Film and Media Production

Comprehensive coverage for various aspects of film and media production, including time element and property exposures as well as liability requirements.   

Key Primary Coverages  

• Cast, including death, injury, sickness, bereavement or kidnapping 
• Media (negative film & faulty media) 
• Extra expense (including extensions for civil authority, ingress/egress, strike, etc.)   
• Property (including props, sets and wardrobes, equipment, property of others, office contents and action motor vehicles)
• Money
• Terrorism
• Commercial General Liability 
• Employers’ Liability
• Production and campaign interruption for Advertising (including disgrace) 
• Weather risks

Specialty production insurance is crucial for filmmakers, tv producers, documentary producers, advertising agencies and other creators of filmed media for any platform who often face unpredictable and potentially disruptive events that can delay or halt production, resulting in significant financial losses. This includes accidental or unpreventable property damage, and combined liability coverage.

The Beazley Film and Media Production team has a wide-ranging appetite for production risks worldwide:   

• Film and TV with a gross production cost up to $50M
• Scripted and unscripted content
• Animals
• Shooting locations worldwide 
• Digital or Film 
• Documentaries
• Content being produced for social media 
• Music Videos
• Advertising Agents and Agencies (AdWrap)
• Brands producing their own content