Captive Readiness Starts on the Plant Floor
What Chris Martz looks for before recommending alternative risk to a manufacturer.
Read articleManufacturing Risk & Insurance
Turn Risk Into a Competitive Advantage
Protect your operation, control your total cost of risk and create new opportunities through better safety, claims advocacy and smarter insurance design.
27 YearsManufacturing insurance experience
35+ YearsWorkers’ compensation claims experience
$5M–$270MManufacturer revenue range served
20+ YearsManufacturing Program history
Built Around Your Operation
Insurance Should Support Production, Resilience and Growth
Manufacturing insurance performs best when it reflects how the business actually operates. We evaluate the equipment, people, products, contracts and supply chains behind production—then focus the strategy on the exposures with the greatest financial impact.
Explore our manufacturing risk approachIndustries We Serve
Manufacturing Expertise That Gets Specific
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Machining & CNC
Precision equipment, customer property, tooling, tolerances and production downtime.
02Metal Fabrication & Welding
Hot work, mobile equipment, fumes, rigging and completed operations.
03Tool, Die, Mold & Foundry
Customer tooling, heat-intensive processes, breakdown and long replacement lead times.
04Plastics & Injection Molding
Molds, resins, hydraulic machinery, fire load and product-performance exposures.
05Food & Beverage Manufacturing
Contamination, recall, refrigeration, spoilage and continuous production.
06Contract Manufacturing & Job Shops
Changing specifications, customer concentration, contracts and manufacturers E&O.
Alternative Risk & Captives
Put Strong Performance to Work
Qualified manufacturers can gain greater control, increased transparency and the potential to benefit financially from favorable loss performance.
Risk Solutions
Protection Across the Operation
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Property, Equipment & Business Interruption
Facilities, production machinery, inventory and the income the operation generates.
02General Liability & Product Liability
Third-party injury, property damage, completed operations and product-related claims.
03Product Recall & Manufacturers E&O
Recall expenses and financial-loss allegations when a product fails to perform as intended.
04Workers’ Compensation, Safety & Claims
Loss prevention, claims advocacy, return to work and experience modification strategy.
05Commercial Auto
Business-owned vehicles, employee driving, rentals and hired or non-owned auto exposure.
06Cargo & Stock Throughput
Raw materials, work in process and finished goods across transit, storage and delivery.
07Cyber Liability & Technology Risk
Ransomware, funds-transfer fraud, system interruption and connected production equipment.
08Employee Benefits
Plan strategy, cost control and employee communication across shifts, locations and workforce groups.
Measurable Impact
Better Claims. Better Data. Better Decisions.
Year-round safety and claims support helps manufacturers understand what is driving insurance costs and where improvement can create value.
2.53 → 0.84Experience modification reduction
$200KSavings associated with X-mod improvement
$700KProperty-premium savings
$85KManufacturers E&O claim recovery
Manufacturing Specialists
Strategy and Claims Expertise, Working Together
Chris Martz leads Champion’s Manufacturing Program and brings 27 years of experience in traditional insurance and alternative risk.
Susan Wade brings more than 35 years of workers’ compensation experience and focused claims advocacy.
Manufacturing Survival News
Practical Intelligence for Manufacturers
The X-Mod Nobody Reads Until Renewal
How claims continue influencing workers’ compensation costs long after the initial injury.
Read articleWho Pays When Customer Property Is Damaged?
Ownership, valuation, contracts and coverage considerations for property in your care.
Read articleStart With the Operation
See What Your Current Insurance Program Is Costing You
Identify coverage gaps, claims trends, cost drivers and alternative-risk opportunities.