Property Insurance may be taken for entire physical asset of an Individual/Corporate/Organization irrespective of their actual or consistent movement. Some of the example of those physical assets are as under:-
Individual may take property insurance for their home, shops, retail outlet, show room, offices etc. Manufacturer may take property insurance for their plants, offices, stocks, finished products, raw materials etc. Contractors may take property insurance for what they take contract for such as roads, bridges, railway line, energy project etc. Traders may take property Insurance for what physical asset they trade in such as gold, bullion, chemical, rice, wheat, pulses etc.
Similarly, now a days, every individual or organization has some physical assets in which their savings, investment, capital are heavily infused. And damage to these physical asset may result in to gross financial strain to their owner and may even lead to their collapse. Thus property Insurance is important.
It is common misunderstood that Property Insurance covers insurance against Natural calamities or Fire only. However it is not completely true, There are various Products of Property Insurance which covers Natural Calamities, Fire, other man made losses such as riot, strike, terrorism, bush fire, Theft, Burglary and many other cause of losses.
Property Insurance cost majorly depends on Geographical location, type of business operation and coverage value.
No. In any event of loss that Property Insurance covers, what only diminishes are things built over land but land never diminished. Thus there is no concept of covering land value in property Insurance.
Special types of Fire insurance are designed only for stocks of an insured since it is usually a common situation for any Insured where their stocks are placed at many location with different value.
Floater Policy: This policy is issued only for the stocks, stored in warehouses/godowns at various places but belonging to the policy holder. This policy issued to stocks in godowns where inter godown movement of stocks is very frequent and where it is not possible to record each and every inward and outward movement of stocks cannot be monitored. Policy holder can take the policy for one sum insured which is floated over all the godowns.
Declaration Policy: This type of policy is useful where there are frequent fluctuations in stocks / stock values and to avoid the under insurance (insurance of lower value) of the stock. Based on the pre-agreed terms the stock value to be declared periodically say monthly and the premium at the year-end (Policy year) is worked out on the average of the stock value declared and excess premium if any will be refunded to the policy holder.
Floater Declaration Policy: It is combination of the above-mentioned policies i.e. stock lying at various locations and the value of stock fluctuating.
Special types of Burglary insurance are designed only for stocks of an insured since it is usually a common situation for any Insured where their stocks are placed at many location with different value.
This policy is issued only for the stocks, stored in warehouses/godowns at various places but belonging to the policy holder. This policy issued to stocks in godowns where inter godown movement of stocks is very frequent and where it is not possible to record each and every inward and outward movement of stocks cannot be monitored. Policy holder can take the policy for one sum insured which is floated over all the godowns.
This type of policy is useful where there are frequent fluctuations in stocks / stock values and to avoid the under insurance (insurance of lower value) of the stock. Based on the pre-agreed terms the stock value to be declared periodically say monthly and the premium at the year-end (Policy year) is worked out on the average of the stock value declared and excess premium if any will be refunded to the policy holder.
It is combination of the above-mentioned policies i.e. stock lying at various locations and the value of stock fluctuating.
Equipment Breakdown Insurance basically covers repair & replacement cost under an event of accidental but electrical/electronical/mechanical breakdown of an equipment/machinery which could be due to internal or external causes. Equipment or machinery could be at work or rest or being dismantled while occurrence of such losses.
Such breakdown could occur due to :-
Although similar, Machinery Breakdown and Electronic Equipment policies have specific differences that set them apart. The main difference is what they cover the terms ‘Machinery’ and ‘Electronic Equipment’ refer to two different types of apparatus.
Categories of Equipment Breakdown is made which as follows, depending upon mode, nature of operation & output of a machinery/equipment,
Machinery Breakdown Insurance is more largely applicable for electrical and mechanical related items Refrigerator, Printing press, lift etc. Coverage is same as being stated above in Equipment Breakdown Insurance.
This has more relevance to those equipment which has got semiconductor based Chips & software programs which may have all or partial result in output of machine such as computer, server, Electronic Weighing machines, Electronic Medical Equipment etc. In addition to what is being stated in Equipment Breakdown insurance coverage, EEI Insurance also covers expenses against recovery of loss data due to admissible claim event.
PEEI is almost similar to above mentioned Electronic Equipment insurance but it covers portable electronic items only such as mobile, I pads, Laptops. This is an All risk based insurance which not only covers as what is stated in above mentioned Electronic equipment insurance but also covers losses on occurrence of burglary & theft outside insured location as well.
Insurance receives compensation against financial loss of profit including standing charges during restoration period when a claim event is covered under Standard Fire & Special Allied Insurance Policy of insured.
Insurance receives compensation against financial loss of profit including standing charges during restoration period when a claim event is covered under machinery Breakdown Insurance or Electronic Equipment Insurance.
Coverage Under Standard Fire & Special Perils Insurance(SFSP)
Machinery Breakdown Insurance(MBD)
Machinery Breakdown Insurance is more largely applicable for electrical and mechanical related items Refrigerator, Printing press, lift etc. Coverage is same as being stated above in Equipment Breakdown Insurance.
Electronic Equipment Insurance((EEI)
This has more relevance to those equipment which has got semiconductor based Chips & software programs which may have all or partial result in output of machine such as computer, server, Electronic Weighing machines, Electronic Medical Equipment etc. In addition to what is being stated in Equipment Breakdown insurance coverage, EEI Insurance also covers expenses against recovery of loss data due to admissible claim event.
Portable Electronic Equipment Insurance(PEEI)
PEEI is almost similar to above mentioned Electronic Equipment insurance but it covers portable electronic items only such as mobile, I pads, Laptops. This is an All risk based insurance which not only covers as what is stated in above mentioned Electronic equipment insurance but also covers losses on occurrence of burglary & theft outside insured location as well.
It has been observed that, Restoration period has been significant larger during major claim event which results into total shutdown of Property. During these events, A business owner, not only goes through, deepened financial strain in restoring their property but also due to unavailability of revenue so thus profit during these restoration period. Additionally. Insured needs to bear all standing charges as well such as labour cost, maintenance cost etc during restoration period.
That’s is why necessity of business interruption insurance arose which compensates Insured against financial loss of profit plus standing charges during restoration period if claim event is admissible under their usual material damage insurance such as Fire Insurance, Industrial all risk insurance, Machinery breakdown Insurance.
Additional Coverage under IAR Policy
General Exclusion under IAR Policy
Section-1 (Material Damage)
IAR Policy doesn’t cover loss resulting from interruption of or interference with business directly or indirectly attributable to:
IAR Policy doesn’t cover loss resulting from interruption of or interference with business directly or indirectly attributable to:
This is most suitable insurance solution for project where majority of scope of work is towards civil construction such as Road, Bridges, Irrigation Canal, Building, Mall, Hydro project, Airport etc. This insurance covers material damage under scope of work during the execution phase of project until testing & commission of project.
This insurance starts covering all material right start from arrival of material at project site until completion/commission of project. Coverage may be extended to maintenance period as well after commission of project.
Some of the elements of risk which are covered under this insurance are perils cover under fire insurance, burglary, theft, collision or drop of heavy/large material from cranes, malicious damage, Act of God perils, short circuit, testing, explosion, insulation failures etc.
This is most suitable insurance solution for project where majority of scope of work is towards erection & planting of heavy machineries, equipment, structures such as Sea port, Refinery construction, Solar Plant construction, Wind mill Plant construction, .This insurance covers material damage under scope of work during the execution phase of project until testing & commission of project. This insurance starts covering all material right start from arrival of material at project site until completion/commission of project.
Coverage may be extended to maintenance period as well after commission of project. This insurance all risk associated with storage, assembly, erection , testing of plant & machineries. Some of the elements of risk which are covered under this insurance are perils cover under fire insurance, burglary, theft, collision or drop of heavy/large material from cranes, malicious damage, Act of God perils, short circuit, testing, explosion, insulation failures etc
Loss or damage to insured plant & machineries due to an accident arising out of external perils, irrespective insured property is whilst at operation or rest or dismantled for the purpose of cleaning, over hauling, during subsequent re-erection.
Some of those covered elements of risks are Accident, Impact damages, rolling over, toppling, capsizing, fall from a height, landslide, rockslide, transit damages while carried over some other vehicle, explosion, implosion, submerged in water etc.
This insurance covers below principal interest due to delay in completion of project due to loss or damage of project insured items subject to condition that cause of loss is covered under specific CAR/EAR/MCE/marine cargo insurance of same project to which conjunction this ALOP/DSU insurance is taken into.