Forest & Wood Products

Underwriting managers since 1979, Mattei Insurance Services has made a long-term commitment to the Forest and Wood Products industry, one of a select group of specialty programs. Our underwriting, claims, and loss control personnel have extensive experience and in-depth knowledge of your industry. That focus means we can write competitively priced policies custom-fit to your operations and needs. 

Working with our carrier partners, Mattei offers flexibility and competitive pricing on customized coverage.

We provide special coverages for special needs. Our Loggers Broad Form endorsement offers limits up to $1,000,000:

Fire suppression expenses
Property damage to others' timberland
Property damage while loading/unloading
Timber tresspass 

We also offer Limited Pollution endorsemens with limits up to $150,000 for:

Automobiles
Mobile Equipment

We understand forest and wood products operations. The policies and endorsements we write are unique and specific to the forest product industry, so our policies provide the precise protection each customer needs.

Click here to download the Forest & Wood Products brochure.

Target Classes

Cargo & equipment:

  • Cargo such as logs, chips, lumber, and some back-hauled non-hazardous bulk commodities.
  • Equipment including cats, graders, skidders, loaders, yarders and other mechanical logging equipment.

Harvesting and processing:

  • Log, lumber and chip haulers
  • Log road builders
  • Forestry service; timber cruisers and scalers
  • Saw and lumber mills
  • Wholesale lumber operations

Property:

  • Maintenance Buildings
  • Office Properties
  • Storage Buildings and Shops

Wood products manufacturers:

  • Hardwood & flooring mills
  • Moulding and lath
  • Wood boxes & pallets
  • Wood chips and barkdust

Vehicles: non-fleet, including single owner operators, up to large fleets:

  • Crew buses or vans
  • Dump & gravel trucks owned by loggers or log-road builders
  • Log, chip and lumber trucks
  • Pickup trucks
  • Water & fuel trucks used for insured's own equipment

Lines of Business

  • Automobile
  • Crime
  • Equipment Breakdown
  • General Liability
  • Inland Marine
  • Property
  • Umbrella
  • Workers' Compensation

Submission Requirements

  • Completed ACORD application for each coverage part
  • Completed program specific questionnaire
  • 5 year currently valued company loss runs
  • Drivers list and accompanying Motor Vehicle Records
  • Copy of each vehicle registration (VIN reporting requirements)

Supplemental Questionnaires

null Sawmill General Liability Questionnaire
null Logging General Liability Questionnaire
null Forest Products Automobile Questionnaire
null Logging Equipment Floater Questionnaire
null Workers' Compensation Questionnaire

Forest & Wood Products Team

Underwriting:

Claims:

Loss Control: