Scot -

I'm not an insurer nor do I have insurance on my extensive collection.  
I think I'd consider the following :

1. select a well known authority and see if they would value the 
collection for insurance purposes.
2. Best I think - Have your insurance person call corporate claims 
division and find a person they trust
in your region.   They might have expert opinion for many purposes as 
well as pure insurances.

#1 would mean a person of stature from an impeachable place.  To make 
the validity obvious to the causal
       consideration and pass this information to the insurance agent 
and inquire if this person is a valid evaluator.
       It might cause them (corporate, regional...) to think and 
consider the case and you might be providing them
       with a good estimator they might use at a later time/case. (..and 
make money on the side for his own needs.)
Martin

On 9/6/2014 11:04 PM, Scot Lewis wrote:
> Does anyone have any experience with insuring their private collection. I know this has issues, but my collection is now getting fairly valuable, and I live in So. California and my collection is housed in my carriage house, second floor (Circa 1910). The possibility of it getting destroyed is real. The last time I mentioned it to my agent, she did not know where to start. I added up my purchase costs recently and was kind of shocked at how much I had invested. I am primarily Olividae, but have a wide ranging selection of other species also.
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