Fine art: State of the art

The sky-high value of fine art necessitates appropriate cover but, as well as the obvious threat of theft, what else must be considered when insuring artwork?

In October, classic artworks by Claude Monet, Pablo Picasso, Paul Gauguin and Lucian Freud were stolen from the Kunsthal Museum in Rotterdam. While news of the robbery stunned the art world – the

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