Timber Industry Coverage
Providing Superior Insurance for the Forest Products Industry
Randy Jones and Associates, along with our strong carrier partners, have provided specialized property and casualty solutions to loggers, logging contractors and forestry operations for more than 40 years. This unique focus allows us to customize policies and accommodate emerging contractual requirements from mills and timber management companies. RJA and our carrier partners are timber specialists and supporters of state and national forestry and logging associations.
COVERAGE HIGHLIGHTS
Our programs provide the best-in-industry coverage for loggers and logging operations of all sizes and may include the following:
General Liability
- Including Loggers Broad Form
- Broadening Endorsements including Additional Insured
- Waiver of Subrogation and Primary Non Contributory
- Pesticide and Herbicide applicator, and additional Pollution coverages
Commercial Automobile – Liability and Auto Physical Damage
- Including log and chip trucks and trailers, pickup and service trucks, dump and gravel trucks if owned by loggers or log-road builders;
- Water and fuel trucks used for insured’s own equipment, crew buses, vans and crummies. *We do not write mono-automobile or log/chip haulers. We offer commercial automobile coverage only as a package to loggers and logging contractors.
- We cover most Commercial Auto Symbols including Hired, Non-Owned;
- Broadening Endorsements including Additional Insured, Waiver of Subrogation and Primary Non Contributory
Property
Including maintenance buildings and mechanics shops, office properties, storage and parts buildings and log yards, in their use to maintain trucks and equipment owned by the logger or logging contractor.
Inland marine and mobile equipment
Coverage for skidders, loaders, feller bunchers both tracked and wheeled, processors, mastication and mulching machines, delimbers, yarders, chippers, dozers, graders and other specialized equipment used in the harvesting, thinning and processing of timber.
Equipment breakdown
Coverage available for loss due to mechanical or electrical breakdown of equipment
Crime
Coverage for fraud, employee dishonesty, forgery, money and securities
Pollution coverage
Including coverage for in-the-wood exposures Cargo Including logs, chips and lumber.
TARGETED CLASSES
- Loggers and logging contractors, mechanized and timber fellers
- Thinning and fuel reduction operations
- Forestry services, including timberland management, timber cruisers, forest surveyors and scalers
- Chipping operations
- Log and chip hauling when owned and operated by loggers and logging contractors
- Log road builders
- Reforestation contractors
- Timber dealers and Timber Management Companies
- Log yards: sorting and export; truck, rail and marine
EXCLUSIVE FEATURES
Loggers Broad Form: Offered as an endorsement to our General Liability policy
Coverage includes:
• Fire suppression expenses
• Property damage to others’ timberland
• Property damage while loading/unloading
• Timber trespass or overcut