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.

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