Fireman’s Fund Insurance Co. has been involved in some of the most expensive and famous claims. During the filming of Field of Dreams, producers were on the verge of filing a claim with Fireman's because the corn in the field used for crucial scenes just wasn't growing high enough. So the insurance company installed a quarter million dollar irrigation system in the field to help, rather than pay out millions in losses. Even after this was installed the corn still didn't grow; Fireman’s ended up paying to have a trench dug in front of the field that the actors could stand in to make the corn appear taller.
Fireman’s Fund was the underwriter for Indiana Jones and The Last Crusade when illness struck the 2,000 rats that were supposed to surge through catacombs. Fireman's asked what was the least number of rats that could get sick to continue filming and the producers said 1,000. “We agreed to underwrite them for 1, 000," says Fireman’s Fund, "It was the first insurance policy with a 1,000-rat deductible.”
Another expensive claim Fireman’s ended up paying on happened when a typhoon destroyed the sets being used in director Francis Ford Coppola's Apocalypse Now. Fireman's paid out $1.5 million in typhoon insurance only for the director rebuilt the set so it could be burned down for the film.
Insurance is a standard and crucial component of the filmmaking process whether your corn isn’t growing fast enough or the main character of your movie has an injury. Insurance could be the determining factor whether you walk the red carpet or not.
Fireman’s Fund was the underwriter for Indiana Jones and The Last Crusade when illness struck the 2,000 rats that were supposed to surge through catacombs. Fireman's asked what was the least number of rats that could get sick to continue filming and the producers said 1,000. “We agreed to underwrite them for 1, 000," says Fireman’s Fund, "It was the first insurance policy with a 1,000-rat deductible.”
Another expensive claim Fireman’s ended up paying on happened when a typhoon destroyed the sets being used in director Francis Ford Coppola's Apocalypse Now. Fireman's paid out $1.5 million in typhoon insurance only for the director rebuilt the set so it could be burned down for the film.
Insurance is a standard and crucial component of the filmmaking process whether your corn isn’t growing fast enough or the main character of your movie has an injury. Insurance could be the determining factor whether you walk the red carpet or not.