Fashion & Apparel Collection Coverage
Property protection built around a fashion line's real risk: garments constantly in motion.
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A fashion or apparel business's most valuable property rarely sits still — finished pieces travel to trunk shows, garments move through production, and a single damaged shipment can threaten an entire season's collection. Fashion & Apparel Collection Coverage protects your goods at every stage: finished scheduled collections, garments still in process, pieces in transit or on exhibition, and the real costs of a disrupted show.
Who This Is Really For
The ideal buyer.
The ideal buyer is an independent designer or growing apparel label whose collection has outgrown being covered as an afterthought under a general business policy — usually right around the time they book their first trunk show circuit, trade show booth, or fashion-week slot that requires proof of coverage for goods in transit. Many have been self-insuring informally, absorbing small losses out of pocket, until a shipment gets damaged or a show almost falls apart and they realize how much money is tied up in pieces that are constantly moving rather than sitting safely in one place. What makes this coverage the right fit instead of a generic property policy is that it's structured around the actual lifecycle of a collection — in production, finished and scheduled, in transit, and on display — matching how a fashion business's risk really shifts through a season.
- Independent designers and couture houses with a scheduled collection of finished pieces
- Apparel manufacturers with garments actively mid-production
- Brands that ship pieces to trunk shows, fashion weeks, or photo shoots
- Businesses that exhibit at seasonal markets or trade shows
- Any label that would face real financial disruption from a canceled or damaged show
What It Covers
Coverage, broken down.
Coverage A — Scheduled Collections
Finished pieces you've specifically listed on your policy.
Coverage B — Garments In Process
Pieces still being cut, sewn, or finished, before they're a completed, scheduled item.
Coverage C — Transit, Exhibition & Trunk Show
Goods while they're moving to or from a show, or on display at an exhibition or trunk show.
Coverage D — Show Coverage
Irrecoverable expenses from a disrupted show, plus an optional add-on for the cost of re-staging it.
Illustrative Scenario — How This Coverage Responds
Illustrative scenario — a runway collection is damaged in transit
Imagine a designer's runway collection is damaged in transit on the way to a trunk show. Coverage C — Transit, Exhibition & Trunk Show — responds to the goods themselves. If the disruption forces the show to be scrapped or delayed, Coverage D — Show Coverage — helps with the irrecoverable expenses tied to that disruption, with an optional add-on for the cost of re-staging the show later. This is a walkthrough to illustrate how the coverage responds, not a description of an actual claim or a promised payout.
Illustrative example for education only — not a claim outcome or a promise of payment. Every claim depends on the actual policy issued and its terms.
More Than One Way In
More scenarios.
Real coverage doesn't fit one story. Here's who else this shows up for.
A studio fire damages garments mid-production
Picture a small label whose workshop suffers a fire while several pieces for the upcoming collection are still being cut and sewn. Coverage B — Garments In Process — is built specifically for loss to pieces that haven't yet become finished, scheduled items.
Theft from an unattended trade show booth overnight
Consider a brand exhibiting at a multi-day trade show whose booth is broken into overnight, with samples and finished pieces stolen. Coverage C — Transit, Exhibition & Trunk Show — is built around exactly this kind of exposure while goods are on display away from the studio.
A first international show requiring the Worldwide election
Think of a designer invited to show for the first time at an overseas fashion week, outside the policy's default US, territories, Puerto Rico, and Canada footprint. Adding the Worldwide Movements election before shipping the collection is what extends Coverage C to that international leg of the trip.
Know The Gaps
What this doesn't cover.
Every policy has limits. Knowing them before you buy is how you avoid a denied claim later.
Earth movement and flood
Both are excluded outright, and flood specifically doesn't apply to Show Coverage — separate coverage is the only way to address either peril.
Off-premises utility-service failure
A power outage or utility failure that starts somewhere else and disrupts your production or storage isn't picked up here.
Governmental seizure or destruction of goods
This is excluded except in the narrow case of authorities destroying goods specifically to stop a fire from spreading — it's not a general safety net for regulatory action.
Movement outside the US, its territories, Puerto Rico, and Canada without the Worldwide Movements election
If your collections travel internationally, you need to specifically add worldwide coverage — and even then, it only extends Coverage C, not the other coverage parts.
Behind The Quote
What goes into the decision.
What actually moves your price and your approval — no black box.
The value and volatility of the scheduled collection
Coverage A is built around what's specifically listed — a collection that changes frequently through a season needs the schedule kept current so it actually reflects what's being protected.
How often and how far the collection travels
A brand that ships constantly to trunk shows and trade fairs carries more transit exposure than one that mostly shows locally, and international travel specifically requires the Worldwide Movements election.
The split between finished goods and garments still in process
Pieces mid-production are valued differently than finished, scheduled items — being clear about what stage materials are in at quote keeps the right coverage part responding to the right kind of loss.
Security practices at exhibitions and trunk shows
How goods are secured while on display — attended booths, locked cases, overnight storage — is a real factor in exposure to theft during exactly the moments a collection is most visible.
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Availability
Available nationwide, covering movement within the US (including territories), Puerto Rico, and Canada by default — worldwide transit coverage can be added if your collections travel further.
Questions, answered straight
No jargon on fashion & apparel collection coverage — just what you're actually asking.
Garments In Process is built around pieces actively being made — confirm exactly what stage your materials are in at quote so the right coverage part applies.
You'll need the Worldwide Movements election, and even with it, only Coverage C — Transit, Exhibition & Trunk Show — extends beyond the US, territories, Puerto Rico, and Canada.
Non-refundable costs tied directly to the disrupted show — money that's genuinely gone as a result of the disruption, not a broader estimate of lost future sales.
Yes — update your schedule with VAB as your collection changes throughout the season so Coverage A actually reflects what you have.
Physical loss or damage from a covered cause at an exhibition generally falls under Coverage C — confirm at quote exactly how theft specifically is treated for your situation.
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Insurance products described on this page are marketed by The Veteran Alliance, a licensed insurance producer, and underwritten by one or more separately licensed insurance companies, which may include Corgi Insurance Company and its affiliates. The insurer that actually underwrites your policy, its licensing status in your state, and any state-required notices will be identified in your quote and policy documents. Coverage, limits, eligibility, and pricing are determined by the underwriting insurer, may vary by state, and may change. Nothing on this page is a quote, an offer of insurance, a binder, or a guarantee of coverage — coverage takes effect only when a policy is issued.