Machinery (CPM) Insurance
Finishing of production and process facilities and associated equipment:

Production and Process Facilities:

  • Production Lines: Includes all elements involved in the manufacturing process such as conveyors, machines, ovens, and other equipment needed to make products.
  • Process Plant: This is the equipment used to perform specific manufacturing processes such as mixing, heating, cooling, and other manufacturing operations.

Equipment and machinery that are part of factories and plants:

  • Manufacturing equipment: All machinery and equipment that is used in the manufacturing process in a factory, including all auxiliary and support equipment.

Self-propelled machinery:

  • Excavators: Machines designed to dig, excavate, and move earth.
  • Bulldozers: Machines used to move and level large volumes of earth and other materials.

Logging and agricultural equipment:

  • Logging Equipment: Machines designed to cut and process trees, such as harvesters and forwarders.
  • Agricultural Machinery: Equipment used in agriculture, including combines, tractors, plows and seeders.

Equipment used in commercial activities:

  • Miscellaneous commercial equipment: Includes machines and devices used in various industries to perform commercial tasks such as packaging, transportation, and handling of goods.

What affects the cost of a policy?

Replacement cost of equipment or machinery:

  • Replacement Value: An estimate of the cost to fully restore or replace equipment and machinery in the event of damage.

Year of construction or manufacture:

  • Date of manufacture: Effect on policy value depending on the year of manufacture of the equipment or machinery.

Type of Use:

  • Purpose and use: What type of equipment or machinery is used (e.g., manufacturing, construction, agricultural), which may affect the cost of insurance.

Number of Units Insured:

  • Number of Items: The total number of machinery or equipment included in the policy, which may change the cost of insurance coverage.

Types of losses covered by the policy:

  • Scope of coverage: Variety of risks and losses that are covered under the policy such as damage, theft, breakage and others.

Policy deductible:

  • The amount of deductible: The amount that the policyholder must cover out of their own funds before receiving an insurance claim.

Prior Loss History:

  • Previous Losses: Record of previous insured events and losses that may have affected the value of the policy.