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    What is Film Insurance?

    Film insurance in India refers to ensuring the film is against any unforeseen circumstances resulting in a loss to the film's producer. The unforeseen circumstances include accident, illness, or disease to the actors in the film leading to the cancellation of schedules and resulting in direct loss to the producer; the other circumstances include damage to the set properties due to natural calamities or man-made disasters. Natural calamities or any other unforeseen circumstance can delay the film's production, resulting in losses for the producers, which can be compensated under film insurance. The liability of the film production house is also covered in the film insurance policy; in case of loss or damage to the lives or third-party property damage, the film insurance policy pays compensation to the production house. Readmore..

      Film Insurance

    What is covered in Film Insurance ?



    In this clause, the insurer agrees to pay an amount to the insured instead of the payment of a fee or remuneration to the actors, directors, and the other persons named in the policy, in the event in the event of disability or death of the members who made them incapable of completing or performing their duties including acting or shooting that resulted in the need to re-shoot in the time of insurance. Suppose the movie's cast could not attend the shooting due to accident or death or disability or kidnapping, or any other reason mentioned in the policy copy. In that case, the insurance company will indemnify the insured for the remuneration or the charges incurred for re-shooting the film. This section also includes the compensation payable to the insured if the cast cannot perform their duties due to the death, illness, or injury of their immediate family member. The amount payable in compensation under this subsection must not exceed the amounts stated by the insurance policy.

    In this clause, the insurer agrees to compensate or reimburse the insured for immediate physical damage, loss, or destruction of equipment belonging to the insured, including, however not restricted to camera equipment, cameras as well as lighting and sound equipment, portable electrical equipment as well as mechanical effects equipment, etc. while.

    1. Operation or transport as well as storage throughout the insurance.
    2. The items are stored and laying on the building or being erected or lying on the shooting location throughout the time of insurance.
    3. When moving from one area to the next during the time of insurance.

    This article covers damage or damage to the equipment caused by Fire, Lightning, Explosion or Implosion, Subsidence, Landslides such as rockslides, riots, strikes, malicious damage storms, cyclones the, tempest storm, tornado flooding, and floods, earthquakes, damage from impacts as well as theft and burglary, home breaking. The basis of the sum insured under this section would be the property valued at the full cost of replacement with new equipment.

    Film equipment rental insurance is also covered under this section by a few insurance companies depending on the company's underwriting guidelines.

    The insurer agrees to compensate the insured for physical injury or loss or destruction to props, sets, and wardrobes belonging to the insured while in transit in operation or storage for the insurance period. The sets and other property erected for shooting purposes would be covered under the film insurance if damaged due to any of the below perils.

    This article covers damage or damage to the equipment caused by Fire, Lightning, Explosion, or Implosion. Subsidence and Landslide include rockslides, riots striking and malicious damages Storm, Cyclon, tempests, typhoons, storms, tornados, floods, flooding, earthquakes, Burglary, Theft, and home breaking. The basis of the sum insured under this section would be the property valued at the full cost of replacement with new equipment.

    This article focuses on the destruction or loss of original film stock captured or exposed negatives (developed or undeveloped) videos, beta tapes and matrices positive and interpositive cut copies, work prints and fine grain prints color (transparencies) reels, outwork, drawings, the software and other materials which are used to create computer images as well as soundtracks and tapes associated with them while these items are lying or at a storage facility, or in operation or transport, and also as bags for connection or be utilized for the production that is insured over the time of insurance.

    This section covers loss or damage to the equipment caused by Fire, Lightning, Explosion or Implosion, Subsidence, landslides such as rockslides, riot strikes, malicious damage, Storms, cyclone storms, typhoons, and tornadoes. Hurricanes, as well as flooding and inundation. Impact damage from earthquakes as well as theft and burglary. Breaking into houses. The basis of the sum insured under this section would be the property valued at the full cost of replacement with new equipment.

    The insurance company is liable to the insured against damages or loss to camera equipment, cameras such as sound and lighting equipment, mobile electrical equipment, generators, mechanical effects equipment, accessories for grips such as mobile dressing rooms and honey wagon trailer units, and other similar equipment that is owned by the insured or that is owned by others, to whom the insured is responsible, and that may be damaged, lost or destroyed in the course of the coverage due to the risks listed below within the period of coverage.

    This chapter covers loss or damage to the equipment caused by Fire, Lightning, Explosion, or Implosion. Subsidence, Landslides such as rockslides, Riots striking and malicious damages Storm, Cyclon, the tempest storm, tornado flooding and floods, earthquakes, damage from impacts as well as theft and burglaries. Home breaking. The basis of the sum insured under this section would be the property valued at the full cost of replacement with new equipment.

    The business will reimburse the insured against the legal responsibility, including defense costs resulting from damage or damage to third parties property or their lives resulting from bodily injuries or property damage resulting from accidents. Any damage done to third parties by the insured customer due to an accident would be covered under this section. The insurer will pay the cost of defense, costs as well as other costs that are incurred without the prior approval of the investigators, and settlement or defense of any claim made against the insurance company.

    Under this section, the insurance company agrees to compensate the insured for any such loss sustained as a result of extra expenses incurred due to certain unforeseen events such as interruption, postponement, or cancellation of the declared production as a direct and sole result of the loss or damage or destruction to the production property resulting in loss to the insured. In short, any loss suffered by the insured due to the cancellation or interruption of the shooting would be paid by the insurance company subject to the loss arising out of the insured peril as specified in the policy.

    The insurance company will indemnify the insured from loss of money due to any cause stated in the policy. This includes any damage or loss due to theft or attempts to breach safes or secure rooms holding the cash. The limit of money in the safe should be mentioned in the policy copy when taking the policy, as this limit would be the basis of liability for the insurance company under this section.

    Under this section, the insurance company agrees to pay the insured the cost of recopying or reproducing the videotapes caused by loss or damage due to an insured peril acting at the time of the accident. The coverage is only for the tapes which have copies available. The limit of liability would be based on per occurrence as specified in the policy copy.

    The insurance company would be liable to compensate the cast insured under the policy in case of death or disability due to the accident. Under this section, permanent total disability, permanent partial disability, temporary total disability, and accidental death would be covered up to the sum insured mentioned under the policy.

    Exclusions in Film insurance

    Certain exclusions are included from the policy on film insurance as follows These are:

    • Anyone insured in certain areas who participates in flights other than passengers.
    • The inability of a female actress to perform is the result of the pregnancy, menstrual cycle or birth.
    • A person insured by insurance who is involved in risky stunts or activities without the written approval of the insurance firm.
    • Anyone who is insured less than 9 years old who has chicken pox, mumps, measles German measles and whooping cough. Scarlet fever, etc.
    • Anyone younger than 6 and above 65 years of age.
    • Decreasing atmospheric dampness, deterioration or changes in the weather and the exposure to extreme temperatures, or extreme temperatures, unless caused by an insured peril that isn't under the control of the insurance company.
    • The destruction or damage to negative film tapes and duplicate prints of work or outputs resulting from an act committed by the insured.
    • Consent to expose the videotape and tape recordings to electric or magnetic fields, other than with the recording, or reproduction of videotape footage.


    Future Generali "Film Package Insurance"

    • Cast Insurance

      This is to indemnify the insured towards the named artists/technicians' death due to an accident/Critical Illness occurring during the period of insurance.

      The coverage is limited to the compensation paid to the designated cast or technical staff. It is further limited to expire upon the loss of the technician or cast, the production program's end, or the completion of their respective tasks or performance.

      Exclusions:

      • Suicide
      • Kidnap
      • People who are accused of being criminals and is being interrogated or under detention by the judiciary
      • The person who has been accepted as a holder of insurance in this subsection; who participates in any form of flight other than an individual passenger
      • The inability of any female cast to continue her performance because of her pregnancy or conditions pertaining to it
      • Death by sickness/illness of any kind
      • Any person taking part in any hazardous stunt (s)
    • Sets/Props/Wardrobe & Equipments Insurance

      The aim is to reimburse the insured against the loss, damage or destruction to the property, wardrobes, sets and other equipment belonging to the insured or hired by them as a result of fire and related perils as well as burglary Act of God Peril, or any accidental damage to the external environment while being stored or lying on the property or being placed in storage and lying or being erected on the location of shooting.


      Exclusions:

      • Antiques, Objects of Art jewelry, pearls and antiques precious metals and gold
      • Wear & Tear, gradual deterioration, depreciation, mechanical breakdown & electrical breakdown
      • Unknown or unanswered disappearance, or shortage discovered upon the taking of inventory
      • Rain, sleet or hail. Whether driven by wind or not to properties that are stored outside. (This doesn't apply to the property, which was constructed or was designed to store out in the open)
      • The destruction or damage of property intentionally caused by the insured, or in the direction of the Insured
      • The loss, destruction, or injury due to or caused by delays
    • Shooting/Event Cancellation Insurance

      This section indemnifies the extra expenses for cancellation due to the following;

      • Accidental death, injury due to accident or critical illness of cast covered
      • The perils of fire, allied to it, include Earthquake
      • Burglary
      • Terrorism attack cover in India (excl. Jammu & Kashmir)
      • Accidental damage to sets
      • Cancellation due to the death of current CM of place where the shooting to be held; PM & President of India
      • Riot, Strike & Malicious damage

      Exclusions:

      • All other perils/risks were excluded from this section besides those mentioned above.
    • Film Negative Insurance

      This will indemnify the Insured against any damage or loss suffered by them due to damage caused to film stock by whatever external reason that results from fire or related perils, such as theft, Act of God peril, natural calamities, or transit damages.

      Exclusions:

      • Weather conditions can change due to atmospheric dampness or changes in the weather.
      • Exposure of deliberate videotape or videotape recording to magnetic or electric fields
      • Incorrect or incorrect information provided by the production team in the absence of compliance with directions or specifications for the equipment or material.
      • The delay in the delivery of tape or raw film
      • Unknown or unanswered missing or insufficient inventory found on an inventory take
      • Consequential loss
      • Delay, despite the delay is triggered by an insurance policy
      • Exposure to light, deterioration, atmospheric dampness, or temperature changes.
      • Use an incorrect camera type, lens, and raw film
      • Cut-outs, unused footage or library stock.
    • Negative Film Insurance - POST Production

      This will indemnify the Insured against any damage or loss they suffer because of damages caused to film stock by whatever external reason resulting from fire and other perils like theft, Act of God peril, natural calamities, or transit damages. The coverage will end when the production print and duplicate tape are completed at the end of 3-7 days or more from the completion of local or outstation shoots. This insurance does not cover cuts, backup tapes, inaccessible footage, or library inventory.

      Exclusions:

      • The weather can be affected by atmospheric dampness, deterioration or changes in the weather.
      • The deliberate exposure of videotapes and videostapes to magnetic fields or electric fields
      • Omissions or errors made caused by the production team because of non-compliance with directions or specifications for the product or material
      • The delay in the delivery of tape or raw film
      • Unknown or unanswered missing or insufficient inventory found on an inventory take
      • Consequential loss
      • The delay, not with standing that the delay is result of a risk insure against
      • Exposure to light, deterioration, atmospheric dampness, or temperature changes.
    • Public Liability Insurance

      The insurance company will indemnify the insurer against any legal obligation as well as defense expenses to pay compensation for civil lawsuits arising from property damage or bodily injury resulting from the accident at the place where the policy is situated and throughout the policy.

      Exclusions:

      • The cause of any accident is the deliberate, intentional or willful violation of any legal or other legal.
      • Injuries to the body of anyone under the insurer's employment or apprenticeship agreement.
      • Libel, Slander, False arrest, wrongfully convicted, wrongful detention, and mental injuries.
      • The possession or use for the benefit of the insured of any trailer or motor vehicle that is compulsory insurance legally required.
      • Accidents due to using any instrument or equipment that is the part or being attached to or in conjunction to any transport vehicle, motor or other.
      • Incidents that go beyond the limit of any road or charges resulting from the load or unloading of any trailer or motor vehicle.
      • Damage claims to a road, bridge, weighbridge, or other property caused by any trailer or motor vehicle burden.
      • Pollution of any kind
      • Product Liability
      • All claims were made in a threat or attempt to intimidate the insured before the time.
    • Personal Accident Insurance

      This section indemnifies the Insured, for the death/disablement of insured persons' due to accidental nature only up to the specified sum as per the schedule.

      Exclusions:

      • Intentional self injury
      • Intoxication while driving intoxicated by either alcohol or the use of drugs
      • Involvement in a crime with criminal motive
      • Taking part in motor race or trail runs in the capacity of driver, co-driver or a passenger
      • The birth of a child, pregnancy and abortion, miscarriage or complications as a result of any
      • Conflict, civil war invading, actions of hostile foreigners.
      • Existing disablements before the initiation of the policy
      • Injuries due to mental disorder or disturbances in consciousness can trigger the convulsions, or fits
      • All claims arising directly, indirectly, entirely or partly due to bacterial infection
      • Loss caused directly or in indirect, completely or partly through surgical or medical treatment as long as it's to treat an injuries
    • Accidental Hospitalization

      This section indemnifies the insured person towards the medical treatment/hospitalization expenses due to accidental nature only.

      Exclusions:

      • Sickness/illness
      • Pre-existing diseases
      • Pregnancy/abortion
      • Congenital related health problems
      • Intentional self injury
      • Unintentional accident when under the influence of drugs or alcohol
    • Cash in Transit

      It covers money in transit during the below circumstance.

      • Wages in transit from bank to insured shooting spot & vice versa
      • Cash in transit from the Insured’s premises to shooting spot & the converse

      Exclusions:

      • Shortage due to error or omission
      • Cash loss entrusted anyone else then the insured employee of the insurance company
      • The loss is due to fraud or dishonesty of employees of the company insured (insurers can cover losses in these cases if the loss is discovered within the first 48 hours of the occurrence)
      • The loss is covered under other policies
      • The loss resulting from risks arising out of war or allied risk
      • Damages arising out of riots or civil commotion, strikes or acts of terrorism
      • The money carried in a contract for affreightment, and the theft of funds from vehicles that are not monitored.

    FAQ's


    The film insurance works similarly to any other insurance policy in which the insurance company would cover the loss or damage to the property and cast off the insured in return for an amount known as a premium. The insurance would be valid for the period of insurance as mentioned in the policy document, and any loss or damage would be covered only during this period. In case of any loss or damage caused by an insured peril, the insured can approach the insurance company for compensation by submitting all the relevant documents and following the procedures.

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