Planning an Event
Departments are prohibited from hiring novelty performances or attractions without meeting the insurance requirements of the University. All high-risk novelty events need to be reviewed by appropriate University stakeholders which could include Environmental Health and Safety, Fire Marshall, Office of General Counsel.
Any novelty contract review requests are to be submitted to riskmanagement@udel.edu. Please allow 30 days for contract review due to the extensive review process. The University reserves the right to restrict activities being held on its premises at any time.
Novelties Not Allowed: This is not a complete list of activities not permitted. The University reserves the right to restrict activities being held on its premises at any time. Any high-risk activities not on this list should be forwarded to Risk Management for review.
The following novelty acts are not allowed at UD campus events:
- Bronco Bull/Bucking Bronco
- Dunking Tanks
- Water slides
- Slip n slides
- Inflatable pools or hot tubs
- Axe throwing
- Skydiving
- Renting any novelty rides (including inflatables) without the Vendor setting up, operating and supervising the rides.
The following novelty acts must have a provider with $1 Million Dollar General Liability Insurance Per Occurrence general liability coverage: (students participate solo in a limited physical way with a non-threatening object(s); and those where the student asks for a personally designed item and the only interaction is to verbally request what they want)
- Photo booth
- Sand art
- Stuff-a-bear
- Spin art
- Caricature/Portrait
- Personalized name tags, buttons, stickers, road signs, hats, t-shirts, etc.
- Balloon art
- Carnival Games
- Bamboo/Plant art
- Trivia games
- Casino games
- Oscillating Misting Fan
The following novelty acts must have a provider with $3 Million Dollar General Liability Insurance Per Occurrence general liability coverage: (students participate in a limited physical activity but where limited physical contact is made by a vendor or third person with the student; and those that a student has physical (but limited) solo participation in an activity)
- Face painting
- Body art
- Henna art
- Temporary Tattoos
- Miniature golf
- Giant chess or checkers
- Money booth
- Inflatable maze*
- Basketball solo toss
- Tie Dye
$5 Million Dollar General Liability Insurance Required Novelty Acts: (students participate in a serious physical activity; and those that include physical contact with a vendor or third person)
The following novelty acts must have a provider with a $5 Million Dollar per occurrence general liability coverage:
- Bungee jump*
- Climbing Wall*
- Twister (either regular or inflatable)
- Velcro Wall*
- Joust*
- Moon Bounce*
- Laser Tag*
- Inflatable obstacle course*
- Foam party
- 1 on 1 or 3 on 3 – Basketball toss
- Zipline
- Black light parties
- Segway course
- Little bike riding course
- Wax Hands
*Inflatables: When a student organization wants to have inflatables at an event, they must first e-mail UD’s Fire Protection Engineer for review and approval.