Insurance Programs

CSIA's Insurance Program was created to respond to our members' need for appropriate and cost effective coverage that reflected the exposures associated with Control Systems Integration.

The need results from the Insurance world's long history of being unable to understand the operations of a Control System Integrator. It became clear in 2001 that many of our members believed their insurance arrangements were inappropriate, that they were being misclassified and this resulted in potentially dangerous gaps in coverage.

In 2001 CSIA brought in Paul Barnard, an independent insurance Broker. Paul has been in the insurance Industry since 1967. He started and managed his own business from 1972 to 1996, and has spent the last 25 years specializing in industry specific insurance programs. Paul worked with our members for 6 months to obtain a full understanding of their activities. He collated historical loss information that proved our CSI members are an excellent insurance risk. With this knowledge he then proposed a long term plan to develop and start an insurance program to permanently address the need for availability of coverage at a realistic price. Launched in November 2001, our program is approaching its 7th anniversary.

Paul works closely with our Servicing Agents, Holmes Murphy & Associates who are responsible for the day to day management of our Program. Led by Joe Watts, Holmes Murphy provides a team of people dedicated to CSIA and our membership. Holmes Murphy are the only Insurance Agents authorized to represent the CSIA Insurance Program.

Our Insurance Program continues to grow and prosper. It remains the only insurance package available to Control System Integrators. Coverage’s are crafted to protect against the exposures inherent in Control Systems Integration. Our Program does not confuse those insurance exposures with those of your customers.

Here is a recent endorsement from one of our members;

“Like a lot of system integrators, Emprise has experienced considerable difficulty in obtaining and keeping an affordable insurance program. It seems that insurance agents and underwriters simply could not understand what we do in our test facility integration business. While our loss record was second to none, we have been canceled numerous times and seen astronomical rate increases. These events always seemed to occur a few hours before the renewal date leaving our management little time to react. With the CSIA program, for the first time, we have an agent and underwriters who actually understand our business! Renewals occur without surprise and well before the deadline. Emprise looks forward to continuing this mutually beneficial relationship and especially the prospect of the captive insurance program. Thanks CSIA for making our life a little easier.”

A full range of general property/casualty coverage’s is available. These include but are not limited to:

Property -Business Interruption -Crime -Transit -Installation Floater
General Liability/Completed Operations -Professional Errors & Omissions
Umbrella -Automobile -Foreign
See attached promotional mailer for additional information on this program. For more information on our insurance program, please contact;

Paul Barnard, Insurance Program Manager, 610-507-6595, paulbarnard@csia-insurance.com or Joe Watts, 913-660-1218, jwatts@holmesmurphy.com.