WellGuard | Well Drillers Insurance

An Insurance Program for the Ground Water Industry.

Pump up your insurance coverage and keep your business well protected. The WellGuard Program already insures several hundred water well drillers, contractors and installers. We also can protect you if you're a scientist or an engineer in the groundwater fields. If your business is a supplier or manufacturer of equipment for groundwater companies we can help you, too. With coverage that's customized to meet your unique needs and the protection and service that you demand WellGuard is the insurance program of choice for the National Groundwater Association (NGWA) and eight other state affiliated associations.

Property
General Liability
Automobile
Workers Compensation
Inland Marine
Boiler and Machinery
Umbrella
Employment Practices Liability
Professional Liability

WellGuard has been designed to include coverage that meets the special needs of the water well drillers industry.

Down-the-hole Coverage
Loss of Income for damaged equipment
Limited Jobsite Pollution
Contractors Pollution Liability
Scientists & Engineers Errors & Omissions

*This is intended as a brief overview of the coverages offered. Please ask for complete copies of policies for a full description of coverage.

The program is available to independent agents. In an instance where the same submission is received from more than one broker, a Broker of Record letter determines control.

Simply send a submission to WellGuard. Lead time requested: 60 days. The submission must be complete and meet the underwriting guidelines and eligibility criteria.

The submission should include the following:

Completed Acord applications, signed by the insured, including detailed property information to include construction, occupancy, square footage and age
WellGuard Supplemental Application, signed by the insured
5 years of recently valued company loss runs
Updated driver information
Expiring premiums and target premiums for all lines of coverage

Submissions must include the following:

Completed Acord applications, signed by the insured, including detailed property information to include construction, occupancy, square footage and age
WellGuard Supplemental Application, signed by the insured
5 years of recently valued company loss runs
Details on losses over $10,000
Updated driver information, including MVR's
Expiring premiums and target premiums for all lines of coverage
Federal Employer Identification Number (FEIN)
Complete vehicle identification numbers (VIN)

willis provides well drillers insurance

WellGuard is a well drillers insurance program

The WellGuard Program offers customized coverages for the contractor, manufacturer and supplier divisions, as well as scientists and engineers in the ground water industry.

WellGuard is designed for contractors, manufacturers, suppliers, and scientists and engineers of the ground water industry. Companies with the following SIC codes are encouraged to request information:

SIC Codes:

1781 Drilling (all drillers, except oil or gas)
1711 Plumbing Contractor (Pump Installers, connections to buildings)
3432 Plumbing Supplies Mfg.
5074 Plumbing Supply Dealer
3561 Pump Mfg.
3312 Pipe and Tube Mfg.
3612 Electrical Mfg (Control Systems for Pumps)
1731 Electrical Installation (Pump Wiring)
1796 Machinery Installation (Pumps)
3499 Machinery Mfg (Pumps, Rigs and related equipment)
5084 Machinery Dealer (Pumps, Rigs and related equipment)
8741 Contractors Exec. Supervisors, Sub-Contracted Work, Contractors
Permanent Yard

To participate in the program an insured must be eligible for one of the following General Liability class codes:

92102 Drilling NOC
98482 Plumbing Contractor - Commercial
98483 Plumbing Contractor - Residential
58096 Plumbing Supplies Mfg.
16527 Plumbing Supply Dealers/Distributors
58532 Pump Mfg.
58009 Pipe and Tube Mfg.
30311 Electrical Mfg.
30389 Electrical Installation
97223 Machinery Installation
56653 Machinery Mfg
15062 Machinery Dealers
91580 Contractors Executive Supervisors
91588 Sub-Contracted Work
91590 Contractors Permanent Yard
92663 Engineering or Consulting

WellGuard is available in all states except AK, HI, IN and LA

If you are not yet appointed with Willis of New Hampshire, Inc., please include the following:

Completed and signed Broker Agreement with the following:

Proof of E&O showing a minimum of $1,000,000 limit per occurrence.
Copy of licenses in all states you plan to broker the WellGuard Program

The WellGuard Insurance Program office is located in Portsmouth, New Hampshire.

Our mailing address is:
1 New Hampshire Avenue, Suite 200
Portsmouth, NH 03801

For More Information on the services and products offered by WellGuard, and to learn more about the best ways to address insurable business risks specific to the ground water industry, contact:

Jeffrey D. Blumberger, Program Manager
WellGuard Insurance Program
Toll Free: (800) 332-5564
Direct Phone: (860) 756-7333
Fax: (860) 520-1145
Email: jeff.blumberger@willis.com