The CMA Insurance Facility has been established to cover cabinet making activities, as well as a broad range of allied and associated industries and activities including furniture, timber, windows, doors, bedroom, bathroom and kitchen products manufacturing, designing, wholesaling, retailing, installing and repairing. Public Liability cover for sub contract installers can also be arranged.
Personal Accident & Income Protection cover is available, as well as motor vehicle, home and contents insurance, Work Cover advice and other insurance requirements that you may have.
The CMA will be receiving referrers fees as a small percentage of all premiums processed through the facility.
Payments collected by the CMA are intended to support ongoing benefits and further development of the CMA services for members.
The direct benefits to the majority CMA members include:
- Access to a simplified process of obtaining Builders Home Warranty Eligibility.
- Easier access to become a Registered Building Practitioner and maintain status.
- Quicker, easier and competitive issuance of Builders Home Warranty certificates over $12,000 directly with the consumer.
- Reduced costs for compliance.
Other benefits to the CMA and members include:
- It takes approximately 72 hours for an application assessment to be concluded and obtain Conditional Eligibility
- Conditional Eligibility will help you to obtain your Registered Building Practitioner Registration.
- Once you have obtained your residential builders practitioners registration you are required to forward to us a copy of your RBP license. Eligibility can then be confirmed and job certificates will be available to you via application direct to us. Once fully completed job specific application forms are received together with payment by our office, certificates can usually be issued within 24 hours.
- Automatic limit of $120,000 provided to all CMA Members
- ISR coverage is provided standard to all CMA members no matter how large or small.
- ISR is considered to be the broadest property insurance policy available for commercial insurance providing accidental loss or damage style of corporate level protection and is usually only available to clients with total asset values over 5 million dollars.
- Business Interruption/Consequential Loss coverage, which provides protection against lost revenue arising due to property loss or damage can also be included under the ISR policy.
- The CMA member pricing structure is simple and the most competitive in the market.
- It provides the facility to include selected sub limits of cover, which can be tailored to suit individual members needs all under one policy.
- Adequate coverage for dongle key and associated software.
Example of the standard sub limits provided:
- $20,000 Burglary (theft following forcible entry)
- $5,000 Theft (without forcible entry)
- $5,000 Theft of property in the open air
- $10,000 Property In the open air - wind, rain & hail damage
- $5,000 Transit for Tools Accidental Loss or Damage Australia Wide
- $15,000 Transit for Stock Accidental Loss or Damage Australia Wide
- $5,000 Money on premises during business hours
- $5,000 Money in transit
- $2,500 Money on premises after hours
- $5,000 Money in personal custody
- $5,000 Money in locked safe
- $10,000 Cost of replacing locks & keys
- $10,000 Directors & Employees personal property
- Replacement cover for accidental glass breakage
- Other generous sub limits/additional benefits as detailed in Quotation/Submission
The CMA Broadform Liability coverage provides:
- $10,000,000 Public Liability to help meet general industry standards/demands.
- $10,000,000 Products Liability to help meet general industry standards/demands.
- $100,000 cover for customer goods in your personal care, custody and control.
- Automatically includes cover for Manufacturing, installation, retail, wholesale and property owners.
We can be contacted during our normal business trading hours by phone, fax, email, letter or in person (if you have arranged an appointment) as follows:
| Main Contact: |
Paul Wright - CMA Facility Manager |
| Physical Address: |
Suites 3-4, 73 Robinson Street, Dandenong, Victoria, Australia 3175 |
| Postal Address: |
PO Box 7013, Dandenong, Victoria, Australia 3175 |
| By Telephone: |
(03) 9797 2969 |
| By Facsimile: |
(03) 9791 1660 |
| By email: |
cma@searinsure.com.au |
| Trading Hours: |
9 am - 5 pm Monday - Friday |
