Specialty insurance

Specialised assets and activities need tailored wording. These labels identify risk areas; availability, territorial scope and suitable cover must be assessed individually.

Start with the risk, then check how the cover is arranged. These examples illustrate possible losses, not promised claim outcomes.

Fine Art & Specie

Specialist arrangement

Addresses insured physical loss or damage to artworks, collections and high value portable assets such as precious metals or cash, using asset-specific valuation and security arrangements.

Illustrative example
A museum's insured painting suffers accidental damage while being transported to an approved temporary exhibition.
Check the wording
Fine art and specie are distinct placements; verify insured property, agreed valuations, transit, security and restoration-related value loss.

Back to cover list

Jewellers Block

Addresses selected physical loss or damage to a jewellery business's stock and entrusted items, potentially covering premises, transit and customer goods within agreed security and handling conditions.

Illustrative example
A jewellery retailer suffers a robbery that removes insured stock from secured display cabinets.
Check the wording
Observe safe, alarm, stock record and transit requirements; unattended vehicles, customer custody and employee dishonesty may be restricted.

Back to cover list

Bloodstock

Addresses the insured death or necessary humane destruction of valuable horses from specified causes, with additional veterinary, infertility or loss of use benefits requiring separate agreement.

Illustrative example
A valuable breeding horse suffers a severe accidental injury and requires urgent veterinary assessment.
Check the wording
Check veterinary certificates, immediate notification and consent requirements; reduced performance and routine treatment are not automatically insured.

Back to cover list

Event Cancellation

Addresses agreed financial losses when an event must be cancelled, abandoned, postponed or relocated because of insured circumstances beyond the organiser's control, rather than poor commercial performance.

Illustrative example
Severe insured weather makes a festival venue unsafe, forcing the organiser to cancel the event.
Check the wording
Check insured causes, unavoidable costs and revenue basis; poor ticket sales, disease and performer absence may be excluded.

Back to cover list

Entertainment Insurance

Specialist arrangement

Combines selected protections for film, television, live entertainment or other productions, potentially addressing equipment damage, production interruption and liability according to the activities and sections insured.

Illustrative example
A film production suffers insured camera damage and must rearrange scheduled shooting while replacement equipment arrives.
Check the wording
Production budgets, cast availability, locations, stunts and media liability require separate assessment; a package does not include every exposure.

Back to cover list

Sports Insurance

Specialist arrangement

Combines selected accident, liability or property protections for sporting organisations, events and participants, with eligibility and benefits tied to the insured activities and each chosen section.

Illustrative example
A sporting club considers participant injury benefits alongside liability protection for claims arising from organised training.
Check the wording
Check registered participants, sanctioned activities, professional status and exclusions; accident benefits and liability protection serve different purposes.

Back to cover list

Prize Indemnity

Addresses an organiser's obligation to award a specified prize if a defined promotional or sporting achievement occurs, using pre-agreed rules, verification requirements and financial limits.

Illustrative example
A golfer achieves the specified hole in one at an insured promotion offering a major prize.
Check the wording
Competition rules, participant eligibility, odds, independent witnesses and prize value must match the insurer's agreed requirements exactly.

Back to cover list

Kidnap & Ransom

Addresses selected financial costs and specialist response needs arising from kidnapping, extortion or related security events affecting insured people, subject to territorial, legal and payment restrictions.

Illustrative example
An employee is kidnapped while abroad and the employer needs urgent specialist crisis response assistance.
Check the wording
Maintain required confidentiality and contact protocols; sanctions and payment laws can prohibit reimbursement or other assistance for particular events.

Back to cover list

Terrorism

Addresses selected terrorism-related physical damage and associated business interruption through specific cover or applicable scheme arrangements, where the event and insured property meet the required definitions.

Illustrative example
An insured terrorist attack damages commercial premises and prevents the business operating while repairs take place.
Check the wording
Confirm terrorism definitions, property eligibility and exclusions; public schemes do not make all assets or resulting losses insured.

Back to cover list

Political Violence

Addresses selected damage and interruption from politically motivated violence, potentially including riots, insurrection or war, with each peril and territory expressly defined in the agreed protection.

Illustrative example
Civil unrest escalates into an insured violent event that damages a company's overseas warehouse.
Check the wording
War is not automatically included; check selected perils, territory exclusions, cancellation provisions and the distinction from government expropriation.

Back to cover list

Aviation Hull

Cover section

Addresses insured physical loss or damage to an aircraft itself during agreed ground or flight operations, protecting the asset rather than liability to passengers or others.

Illustrative example
An insured aircraft suffers substantial landing damage to its undercarriage, requiring specialised repairs before further flights.
Check the wording
Confirm agreed aircraft value, permitted pilots and uses, operating territories and ground versus flight risks; liability requires separate cover.

Back to cover list

Aviation Liability

Cover section

Addresses an aircraft owner's or operator's liability for insured passenger injuries, third-party injuries and property damage arising from aviation activities, subject to defined operations and limits.

Illustrative example
An aircraft accident damages neighbouring property and leads to claims against the aircraft's operator.
Check the wording
Passenger, third-party and airport-related liabilities differ; verify insured operations, liability limits, permitted pilots and any contractual requirements.

Back to cover list

Drone / UAV Insurance

Addresses selected physical damage to drones and liability from their operation, with protection tailored to the aircraft, payload, pilot activities and intended commercial or recreational use.

Illustrative example
A surveying drone crashes during an approved flight, damaging its camera and a nearby parked vehicle.
Check the wording
Confirm hull and liability sections, payload values, approved operations and pilot requirements; privacy and cyber losses need separate assessment.

Back to cover list

Space Insurance

Specialist arrangement

Addresses specified financial exposures involving satellites or other space assets during agreed phases such as launch or orbit, with technical failure and liability risks separately structured.

Illustrative example
A communications satellite fails during launch and cannot reach the orbit specified for its mission.
Check the wording
Launch, in-orbit and third-party liability are distinct risks; performance thresholds, exclusions, mission stages and declared values determine cover.

Back to cover list

Source material

These primary sources explain product structures, including some overseas examples. Australian terms and availability need checking; the links do not confirm a BFY arrangement with an insurer.

  • AXA XL: specialty product categories
  • AXA XL: event contingency and prize indemnity
  • QBE Australia: aircraft and drone insurance

Tell us what you need to protect

Describe the operation or the loss you are worried about. We can confirm the next step and whether we can assist.

Ask about your coverAll insurance categories