Glulam manufacturer insurance that covers your biggest risks.
Products liability, commercial property, workers' comp, and inland marine — purpose-built for glue-laminated timber plants. A-rated carriers. 15-minute quotes.
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Glulam manufacturers insured — plants, mills, timber operations
NPN #8608479
Licensed all 50 states
- Licensed in all 50 states
- Founded 2005 — 20+ years
- Former manufacturer on staff
- 15-minute quote turnaround
- 2-hour claims response
- A.M. Best A+ carrier partners
Coverage built specifically for glulam manufacturers.
Standard markets leave products liability gaps and misclassify kiln workers. We build programs designed for timber manufacturing.
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The coverage gaps that cost glulam manufacturers the most.
Most agents hand a glulam plant a generic manufacturer policy and call it done. Then a delamination or dust-fire claim hits and the exclusion kicks in. We underwrite the parts of your operation everyone else leaves out.
Run by people who know manufacturing
Contractors Choice Agency was founded in 2005 by people from the trades. We've walked plant floors, read the ANSI A190.1 specs, and know what a hydraulic press or dry kiln costs to replace.
Products liability that covers your manufactured beams
Standard GL excludes products. We place products liability that covers structural claims arising from your glulam members after they leave the plant.
Kiln and press room workers' comp
Kiln-dry chamber operators, hydraulic press workers, and CNC saw operators face unique OSHA exposure profiles. Our programs reflect that.
Transit coverage for oversized members
A 60-foot architectural glulam beam in transit is a unique inland marine risk. We build programs that cover it from your plant to the job site crane.
Commercial property for manufacturing operations
Kilns, presses, CNC equipment, and lumber inventory don't fit generic property forms. We schedule your equipment at replacement cost.
We place the hard timber risks
Been declined over products claims, a loss run on a failed beam, or OSHA citations? We have E&S markets for manufacturers others won't touch.
Run by a former contractor
Josh Cotner knows how manufacturing operations work and what happens when coverage fails at claim time.
From quote request to bound policy in about a day.
No back-and-forth for two weeks. A real conversation, real markets, and a program you can actually understand — built around your plant operation.
Tell us about your plant operation
15-min call or form. Crew size, production volume, equipment value, and the coverage lines your old carrier excluded.
We shop specialty timber markets
Niche markets that actually write glulam products liability — not generic manufacturer markets that carve it out.
Bind a program built for timber
Products liability + property + workers' comp + transit, coordinated so there are no gaps between your completed-operations and products coverage.
Claims support that moves fast
When a beam failure claim arrives or a kiln fire occurs, you reach a person with context — not a queue. 2-hour response.
Or call 844-967-5247 — usually answered live.
Timber manufacturing coverage. All 50 states.
From Pacific Northwest Douglas-fir mills to Southeast SYP glulam producers, Contractors Choice Agency writes glulam manufacturer insurance in every state where timber manufacturing operates.
- Pacific Northwest — Oregon & Washington — glulam manufacturing heartland
- Rocky Mountain West — Montana, Idaho, Colorado — mountain-state timber operations
- U.S. Southeast — Georgia, North Carolina, Arkansas — southern yellow pine glulam
- Great Lakes & Upper Midwest — Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan — hardwood and softwood EWP
- Northeast & Mid-Atlantic — New England, NY, PA — urban mass-timber markets
- California & Nevada — West Coast seismic-zone and architectural production
- Texas & Southwest — Fast-growing commercial and agricultural glulam demand
- Appalachia & Mid-South — TN, KY, VA, WV — Appalachian hardwood and softwood EWP
National coverage for timber manufacturers.
Writing glulam manufacturer programs in all 50 states since 2005.
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Glulam plants that found coverage that actually pays.
“We ship structural glulam into schools and arenas, so a product-liability claim is the thing that keeps me up at night. CCA built a program that actually understood delamination exposure and ICC-ES reporting — and placed limits our old broker said were impossible.”
Walter K.
Plant Owner · Oregon
“When an RF curing press went down mid-run, the equipment-breakdown claim was paid fast and our line was back up without losing the whole season. They get that downtime is the real cost in this business.”
Renee D.
Operations Manager · Georgia
“Three carriers had declined us over combustible-dust and kiln-fire exposure. CCA knew NFPA 664, documented our housekeeping program, and got us an A-rated property policy. Night and day from the generic quotes we'd seen.”
Doug P.
Risk Manager · Arkansas
Glulam manufacturer insurance, in plain English.
Almost certainly yes. Standard GL policies contain 'your product' exclusions that void coverage once your glulam member leaves your plant and causes damage or injury in a structure. Products liability is the coverage that fills that gap.
Products liability exclusions in GL policies, followed by inadequate inland marine during transport. Most manufacturers discover these gaps only when a beam failure or transit loss occurs and their claim is denied.
Yes. Contractors Choice Agency is licensed in all 50 states and has markets for glulam and mass-timber manufacturers whether your plant is in Oregon, the Southeast, or anywhere in between.
Kiln-dry chamber operators, press room workers, and forklift/overhead crane operators each carry distinct OSHA exposure classifications. We match the right classification codes to your actual workflow so you're not overpaying or underinsured.
Yes — if you produce custom-engineered glulam specs, load tables, or connection details, professional liability (E&O) covers claims arising from errors in those calculations that cause a structural failure.
Typically 15 minutes on a call. For larger programs we may need a day or two to get the right markets involved, but we move fast and we tell you the timeline up front.
Protect Your Glulam Operation with coverage built for timber.
Whether you need products liability today or a full program — property, workers' comp, transit, and umbrella — one call gets you real quotes from specialty timber markets. Not a voicemail and a two-week wait.
No obligation. No spam. Licensed all 50 states.