Insurance for Printing Companies and Print Shops
Printing companies rely on presses, finishing equipment, customer materials, design files, employees, and delivery schedules to keep jobs on time. Equipment breakdown, fire, damaged customer materials, a data breach, or an employee injury can disrupt production and client relationships. Casurance helps printing businesses review Travelers commercial insurance options that may help protect equipment, property, liability, and workers.
Why Printing Companies Need Specialized Insurance
Offset print shops, digital printers, large-format and sign producers, and specialty printing businesses hold expensive equipment and often handle customer-owned materials that generic commercial policies don't fully address. Casurance and Travelers can help you review coverage tailored to these operations.
Real-Life Claim Scenarios
Press Fire
Ink, solvents, or heat-drying equipment cause a fire that damages the shop.
Commercial Property, General Liability, Business IncomePress Breakdown
A printing press or finishing machine breaks down mid-job, delaying orders.
Equipment Breakdown, Business IncomeCustomer Materials Damaged
A customer's paper stock, artwork, or promotional materials are damaged on-site.
Bailee / Customer Property Review, General LiabilityEmployee Injury
A worker is injured operating a press, cutter, or finishing equipment.
Workers' CompensationDelivery Vehicle Accident
A company vehicle delivering completed print jobs is involved in an accident.
Commercial Auto, Hired & Non-Owned Auto, UmbrellaDesign File Data Breach
Customer artwork, order data, or payment information is compromised.
Cyber Liability, Crime
Coverage Options for Printing Companies
Coverage cards Casurance and Travelers typically review with printing businesses.
General Liability
May help respond to covered third-party bodily injury or property damage claims arising from your operations.
Commercial Property
May help protect the shop, presses, finishing equipment, and covered business personal property.
Equipment Breakdown
For covered mechanical or electrical breakdowns of printing presses, cutters, and finishing equipment.
Inland Marine / Customer Property
May help address covered damage to customer materials, artwork, or stock while in your care.
Business Income / Extra Expense
May help replace lost income and pay extra costs if a covered property loss interrupts production.
Workers' Compensation
Helps cover employee injuries involving presses, cutters, and material handling.
Commercial Auto
For company-owned vehicles used to deliver completed print jobs and materials.
Hired & Non-Owned Auto
For rented vehicles or employee-owned vehicles used for business deliveries, where available.
Cyber Liability
May help respond to a data breach or cyber incident affecting design files, orders, or payment systems.
Crime / Employee Dishonesty
For losses tied to employee theft, forgery, or dishonest acts involving money or property.
Contract Requirement Review
Review of a client contract or certificate request and the coverage or limits it may require.
Umbrella / Excess
Adds higher limits above eligible underlying liability policies.
Customer Materials and Equipment Breakdown
Printing companies often work with customer-supplied paper stock, promotional items, or artwork that must be handled carefully. Coverage for customer property in your care may help address covered damage to those materials, while equipment breakdown coverage may help address the sudden mechanical or electrical failure of a press or finishing machine, subject to policy terms.
Business Income From Equipment Downtime
A single press breakdown or covered property loss can delay every job in the queue. Business income and extra expense coverage may help replace lost revenue and pay additional costs while repairs or replacement equipment are arranged, subject to policy terms and limits.
Design Files, Orders and Cyber Liability
Customer artwork, order records, and payment information are often stored digitally. Cyber liability coverage may help respond to a data breach or cyber incident affecting those systems, subject to policy terms and coverage availability.
What We Need for a Quote
Upload Manufacturing Insurance Requirements
Need a certificate for a landlord, client contract, distributor, vendor, lender, lease, or supply agreement? Upload the requirement and Casurance can review requested limits, certificate holder wording, additional insured language, waiver of subrogation, property, workers' compensation, cyber, umbrella, and other requirements.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Review Your Printing Company Insurance With Casurance
Whether you run an offset shop, digital print business, or large-format and sign production operation, Casurance can help review Travelers commercial insurance options for your equipment, property, employees, and client requirements.
Coverage is subject to underwriting approval, coverage availability varies by state, and policy terms, conditions, exclusions, and limits apply. This page is for general information only and does not modify any insurance policy or guarantee coverage.
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