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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>🏢 '''FM Global''' is one of the world's largest commercial and industrial [[Definition:Property insurance | property insurance]] companies, operating as a [[Definition:Mutual insurance company | mutual insurer]] owned by its [[Definition:Policyholder | policyholders]]. Headquartered in Johnston, Rhode Island, the company is distinguished by its engineering-driven approach to [[Definition:Risk management | risk management]], combining [[Definition:Underwriting | underwriting]] with extensive loss-prevention research conducted at its Research Campus — one of the largest facilities of its kind. FM Global insures many of the world's largest corporations, concentrating on highly protected risks and leveraging its deep technical expertise to differentiate itself from market competitors.<br />
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🔬 The company's operating model integrates [[Definition:Risk engineering | risk engineering]] directly into the underwriting process in a way few carriers replicate at comparable scale. FM Global employs thousands of engineers who conduct on-site evaluations of client facilities, assessing exposures ranging from fire and natural catastrophe to equipment breakdown and [[Definition:Supply chain risk | supply chain]] disruption. Based on these assessments, the company provides detailed recommendations to policyholders and factors compliance into [[Definition:Premium | pricing]] and [[Definition:Policy terms and conditions | policy terms]]. This hands-on loss-prevention philosophy means FM Global often assumes large net [[Definition:Retention | retentions]] on its own book, relying less heavily on [[Definition:Reinsurance | reinsurance]] than many peers, though it does maintain a substantial reinsurance program for [[Definition:Catastrophe risk | catastrophe]] and peak exposures.<br />
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🌐 FM Global's influence extends well beyond its own portfolio. Its data standards, equipment-approval certifications (through its FM Approvals division), and loss-prevention data sheets are widely referenced across the property insurance industry and by [[Definition:Risk manager | risk managers]] globally. The company's mutual structure aligns its incentives directly with policyholders — surplus generated flows back to support capacity and improved coverage rather than external shareholder returns. In an era when many large commercial property accounts rely on layered placements across multiple [[Definition:Insurance market | markets]], FM Global's ability to offer significant single-carrier capacity with integrated engineering services gives it a distinctive competitive position in the global [[Definition:Commercial insurance | commercial insurance]] landscape.<br />
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'''Related concepts:'''<br />
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* [[Definition:Mutual insurance company]]<br />
* [[Definition:Property insurance]]<br />
* [[Definition:Risk engineering]]<br />
* [[Definition:Highly protected risk (HPR)]]<br />
* [[Definition:Commercial insurance]]<br />
* [[Definition:Loss prevention]]<br />
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