Production Insurance

Here is how this works in practice. We set up production insurance through Icelandic and European brokers who know the specific risks of filming in Iceland, arranging the full range of cover a shoot needs, gear, cast, crew, public and employer liability, and errors and omissions. Our team works to make sure policies actually respond to the country's conditions rather than excluding them, with attention to glacier and volcanic location work, weather-delay cover for a country where conditions can stop a unit without warning, and protection for the pro gear carried into the Highlands.

Here is the short of it. We confirm that required social insurance for workers engaged in the country is well addressed, align coverage with the needs of financiers and any completion guarantor, and make sure liability cover meets the conditions attached to location agreements and national-park permits. We also set up the records between insurers, brokers and the production so certificates are in place when permits, vendors and locations need them, leaving no gap between what the production does and what its policies cover.

Here is the breakdown. Iceland presents a risk profile that standard production policies do not always expect. This is why pro plan matters. Filming routinely takes place on or beside glaciers that shift and crack, near geothermal and volcanic areas, and on exposed coastlines such as Reynisfjara where wave action is a known hazard. The Fagradalsfjall and Reykjanes eruptions of 2021 to 2023 are a reminder that volcanic activity is today's.

Here is what that looks like on the ground. The climate is the other factor: fast-changing subarctic weather, strong wind and real cold mean weather-delay exposure is major, and Highland units often operate hours from help. The country sits within the EEA and EFTA but outside the EU, required social insurance applies to workers engaged locally, and the currency is the krona. Insurance that is built around these specific Icelandic conditions, rather than a generic template, is what genuinely protects a production against the financial consequences of filming in such demanding terrain.