How Can Travel Delay Insurance Protect You?

TRAVEL DELAY INSURANCE & FILM PRODUCTIONS

Travel delay insurance protects your film production budget when a cast member does not show up on set.

Travel delay insurance coverage is an Extra Expense coverage that is part of some film production insurance policies. The Fireman’s Fund Insurance Company defines travel delays in their insuring agreement as:

“For reasons other than weather, we will pay for loss due to the closure of any departure airport used by your personnel or used to transport your property, when such airport closure either delays or precludes the timely arrival of personnel or property to a filming location of the Insured Production”.

Examples of extra expenses covered by travel delay insurance:

• There is a problem with the baggage belt within the airport delaying baggage & equipment from being loaded onto the plane.
• There is a temporary bomb scare which results in a delay in cast or crew’s flight out of their departure airport.
• As with most other coverages, there are some standard exclusions that apply to Extra Expense coverages. Please see the policy wording for a full description of the coverage, or call a specialized film insurance broker such as Front Row Insurance.