Valuable Articles coverage, including Personal Article Floaters and Jewelry Insurance, has remained a stable sector of the Inland Marine market during the economic recession.
Insurance clients are still accumulating a lot of high-value jewelry right now, says Jan Weyhrich, Marine insurance analyst for State Farm—which runs a relatively small Inland Marine business keyed more toward Personal Lines.
"People are buying gems as an investment," Weyhrich says.
Recommended For You
Want to continue reading?
Become a Free PropertyCasualty360 Digital Reader
Your access to unlimited PropertyCasualty360 content isn’t changing.
Once you are an ALM digital member, you’ll receive:
- Breaking insurance news and analysis, on-site and via our newsletters and custom alerts
- Weekly Insurance Speak podcast featuring exclusive interviews with industry leaders
- Educational webcasts, white papers, and ebooks from industry thought leaders
- Critical converage of the employee benefits and financial advisory markets on our other ALM sites, BenefitsPRO and ThinkAdvisor
Already have an account? Sign In Now
© 2025 ALM Global, LLC, All Rights Reserved. Request academic re-use from www.copyright.com. All other uses, submit a request to [email protected]. For more information visit Asset & Logo Licensing.