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Smart Manufacturing

Cover for connected plants, robotics, IoT and advanced supply chains.

Overview

How we advise

We advise advanced and smart manufacturers — robotics, additive, biotech, electronics, EV and battery, food-grade, defence — coordinating property, BI, product, cyber and supply chain cover that reflects how integrated, instrumented and global modern manufacturing has become.

Our smart manufacturing practice is led by brokers who have placed complex programs for clients at every stage — and who hold relationships with the underwriters who can price the risk correctly.

Core coverages

What we typically broker for smart manufacturing clients.

  • Industrial Special Risks (ISR) / Property
  • Business Interruption & Contingent BI
  • Product Liability & Product Recall
  • Cyber-Physical & Operational Tech (OT) Liability
  • Marine Cargo & Transit
  • Environmental Impairment Liability
Key exposures

Risks the market gets wrong.

01

OT & IoT cyber exposure

Connected PLCs, robotics and SCADA blur the line between cyber and property — and few wordings respond cleanly to either.

02

Supply chain concentration

Single-source suppliers, semiconductor scarcity and just-in-time logistics amplify the cost of any disruption.

03

Recall & regulatory

Retailer-driven recalls and tightening global product regulation can dwarf the direct loss.

Anonymised case
“Built integrated property, OT-cyber and recall program covering AU plant and US distribution — secured full capacity after two prior brokers declined the risk.”
EV battery manufacturer, scale-up

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Other specialties

Startups & Scaleups

We design programs that match where you are now and where the cap table says you're going. No oversold cover, no last-minute scrambles before a raise.

Technology & AI

Standard tech wordings weren't written for foundation models, agentic systems or platform-level dependency. Ours are.

Venture Capital & Private Equity

We broker for GPs, management companies and their portfolios — aligning cover across the stack so founders get better terms on day one.