Policy Type

Require insurance to cover works on consignments, owned or borrowed, while the works are in the gallery, in transit to exhibitions or storage, as well as, specially designed policies which are flexible and a cost-effective coverage solution to fit your business.

• Blanket coverage
• Art in transit worldwide
• Art fair/trade shows coverage
• Bailee legal liability
• Art reference library
• Inventory, loaned items & objects on consignment
• Packing crates, catalogues, and brochures
• Transit by Land, Air or Boat
• Art in storage, multi locations
• Off premises Exhibitions

Over the years, have you amassed a collection of art, manuscripts, and documents with a significant value? An art collectors insurance requires specialized coverage, since the majority of homeowners or corporate business policies offer limited protection. Our clients can rest easy knowing they have coverage provided by collectors insurance focused on the requirements of an individual collection.
Policy covers collections while:

• On premises
• On loan
• In transit to & from auction house, storage facilities, Galleries, framers and restorers
• Wall to wall coverage

In collaboration with our fine art insurance, we offer expanded coverage of up to $250,000 in jewelry and watches.Specific items eligible for coverage include antique and designer jewelry: pearls, bracelets, charms, earrings, necklaces, pendants, and rings and watches comprised of silver, gold, platinum and/or other precious metals or alloys. Watches include vintage, collectible and everyday time pieces worn on the wrist, as a necklace or in a pocket.

• Mysterious disappearance is an included risk
• Coverage travels with the policyholder worldwide.
• No appraisal for pieces valued less than $50,000

Whether a museum is a private or a public organization, companies provide all-risk coverage for the collection and changing exhibitions. This coverage includes protection for temporary and long-term loans, both to and from the museum.

• Art librarys & records
• Display cases & packing crates
• Goods in transit to an appraiser for galleries that do not have collections and require insurance to cover only their exhibition program.
• We offer a flexible, cost-effective coverage solution.

For the one-off or traveling exhibitions, we provide wall-to-wall coverage for items on display and in transit, this way your lenders can have the peace of mind that they are insured.
Coverage can include:

• Packing crates, catalogues, & brochures
• Items covered in transit
• Art in storage between transits
• Worldwide, private & public venues
• Touring Shows
• $50,000 up to $100,000,000

Individual artists, require special coverage to protect their works in the studio, at exhibitions, while in transit, and storage. Genres include; painting, sculpture, architecture, printmaking, digital graphics, ceramics, collage, and photography.

• Specific works or an entire collection
• Completed works & works in progress
• Equipment, including paints, tools, & materials
• Your Art in the studio, at home, on loan, in exhibition, or at the framers

Our policies have diverse coverages
to meet the specific requirements
of conservators. We help clients
select adequate coverage for items in
their care, custody, and control for restoration or conservation. To help mitigate potential exposures, we provide recommended loss control procedures. Insurance covers art while:

• In transit
• On premises
• At a work site

Art Works can be tailored to your particular requirements. We can arrange coverage for your:

• Consignments
• Estate sales
• Goods in transit
• Owned inventory
• Breakage, Theft, Fire
• Temporary Storage
• Proven valuation methods
• No coinsurance clause
• Fine art reference libraries
• Special clauses for "loss buy back or "pairs & sets"
• Blanket limits on property in your care, custody, & control at scheduled locations and any other unnamed location