Crane and rigging
Damage to the crane, boom sections, counterweights and rigging gear, generally scheduled item by item.
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Liebherr Insurance
Cover for Liebherr cranes, earthmoving plant and mining machines.
Liebherr machines are expensive to buy and expensive to fix, and most of the parts come from Europe. That combination pushes downtime and extra cost of repair up the priority list. On the crane side, the property under the hook and the consequences of dropping it generally outweigh the value of the crane itself, and tower cranes add a separate erection exposure.
What is it?
Liebherr builds mobile and all-terrain cranes, crawler cranes and tower cranes, along with hydraulic excavators, wheel loaders, dozers and large mining machines. In Australia the brand is common in crane hire, major civil projects and mining. Machines are high value, frequently financed, and often work under project contracts that impose their own insurance limits and indemnity requirements.
What does liebherr insurance cover?
Load being lifted
Property in your care while under the hook, which usually sits outside standard liability and needs its own section.
Erection and dismantling
Tower crane assembly and removal, which is a distinct exposure and is commonly rated separately.
What affects the cost?
- Machine or crane value and capacity
- Erection and dismantling frequency
- Project contract requirements
- Overseas parts lead times
- Operator ticketing and experience
Worth raising on the call
- Overseas parts lead times can turn a modest repair into a long outage, so check the downtime limits.
- Project contracts often demand higher liability limits than a default plant policy carries.
- Property under the hook is the exposure most often assumed to be covered when it is not.
Claims we are commonly asked about
Load goes through a roof
A mobile crane lifting a plant unit onto a commercial roof loses control of the load and it drops through the roof sheeting into the tenancy below. The load, the building and the contents underneath are three different exposures, and they do not all sit in the same section of a crane policy.
Outrigger punches a basement slab
An all-terrain crane sets up over an underground car park and an outrigger pad punches through the suspended slab during a lift. Claims like this usually bring an engineering assessment of ground bearing pressure, and the damage to the client's structure is typically a liability question rather than a machine one.
Boom section dropped in transit
Boom sections and counterweights travelling on separate trucks to a job are damaged when one is dropped during unloading. It is worth knowing whether crane components are covered while off the machine and in transit, because they are commonly assumed to be included when they may need to be scheduled.
Worth confirming in the wording
- Worth confirming whether damage to the property being lifted, the load under the hook, is covered and to what limit.
- Worth confirming whether boom sections, counterweights and rigging gear remain covered while being transported on separate trucks or stored between jobs.
- Worth confirming whether damage to the slab, hardstand or building you set up on is picked up by the liability section or falls into a care, custody and control gap.
Common questions
Does crane insurance cover the load being lifted?
Not usually by default. Property in your care while under the hook commonly sits outside standard public liability and needs its own section or extension with a separate limit. It is one of the most frequently assumed covers in crane hire, so it is worth checking the schedule rather than the brochure.
Is erection and dismantling of a tower crane covered?
It is usually treated as a distinct exposure and rated separately, because the risk during assembly and removal is very different from the risk during normal operation. Some wordings require it to be declared in advance or performed by specified crews. Confirming this before an erection date is generally simpler than arguing it afterwards.
Do project contracts require higher liability limits than a standard plant policy?
Often yes. Major civil and construction contracts commonly specify minimum public liability limits, indemnity to principals and waiver of subrogation wording that a default plant policy may not carry. Reading the insurance clause of the contract before you sign is generally the only reliable way to know what you are being asked to hold.
What does Liebherr crane or plant insurance cost?
It depends heavily on the specifics. The main drivers are the value and capacity of the machine, how often it is erected and dismantled, the contracts you work under and the limits they demand, overseas parts lead times, operator ticketing and experience, and claims history. Downtime cover is usually priced separately and matters more on European-sourced machines.
General information only. Cover, limits and exclusions depend on the PDS, TMD, eligibility, underwriting and the policy terms. See mobile plant machinery insurance for the wider picture.
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