supply The Mart with certificates of insurance, evidencing compliance with theminimum requirements listed above. Each certificate shall state that the insurance
evidenced by such certificate will not be canceled or reduced without thirty (30) days
prior written notice to The Mart.
I.

The Caterer shall have the following manuscript endorsement specifically endorsed
to its Liquor Liability, Comprehensive General Liability, Comprehensive Automobile
Liability and Umbrella Liability or Excess Liability policies covering this Event:“Merchandise Mart L.L.C., Merchandise Mart Properties, Inc., theMart Manager LLC,
theMart Tots LLC, MTS-MM L.L.C., GCJ Management LLC, Vornado Realty L.P.,
Vornado Realty Trust; (any additional parties, if necessary); and their respective
owners, partners, directors, officers, members, shareholders, agents, employees,
beneficiaries, lenders, successors and assigns, all as their interests may from time totime appear, are hereby added as Additional Insureds.”“The coverage afforded the Additional Insureds under this policy shall be primary
insurance. If an Additional Insured has other insurance, which is applicable to theloss, such other insurance shall be on an excess or contingent basis. The amount of
the Company's liability under this policy shall not be reduced by the existence ofsuch other insurance.”“It is further agreed that the coverage afforded to an Additional Insured shall not
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INSURANCE AGREEMENT (“Agreement”)

On behalf of ______________________ (Tenant/Exhibitor), ____________________________(Caterer) will be performing work/services for Tenant/Exhibitor at Room __________in The
Merchandise Mart (Premises) owned by Merchandise Mart LLC (Owner).
As used herein: “Premises” means the building and surrounding areas where the Caterer’s
services are to be performed.
Caterer hereby agrees to have the following entities endorsed as additional insureds using ISO
Endorsement CG 20 10 or CG 20 33 or their equivalent, under its/their liability insurance
policies (commercial general liability, umbrella/excess liability,): Merchandise Mart L.L.C.,
Merchandise Mart Properties, Inc., theMart Manager LLC, theMart Tots LLC, MTS-MM L.L.C.,
GCJ Management LLC, Vornado Realty L.P., Vornado Realty Trust; (any additional parties, ifnecessary); and their respective owners, partners, directors, officers, members, shareholders,agents, employees, beneficiaries, lenders, successors and assigns, all as their interests mayfrom time to time appear, are hereby added as Additional Insureds. Caterer also agrees that itwill obtain a waiver of subrogation endorsement from its insurance carriers with respect to theabove entities.
All insurance coverages maintained by Caterer shall be primary insurance as to the entities
named above. Any insurance or self-insurance maintained by Owner or any Owner entities shallbe in excess and non-contributory to Contractor’s insurance.
ACCEPTED AND AGREED:___________________________________, Caterer
By:______________________________________
Name:____________________________________
Title:_____________________________________
Date:________________________________________________________________________, Tenant/Exhibitor
By:______________________________________
Name:____________________________________
Title:_____________________________________
Date:_____________________________________

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