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Smart Logistics Freight Insurance

Insurance for freight forwarders and supply chain managers to protect transported and stored goods.

Smart Logistics is an insurance solution for freight forwarders to cover the goods in their care, custody, and control. It can fulfil the insurance requirements for the transit or storage of your customers' goods by providing up to US$50 million in capacity for cargo 'all risk' cover, freight liability, and/or warehouse keepers' liability cover, using Marsh’s proprietary wording.

Who is it for?

3PL, 4PL, freight forwarders, contract logistics, and hauliers with revenues above US$10 million. Available worldwide subject to local restrictions. 

Key benefits

Ready capacity

US$50 million of capacity from top-rated Lloyd’s of London insurers which can be used for primary and excess placement using Marsh’s proprietary wording.

Tailored solutions

Cover can be customised to fit specific needs, allowing you to adapt to changing business requirements and client demands.

Operational resilience

Ensures regulatory compliance and enhances ability to manage risks effectively, ensuring that logistics operations can continue smoothly in the face of unexpected challenges.

Financial security

Minimise the financial impact of losses or liabilities, and benefit from a streamlined process in the event of a claim with expert assistance from a dedicated team.

Types of cover

Together, these two sections form our Smart Logistics solution, protecting assets and enhancing the operational resilience of our clients.

All risk cover

  • Third-party cargo protection, structured in accordance with ICC A clauses.
  • Full value coverage for loss or damage to goods during transit and/or storage whilst in the freight forwarders care, custody, and control.
  • US$50million in the annual aggregate for earthquake, windstorm, and flood (each peril separately). 

Freight and warehouse liability cover

Liability insurance for a freight forwarders’ logistics operations, including potential liabilities accepted under contract/international convention that arise from the handling and storage of goods. US$50 million any one claim with the following sublimits:

  1. Debris removal: US$1 million any one accident or occurrence (primary only).
  2. Consequential loss: US$1 million any one accident or occurrence and in the aggregate (primary only). 

Exclusions include:

  • Temperature sensitive/refrigerated pharmaceuticals, vehicles, household goods/personal effects, antiques, precious metals, art and jewellery, coins and stamps, cash, mobile phones, tablets, laptops, tobacco, cigarettes, firearms, and munitions.
  • War and terrorism.
  • Vessel or aircraft charters.
  • Third-party liability (death, injury, disease or illness of humans).
  • Cyber.
  • Communicable disease.
  • Errors and omissions.

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Why Marsh

Marsh Smart Logistics provides customisable cover to fit specific needs, allowing for customers to adapt to changing business requirements and client demands.

US$50 million of capacity from top-rated Lloyd’s of London insurers which can be used for primary and excess placement using Marsh’s proprietary wording.

Our people

Sarah Dyer

Sarah Dyer

Logistics Practice Lead, Marine

  • United Kingdom

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Ewa Sliwinska

Vice President, Marine, Cargo & Logistics

  • United Kingdom

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