Foxquilt vs Harper: Inland Marine Insurance

Foxquilt describes mobile-contractor inland marine for ConvertLabs janitorial businesses. Harper places inland marine within business coverage and can arrange protection for rented or borrowed equipment.

Embarcadero Risk brings together source-based comparisons for businesses moving people and goods.Research updated 2026-09-30

What Are the Key Differences Between Foxquilt and Harper Inland Marine Insurance?

Transit, Jobsite and Borrowed Equipment

Harper describes equipment coverage while in transit or at a jobsite, including rented or borrowed items the business is responsible for. Foxquilt names mobile contractors’ equipment, small tools and hardware within a cleaner program, and calls that a small part of equipment coverage. A business borrowing tools for a project should ask Foxquilt whether the specific borrowed property qualifies; Harper’s page expressly addresses that scenario but the policy schedule controls. [3] [4]

Combined Equipment Product and Eligibility

Harper sells inland marine as part of a combined Equipment Insurance product alongside owned-equipment property and breakdown coverage, targeting equipment that travels to jobsites or client locations. Foxquilt’s cited material ties its feature to a janitorial program rather than establishing broad standalone availability. Ask each provider how transit protection coordinates with fixed-location property coverage and whether breakdown is included or separately selected. [3] [4]

What Should You Confirm in Foxquilt and Harper Inland Marine Insurance Quotes?

  • Ask Harper which portions of its Equipment Insurance quote cover breakdown, borrowed property and property at each work location. [3] [4]

  • Ask Foxquilt for the cleaner-program eligibility decision and item schedule, including any borrowed tools or off-site storage. [3] [4]

Coverage topics

Foxquilt

  • role: Foxquilt lists Inland Marine among primary coverages and identifies Mobile Equipment as Inland Marine in its cleaner program. Foxquilt’s cited product or program page documents this description. It does not establish the issuing insurer for an individual quote, exact state or provincial availability, the policy form, complete exclusions, or terms offered to a particular buyer; confirm those in the quote and policy documents.company-reportedSource ↗Source ↗
  • coverage: The cleaner program describes mobile contractors’ equipment, small tools and hardware, and expressly characterizes this as only a small portion of equipment coverage. Foxquilt’s cited product or program page documents this description. It does not establish the issuing insurer for an individual quote, exact state or provincial availability, the policy form, complete exclusions, or terms offered to a particular buyer; confirm those in the quote and policy documents.company-reportedSource ↗Source ↗
  • eligibility: The described scope is the ConvertLabs janitorial/cleaner program; it is not evidence of broad standalone inland-marine availability. Foxquilt’s cited product or program page documents this description. It does not establish the issuing insurer for an individual quote, exact state or provincial availability, the policy form, complete exclusions, or terms offered to a particular buyer; confirm those in the quote and policy documents.company-reportedSource ↗Source ↗
  • application: The cited Foxquilt product or program page provides a quote path for the described product or program; that route does not establish that a quote will be offered or bound. Foxquilt’s cited product or program page documents this description. It does not establish the issuing insurer for an individual quote, exact state or provincial availability, the policy form, complete exclusions, or terms offered to a particular buyer; confirm those in the quote and policy documents.company-reportedSource ↗Source ↗
  • limits: The cited public overview does not establish the limits, deductibles, exclusions or form terms that would apply to a specific buyer. Ask for the quote and specimen or issued policy forms before treating a listed feature as covered.not-disclosedSource ↗Source ↗

Harper

  • role: Harper places inland marine coverage as part of a combined 'Equipment Insurance' product it sells alongside owned-equipment property coverage and equipment breakdown, rather than as a separately named standalone product page. Harper's equipment product page, the only page found for this line; the coverage directory and intake form separately label the same coverage 'tools and equipment that leave the shop (inland marine).'company-reportedSource ↗
  • coverage: Harper describes the inland marine portion of this product as covering equipment while it is in transit or on a jobsite, which it says standard property policies typically exclude once equipment leaves the business's premises. Product-page coverage summary; the issued policy and its exclusions control the actual terms.company-reportedSource ↗
  • coverage: Harper says it can also place coverage for rented or borrowed equipment a business is responsible for but does not own, in addition to owned equipment in transit or on site. Product-page coverage-features list; availability and terms depend on the insurer and underwriting.company-reportedSource ↗
  • eligibility: Harper targets this coverage at businesses whose equipment or tools travel to jobsites or client locations rather than staying inside one building, since it frames the product around the gap left when equipment leaves the premises. Product-page framing; not an eligibility guarantee for a particular applicant or equipment type.company-reportedSource ↗
  • limits: The reviewed equipment page does not publish limit or valuation amounts for inland marine coverage; it says pricing and available terms depend on equipment values and where the equipment travels. Equipment product page as read on 2026-09-23.not-disclosedSource ↗
  • application: You apply by sending Harper an equipment list through its online quote form, which it says it prices across insurers willing to write that equipment. Quote form and FAQ observed on the product page.company-reportedSource ↗

Harper says its Equipment Insurance covers transit, jobsites and rented or borrowed equipment; Foxquilt’s inland-marine detail is mobile tools for a cleaner program.

Source material

  1. 01
    Commercial Insurance Guide

    California Department of Insurance · Property Insurance; Commercial Property; Inland Marine; Boiler and Machinery · accessed 2026-09-16

  2. 02
    About Us - North American Business Insurance Company

    Foxquilt · Our Primary Coverages; North American Distribution; Foxden; broad company-level distribution statement. · accessed 2026-09-29

  3. 03
    Cleaner Insurance Program by Foxquilt

    Foxquilt · Current Foxquilt-powered ConvertLabs cleaner program page; lines 108–135 lists CGL, Commercial Auto, Mobile Equipment, Crime/Bonds and Workers’ Compensation. Lines 127–128 identify Mobile Equipment as “also known as Inland Marine” and limit it to a small portion of equipment coverage commonly used by janitorial providers; lines 130–131 describe Crime, not bond terms. Page says program applications are available in Canada or the U.S. Directly inspected 2026-09-29. · accessed 2026-09-29

  4. 04
    Equipment Insurance

    Harper · Product hero; Know your coverage: What is Equipment insurance?; Owned equipment, Equipment in transit and on site (inland marine), Equipment breakdown, Rented and borrowed equipment; Why Harper; FAQ: Is my equipment covered on a jobsite?, Breakdown versus damage: what is the difference?, What does it cost? · accessed 2026-09-23

  5. 05
    Inland Marine Policy: Contractors’ Equipment

    Markel American Insurance Company / American Association of Insurance Services; hosted by Florida Department of Management Services · PDF p.8 declarations; attached Contractors’ Equipment printed pp.1–13 (PDF pp.18–30); replacement-cost endorsement PDF p.34 · accessed 2026-09-16

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