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Do you run a construction or electrical engineering business? Perhaps you work in a metal fabrication firm. If so, all contracts you tender for may likely need engineering and fabrication insurance. Like other types of professional insurance, engineering and fabrication insurance will cover the services you provide. Depending on your insurance policy, the equipment you use may also be covered if it gets damaged or lost.

Do You Really Need Engineering and Fabrication Insurance?

Engineering and construction projects expose you to a tremendous amount of risk. Some of these risks are natural calamities like earthquakes, storms, and floods. Others are due to accidents that can or cannot be prevented. With numerous risks to think about, both the client and contractor or engineer can face a disastrous situation. It’s especially true when there is no insurance in place.

Different types of engineering and fabrication insurance are available for you to consider. You may not need each of them, but they are all designed to guarantee the continuity of your development project. It can be anything, such as constructing residential and commercial properties, manufacturing facilities, and warehouses. Your project may involve public infrastructures like railways and roads.

Metal fabrication businesses are not easy to manage due to the equipment used on a regular basis. That’s why it is crucial to have an engineering and metal fabrication insurance policy to protect the business and related activities.

How Does Engineering and Fabrication Insurance Differ from Other Types of Insurance?

Engineering insurance is a policy that covers different risks relating to engineering projects and tasks. There are various engineering and fabrication insurance types to cover all the associated risks in erecting structures and working with machinery or equipment. The insurance policy may also be a part of the client’s requirements. You should be insured to acquire certification in lifting plant, steam boilers, and other specific equipment in most instances.

When searching for the right insurance for metal fabrication, it is essential to buy the correct variety. The easiest way is to determine the risks that you constantly face. Metalworking is vastly different from other professions, which is a detail that many consumers fail to recognise. That’s why they end up buying a generic insurance policy that does not provide complete protection for their business and projects.

Having incorrect insurance increases your risks of getting rejected when you need to make a claim. Engineering and fabrication insurance is valuable when it provides protection when you operate specialist machinery or equipment and design a system. If you use computer software and hardware, you will also benefit from engineering insurance.

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Public Liability insurance is there to provide protection if someone makes a claim against the insured, the business or its employees.

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Business Insurance

A business insurance pack can provide cover for your business premises and contents, against loss, damage, theft or financial loss from an insured interruption to the business.

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Your insurance can be tailored to the type of service you undertake. It can be in the power or energy industry or even in signal processing and optimising products for metal fabrication. Working in this industry or running a metal fabrication company can be quite complicated, especially with the emerging trends and technologies. These changes increase the possibility of facing more risks, which is why insurance is critical.

All the Protection You Need

Without the correct insurance, some projects and contracts may be viewed as too risky. Many clients will avoid working with you simply because you, your services, and your business are not covered appropriately.

Engineering and fabrication insurance used to provide protection solely on large plant and machinery. These pieces of equipment would apply to industries mainly for construction and manufacturing industries. Initially, the insurance only offered coverage for inspecting machinery.

However, health and safety concerns emerged with dangerous machines causing accidents and damage to properties. Because of the call for improvement, modern insurance cover has been enhanced and extended to more than just equipment. Now, you can be protected when working with:

Power plants
Transformers
Generators
Boilers
Turbines
Computers and mainframes
Printing machines
Process machinery

Engineering and fabrication insurance can provide protection other elements of your profession, including:

Movement of machinery or equipment
Hiring plant machines
Stock deterioration
Business interruption
Sudden breakdown or unforeseen damage of machinery due to internal defects

It is proven that engineering and fabrication insurance can be useful in various events, such as:

An Increased Risk in Explosions

Working in a facility or project with a high explosion risk is common in metalwork and fabrication. The right insurance can have full coverage in case of explosions. Cover for material damage is not sufficient, often because of the limited cover that excludes damage due to the fault of the operator or the machinery itself.

Halted Projects Because of an Electrical Breakdown

Suppose you constantly work with equipment that requires electricity. In that case, your insurance policy can cover damage or loss after an installation or any job relating to the powered machine. Without this cover, expect to spend more money as a result of the damage.

Other Unfortunate Events

Metalworking companies encounter loss of expensive items, which may be due to theft. Others deal with extraneous accidental damage. Business Interruption Insurance or Contingency can give the protection you need in most cases where you have to stop working for a certain period until the machine is fixed. Erection or Engineering All Risks insurance may be applicable to you if you have been hired for equipment testing or installation.

Engineering and metal fabrication insurance can be a little difficult to understand. That is why many businesses choose to hire an insurance agent to help improve their knowledge and choose the right policy. We can help reduce the risk of project failure because of a strong cover in place for your operations, staff, and products.

General Advice Warning: This advice is general and does not take into account your objectives, financial situation or needs. You should consider whether the advice is appropriate for you and your personal circumstances. Before you make any decision about whether to acquire a certain product, you should obtain and read the relevant product disclosure statement.

All information above has been provided by the author.

Frans du Plessis, Grace Insurance, ABN 63 133 156 742, AFSL 233750

This article originally appeared on Grace Insurance Blog and has been published here with permission.