Engineering Insurance covers a wide range of risks in operational plants like breakdown or explosion and such as storage of materials at the site, construction, erection, successful testing and commissioning in construction and erection projects. Such a policy offers protection against unexpected accidents that can lead to huge financial losses
Type of Engineering Insurance Policy
Contractors All Risk (CAR)
Erection All Risk (EAR)
1 Contractors All Risk (CAR)
Contractor’s All Risk Insurance policy comprehensively covers risks during construction. It includes physical loss or damage to property, plant and machinery, construction works brought on to the site and temporary works erected at the site as well as third party liability related to work conducted on the site. This policy is very useful for principal or owners, contractors, and financiers because it provides coverage against loss or damage to property insured and third-party liability claims.
Provides Insurance cover for all types of civil engineering projects like buildings, dams, flyovers, etc.
All Risk Cover - broadly covers the risk of accidental physical loss or damage in respect of the contract works, during the execution of a civil project
Records the interest of Principal, Contractors and Subcontractors in the policy.
2 Erection All Risk (EAR)
Erection All Risk Insurance policy comprehensively covers these risks during the erection of Plant and Machinery. It includes physical loss or damage to property, plant and machinery, associated with storage, assembly/erection and testing of Plant and Machinery at the site, as well as third party liability related to work conducted on the site. This policy is very useful for principal or owners, contractors, and financiers because it provides coverage against loss or damage to property insured and third party liability claims.
Provides Insurance cover for cover Plant and Machinery under erection.
All Risk Cover - broadly covers the risks associated with storage, assembly/erection and testing of Plant and Machinery.
Records the interest of Suppliers/ Manufacturers, Contractors, Subcontractors
3 Probable Losses
All the Equipments/ property insured are exposed to some Perils/losses depending on the inherent nature of activities, on operational exposure & on the surrounding exposures
These Exposures can be broadly classified as under:
Primary Perils
Fires
Impact Damages
Explosions/Implosions
Bursting of Pipes Tanks
Aircraft & Missile Damages
War & War-like Operations
Accidental Damages
Natural Perils
Storms
Lightening
Forest Fires
Earthquakes
Floods & Inundation
Subsidence & Landslides
Social Perils
Burglary
Sabotage
Terrorism Acts
Riots & Strikes
Malicious Damages
Operational Perils
Poor Workmanship
4 Projects Insurance
Any loss or damage, to any type of construction or erection work undertaken by under a contract, can be covered under the Project Insurance. Liability or Interest to take insurance can be either of Principal or Contractor depending upon the contract they have entered into.
Project Insurance covers loss/damage until the completed Project is handed over to the Principal.
Who needs project insurance?
Principal
(OR)
Construction Companies
Contractors
Sub Contractors
What does it Cover?
Procurement of Materials
Construction
Design
Testing and Commissioning
Policy supports contractors to overcome financial losses
5 Projects Insurance Exclusions
Following Exclusions are common between CAR & EAR Insurance
War Perils, Act of Foreign Enemy, War-like operations, etc.