Engineering Insurance is primarily aimed to provide a
comprehensive and adequate protection to contract works/
erection works, construction plant and equipment and/
or machinery, computer data and equipment. It also covers
third party claims for property damage and bodily injury
in connection with the construction and erection works.
Types of Engineering Insurance Products
1) Contractor’s All Risk (CAR)
2) Erection All Risk (EAR)
3) Computer All Risk (COAR)
4) Machinery Breakdown Insurance (MBI)
5) Electronic Equipment Insurance (EEI)
Who can be Insured?
1) Principal
2) Contractors
3) Subcontractors
I. CONTRACTOR’S ALL RISKS (CAR)
CAR covers all type of civil engineering and construction
works.
Types of Work Covered
All types of works may be insured, whether it is civil
engineering or normal construction.
1) Dwellings, houses, bungalows, office/commercial
buildings;
2) Factories, warehouses, silos’
3) Civil engineering works like roads, bridges, skyways,
viaducts, tunnels, railways, dams, irrigation systems,
etc.
The erection of machines and metallic structures may
be included in CAR policies, i.e., power plants, factories,
steel bridges and other similar risk.
II. ERECTION ALL RISK (EAR)
The Erection All Risk insurance covers all sorts of
erection, be it for complete plants or for individual
machines.
EAR insurance is not limited to machines; steel construction
may be included. Since civil engineering work can be
included, the total construction is rather complete.
Furthermore, EAR insurance can also cover construction
of prefabricated elements, excluding building. It is
also important to note that EAR insurance is not for
the purpose of relieving the contractor of his commercial
risks. Therefore, the coverage must be limited to purely
technical aspect. In other words, financial losses,
e.g. penalties, delay, capacity, etc., are totally excluded.
III. COMPUTER ALL RISKS INSURANCE (COAR)
Coverage
1) All Risks on Material Damage to Computer Equipments
2) Extra Cost Insurance in case of Damage
3) Data Media Cover
Valuation
The Computer including component parts may be valued
for insurance purposes by either of the two types of
valuation:
1) Actual Cash Value - Actual value less depreciation
2) Replacement Cost - Actual retail costs of the property
at the time
of loss or damage.
IV. MACHINERY BREAKDOWN INSURANCE (MBI)
The machinery breakdown is a type of Accident Insurance
for machines and mechanical installations. It covers
all types of stationary and mobile machinery as well
as apparatus used in the industry from the smallest
electric motor up to the steam turbo alternators used
in the modern electric power plants, whether normal,
working or not.
Machinery Breakdown Insurance covers only sudden and
unforeseen loss or damage excluding normal wear and
tear.
V. ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT INSURANCE (EEI)
Unforeseen and sudden physical loss or damage to the
insured equipment from any cause, other than those specifically
excluded, in a manner necessitating repair or replacement.
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