Fine art insurance broking, advisory and risk management

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Working with our fine art team

Our fine art team can arrange cost-effective insurance solutions for you globally. We understand your unique requirements, which means we can advise you appropriately and ensure that the fine art insurance cover we place for you is tailored to your needs.

Our team’s broad experience and strong relationships with specialist fine art insurers across the world are the key to optimized fine art insurance solutions that respond appropriately when required.

Our dedicated fine art team tailors coverage for:

Museums
Universities
Events & exhibitions
Private & corporate collections
Dealers & galleries
Auction houses
Public collections
Fine art shippers & packers

We safeguard single masterpieces or entire collections, ensuring comprehensive protection and peace of mind.

Our commitment extends beyond insurance to engagement with both the non-profit museum sector, and the commercial art sector, with our team members speaking at conferences globally. We have supported museums and their association activities for over 20 years.

Contacts

Toni Palmiotto

Head of Specie - USA

email Email phone +1 732 855 3153

Robert Salmon

Director - Fine Art Practice

email Email phone +1 301 581 4247

Our risk management process involves

Reviewing your collection, facilities, and loan activity
Developing tailored insurance solutions
Providing ongoing services: loan agreement and contract reviews, foreign insurance policy / Government Indemnity assessments and loss control surveys

Since 2003, we have represented major american museums, with four decades of combined experience in fine art insurance, including brokerage, underwriting, claims, and museum roles.

Scope of coverage

We can arrange tailored protection for an Institution’s collections and throughout the entire experience of art ownership for the private collector. Our fine art insurance solutions are designed to reflect the true value and distinct needs of each piece in your collection.

We arrange all risks of physical loss or damage solutions for the following processes and stages across the entire experience of collection protection and art ownership, including but not limited to:

Acquisition
Sale
Reframing
Restoration
Exhibition
Transportation
Defective title
Art collateralization

FAQs

Which organizations and individuals typically purchase fine art insurance?

Our clients include private and corporate collectors of art, antiques, jewelry, coin and all other collectibles, globally significant museums, universities, galleries, fine art and antique dealers, shippers and packers, auctioneers, and international and domestic exhibition organizers.

What happens in the event of a fine art insurance claim?

Our integrated team of fine art claims specialists offer you effective advice and guidance when it is needed most.

In recent years, the team has been called upon to manage some of the largest and most complex fine art claims to have occurred globally. With in-house experts located around the globe, including loss adjustors and forensic accountants, the team is well-positioned to react quickly and decisively in the event of a claim.

Disclaimer

WTW offers insurance-related services through its appropriately licensed and authorised companies in each country in which WTW operates. For further authorisation and regulatory details about our WTW legal entities, operating in your country, please refer to our WTW website. It is a regulatory requirement for us to consider our local licensing requirements.

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