Large commercial

Simon Jackson

Head of Open Market

From office buildings and hospitals to heavy industrial sites, we insure large commercial property around the world from our underwriting hubs in London, United States and Singapore.

Understanding the coverage

Your team

Fact sheets

In a class of business in which it can be difficult to sustain a presence, especially when combined with natural catastrophe exposures, our underwriters work together with brokers and their clients to create tailored policies.

We are known for our disciplined underwriting approach whether on a primary or excess basis, bespoke wordings and stable partnerships with many of our relationships going back well over two decades. This approach has resulted in a lasting presence when others have had to leave the market.

Our reputation in the field of large commercial property insurance is reflected in the fact that we are the lead underwriter on around 60% of the business we write.

The Beazley difference

Strong lead underwriting capability on a worldwide basis.
We are open-minded with an appetite to underwrite “distressed” and hard to place risks such as steel and utilities.
Catastrophe capacity in peak catastrophe zones.
An empowered team with a strong emphasis on service.
Dedicated in-house claims team with wide experience including a range of industry sectors such as mining and power distribution.
Clear and regular communications with all concerned parties.

Global reach

We offer a global service which concentrates on:

North America
Latin America
Caribbean
Europe
South East Asia
Australasia
South Africa

This is delivered by specialist underwriters based in three hubs:

London

The centre of our global network for large property and delivers the full range of our capabilities.

We extended our large risk property underwriting capabilities to the US early in 2017 in order to access business that we did not previously see in London.
Underwrites risks domiciled in the US.
Focus on “soft occupancy” risks such as commercial real estate.

Singapore

From hospitality to heavy industry, we insure large commercial property business from throughout the Asia-Pacific region and Australia, with Indonesia, Japan, South Korea and Taiwan currently being our key territories.

What we look for in clients

If you are passionate about your business and take risk management seriously, we are serious about working with you. We provide substantial capacity to customers who:

are committed to managing risks
invest in engineering and safety
look for long term stability in price and relationship.

Coverage available

Financial loss as a result of physical damage to:

Buildings
Contents
Machinery
Equipment
Stock
Time element and loss of earnings.

Commercial property worldwide all risks insurance

Provides comprehensive coverage for the risks to which properties around the world are exposed, whether they arise from perils of nature or human acts.

Policy form

Lloyd’s and broker manuscript forms by agreement. ISO coverage.

Limits available

Up to US $20,000,000 for any one risk.
US $10,000,000 for critical catastrophe exposed risks.

Target market

A range of businesses benefit from our large commercial insurance cover including those in the fields of:

Commercial real estate
Electronics
Grain
Hotels
Manufacturing plants
Mining
Power generation
Roads, bridges and tunnels
Railways and other transport
Municipalities
Retail
Steel
Utilities.