Fireman's Fund Plugs Art Coverage

NU Online News Service, April 26, 10:18 a.m.EST?Fireman's Fund, as part of an effort promoting itsabilities as an art insurer, said it has launched a series of artgallery tours with the kickoff yesterday in Scottsdale, Ariz.

The company said its "Art Across America" tours were designed tosensitize art lovers with emerging trends as well as with existingdiversity of art expression within their local communities.

Today's event is centered in the Scottsdale Contemporary ArtDistrict where attendees tour the Overland Gallery, the MayGallery, Trailside Galleries, Occasions By Design, Wilde MeyerGallery and Riva Yares Gallery.

The tours include a wide variety of art styles. The Scottsdaleevent will include Russian expressionism, historical Old West andabstract expressionism genres. Pieces by Remington, Bierstadt andthe Taos School, among others will be shown.

Fireman's Fund noted that the company is a specialist in fineart coverage for the home and commercial coverage for galleries andis able to insure "very substantial works" through a "ScheduledValuable Possessions policy" which connects to a homeowner'spolicy.

The company noted that it offers knowledgeable technicalexpertise in claims and in advice to protect against loss.

Fireman's Fund also said it is co-hosting other tours withArchitectural Digest in Boston and the District of Columbia in Juneand October. The magazine will be running gallery guides includingan article called, "The Art of Insurance," explaining why fine artneeds more than a typical homeowner's policy to protect it againstbroader perils.

Reprints of the four-page gallery guides will be available ateach featured gallery location.Headquartered in Novato, Calif.,Fireman's Fund is a subsidiary of Allianz AG.