Spot for Automotive Companies

Get quotes from 50+ automotive insurance providers with Spot

We line up quotes for your test fleet and the product you build, compare them on more than price and help you buy before the next pilot.

  • Road tests and product claims kept on separate forms
  • Customer vehicles in your care reviewed before a pilot
  • Keep your broker or switch, with no commissions on premiums
A test engineer stands beside an unbadged prototype car with a diagnostic laptop plugged in.

How Spot helps Automotive Companies

List every vehicle and how it’s used

Your Spot team lists your owned fleet, borrowed prototypes, customer vehicles, test routes and drivers, because a commercial auto quote only addresses the vehicles and uses it describes.

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Travelers
The Hartford
Chubb

Check the pilot agreement’s vehicle terms

Send the customer’s pilot agreement. Spot checks how it assigns test drivers, vehicle damage, passenger injury and customer property, and compares that with the quote.

Commercial auto insurance

Alder Manufacturing · Policy review

Policy wording
Coverage limits
Compare with
Contract requirements

Confirm with your broker

Limits, exclusions, and endorsements

See which policy covers each problem

We work with brokers to take your submission to market and ask where a road incident, a defective component, a software error and a recall would each land, since general liability lists automobile among its major exclusions.

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The Hartford
TravelersQuote request

Commercial auto insurance

Vehicles · Drivers · Liability limits

Alder Manufacturing

Get certificates for OEMs and fleet customers

When a manufacturer or fleet partner wants proof of insurance before a test begins, post the request in your shared Slack channel. Your Spot team gets the certificate ready and flags any vehicle or driver the partner expects that your auto policy doesn’t list.

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What do we need to request commercial auto insurance quotes?

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Let’s prepare the information for your broker and compare the terms, not just the price.

How buying insurance works for Automotive Companies

  1. 01

    Tell us about your business

    Share what you do, where you work, the policies you have and any contracts that ask for insurance.

  2. 02

    We write up your application

    Spot turns it into an application that describes your business the way insurers need to see it.

  3. 03

    We get quotes from insurers

    Spot handles the procurement, sending it to the insurers and markets that cover businesses like yours and chasing every quote.

  4. 04

    Compare your quotes

    We put the quotes side by side on limits, exclusions and terms as well as price.

  5. 05

    Buy your policy and get certificates

    You choose. Spot places the policy for you, and certificates are ready when a customer or landlord asks.

Automotive Companies we help

  • Vehicle and component makers

    A part or vehicle you deliver can cause injury or damage after it leaves your control.

  • Autonomy and vehicle software teams

    Vehicle behavior depends on your software, updates or data service, and a customer may claim an error caused a loss.

  • Testing and validation programs

    Your team drives owned, leased or borrowed prototypes on public roads and closed courses.

  • Service and upfit shops

    You store, repair, move or road-test vehicles that belong to customers.

Insurance Automotive Companies usually carry

The policies companies like yours are usually asked for, and when each one comes up.

  • Commercial auto

    Your team owns, leases, borrows, or uses vehicles for testing, demonstrations, deliveries, or field service.

  • Product liability

    You sell or deliver a component, vehicle, control system, or completed repair that could later cause injury or property damage.

  • General liability

    Customers, vendors, or investors visit your shop, or your staff performs work at a customer facility.

  • Garage liability

    You store, service, move, or test vehicles belonging to customers or other companies.

  • Product recall

    A design defect, safety issue, or customer notice could lead you to retrieve, repair, or replace shipped units.

  • Technology errors and omissions (E&O)

    Vehicle behavior depends on software, remote updates, diagnostics, or a data service sold with the hardware.

Insurers that quote Automotive Companies

Get quotes from 50+ automotive insurance providers with Spot.

  • AIG
  • Alliance Risk
  • Amelia Risk
  • Aon
  • At-Bay
  • Beazley
  • Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance
  • And many more

When Automotive Companies need insurance

  • 01

    Your first public-road test is scheduled

    List who drives, which vehicles and which routes. Ask the broker to name the auto form and any testing limits before the car leaves the lot.

  • 02

    A customer is supplying the vehicle

    Their agreement may make you responsible for the vehicle, its driver and its passengers. Check how the quote treats a vehicle you don’t own.

  • 03

    Customer vehicles are parked in your shop

    Storing, servicing or moving someone else’s car raises a garage question. Ask whether the proposed wording covers vehicles in your care, custody or control.

  • 04

    You’re about to ship units

    Settle when a component leaves your control and how integration and repair work are described, so products and completed-operations terms match.

  • 05

    A defect could mean pulling units back

    Recall cost is its own buying question. Ask whether a recall form exists for your product and which notification, shipping and repair costs it names.

Questions from Automotive Companies

Also known as automotive company insurance, automotive manufacturer insurance, auto parts manufacturer insurance, autonomous vehicle company insurance, electric vehicle company insurance and automotive tech insurance.

Is automotive company insurance the same as car insurance?

No. Commercial auto covers the vehicles you drive; the product you build or code needs product liability, recall terms and sometimes tech E&O. Spot quotes each on its own form and checks they fit together.

Does general liability cover our road tests?

No. Automobile is a major general liability exclusion. Spot reviews the actual auto wording and the declared use of each vehicle you test.

Does NHTSA recall reporting apply to us?

That depends on what you make and your role, not on being in automotive. Reporting duties and the insurance question of who pays to retrieve and repair units are separate, and Spot keeps them apart in your review.

Who covers a customer’s car while we’re working on it?

That’s a garage question, and the line name alone doesn’t settle it. Your Spot team asks brokers whether proposed garage wording covers customer vehicles in your custody, including road tests and employees moving them.

Do we need tech E&O if we sell hardware?

If customers rely on your software, calibration, diagnostics or data service, a claim may allege an error rather than injury. Spot compares tech E&O alongside your product liability so the two fit.

Our broker handles our fleet policy. Can they place the product and recall side too?

If they place those lines, yes. Spot works alongside your broker on the whole program and takes no commissions on premiums. Otherwise, we can help you move the program to a broker who works with automotive manufacturers.

Get insurance off your to-do list.

Get quotes from 50+ automotive insurance providers with Spot. Keep your broker or switch, with no commissions on premiums.

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