Insurance for the Wood Products and Building Material Industries
PLM was created in 1895 by lumbermen for lumbermen. For 126 years, PLM has dedicated itself to the wood and building material industries in order to serve as a strategic partner to our insureds and producers. Our experience in the industry allows us to understand and recognize your short and long-term challenges that influence your business decisions and insurance needs. Our specialized property and casualty insurance products are tailored to address the risks unique to the lumber, woodworking, and building material industries.
Who We Protect
RETAILERS / WHOLESALERS / DISTRIBUTORS
Our specialty insurance coverage for retailers, wholesalers and distributors includes building material dealers, hardware stores and lumberyards.
- Builders Risk (For current insureds)
- Building Material Dealers
- Cabinet Showrooms
- Concentration Yards
- Drywall Distributors
- Electrical Suppliers
- Engineered Wood Products
- Exterior Doors & Windows (Property only)
- Fence Manufacturers, Distributors, and Retailers
- Furniture Stores (Unfinished furniture only)
- Hardware Stores
- Hardwood Flooring
- Home Centers
- HVAC Supplies
- Imported Wood Products
- Insulation Distributor
- Interior Doors
- Landscape Supplies
- Lumber Brokers (Jobbers)
- Lumberyards (Retail/Wholesale)
- Masonry Yards
- Plastic/Composite Lumber
- Plumbing Supplies
- Roofing & Siding Distributors
- Wood Imports
LIGHT MANUFACTURING
We design specialty insurance coverages for light manufacturing including cabinet manufacturing, moulding & millwork, wood flooring manufacturing and woodworking shops.
- Bat Manufacturing (Property only)
- Bed Frame Manufacturing
- Bobbin Manufacturing
- Bookcase Manufacturing
- Box & Crate Manufacturing
- Cabinet & Casegoods Manufacturing
- Cable Reel Manufacturing
- Carpentry Shops (Property only)
- Casket Manufacturing (Wood as the primary component)
- Church Pew & Altar Manufacturing
- Countertop Manufacturing
- Decoys
- Display & Exhibit Manufacturing
- Door Assembly
- Dowel Manufacturing
- Fence Manufacturing
- Furniture Manufacturing
- Furniture Manufacturing with Upholstery
- Handle Manufacturing
- Ladder Manufacturing (Property only)
- Laminated Wood Products
- Lathe Mills
- Millwork Manufacturing
- Mobile/Modular Home Manufacturing
- Modular Closet Shelving Units
- Moulding & Millwork
- Musical Instruments Manufacturing
- Pattern Shops
- Picture Frames
- Playground Equipment (Property only)
- Shutter Manufacturing
- Stair Manufacturing
- Store Fixtures Display Manufacturing
- Truck & Trailer Flooring
- Truss Manufacturing (Wood only)
- Window Assembly (Property only)
- Wood Carving
- Wood Flooring Manufacturing
- Wood Novelties Manufacturing
- Wood Products Manufacturing (NOC)
- Wood Treating (No creosote)
- Woodturning Shops
- Wooden Blinds
- Woodworking Shops
- Woodworking with Finishing
SAWMILLS & HEAVY MANUFACTURING
From pallet manufacturing to sawmills, we provide insurance coverage for heavy wood manufacturing operations.
- Barrel Manufacturing (Cooperage)
- Debarker Mills
- Log Home Manufacturer
- Pallet Manufacturing (New)
- Pallet Manufacturing (Reconditioning – only if best in class)
- Particle, Chipboard, OSB Manufacturing
- Planing Mills
- Plywood Manufacturing
- Resaw Operations
- Sawmills with Logging
- Sawmills without Logging
- Shingle Mills
- Veneer Mills
- Wood Drying (Kilns)
- Wood-Mizer/Portable Sawmills
