Insurance for Forest Products Businesses

BITCO has served wood-related industries for more than 75 years.

That makes BITCO's history and experience in wood industries and forest products hard to beat. For more than 75 years, our customized insurance policies have been protecting businesses just like yours. Our expertise is rooted from logging to the mill and expands into manufacturing and the finished wood products that are the heart and pride of American homes.

BITCO underwriters, risk control consultants and claims adjusters are industry specialists who understand the complexities and nuances of forest products production and the challenges you face day to day.

Forest-Related Businesses We Insure

  • Logging and lumbering
  • Sawmills
  • Planing and molding mills
  • Pallet manufacturers
  • Furniture and cabinet manufacturers
  • Retail and wholesale building-materials dealers

Types of Insurance

  • Workers’ Compensation
  • General Liability
  • Automobile
  • Umbrella
  • Equipment
  • Property

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Customer Characteristics

Does your business specialize in the mechanized harvesting of timber?  Perhaps you are involved in the transformation of harvested wood to finished products that are used in construction or other industries.  BITCO offers tailor-made insurance programs for a variety of forest products and has an unsurpassed commitment to the members of this industry and the trade associations that serve them.

If you are an experienced and safety-oriented operator of a forest products-oriented business and value an insurance carrier who will work with you to help you manage the types of exposures that your operation is faced with on a regular basis,  BITCO may be the partner for you.

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Special Protection for Wood-Product Business

BITCO can create insurance policies with extra protection for logging and lumber companies like:

Accident Overcut of Timber Coverage

Provides coverage for property damage arising out of the accidental overcut of timber. Occurrence limitation and a participation (deductible) apply.

Logging and Lumbering Operations Coverage

1. Property damage of others due to fire
2. Automobile damage coverage

Provides $100,000 for damage to the property of others due to a fire (subject to a per-claim deductible). Also provides coverage for damage to the auto of someone else caused by loading and unloading (subject to a per-claim deductible).

Logging Equipment Coverage (part of Inland Marine Coverage)

Provides flood coverage and a waiver of depreciation on a partial loss.

Contractors Limited Pollution "Work Site" (part of General Liability coverage)

Provides Business Insurance, Property Damage and Environmental Damage coverage caused by a pollution incident on a work site. (The limit available is $100,000 and is subject to a $1,000 deductible for each incident.)

Choose BITCO as Your Insurance Partner

With any insurance policy, you should be aware of the ability of the insurance company you choose to pay a claim. After all, you’re entrusting us with your business. BITCO's outstanding financial ratings are an indicator of our ability to offer you and your business security, and we’re proud to have earned and maintained a rating of “A+'' Superior by A.M. Best. 

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Also, the BITCO Companies are members of the Old Republic Insurance Group, one of the nation's 50 largest publicly held insurance organizations.

Backed by the strength of Old Republic Insurance Group

Our expertise in the insurance needs of forest product-related businesses and our network of insurance agents that focus on logging and timber companies, combined with our strong financial standing, means we are the insurance company that you can trust to protect you, your workforce and your business.

Looking for an insurance agent that will work as hard for your business as you do? Contact a BITCO agent today. 

Industry Links

American Loggers Council
amloggers.com

Arkansas Timber Producers Association
arkloggers.com

Forest Resources Association
forestresources.org

National Timber Harvesting and Transportation Safety Foundation (THATS)
www.loggingsafety.com

Southeastern Lumber Manufacturers Association
slma.org

Southern Loggin’ Times
southernloggintimes.com

Team Safe Trucking
teamsafetrucking.com

Timber Harvesting
timberharvesting.com