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What is FM certification?

FM Global is a commercial and industrial property insurance company and one of the nation's strict quality control agencies.


The "FM certification" certificate is widely recognized around the world, and obtaining this certification is a symbol of product quality, indicating that the product or service has passed the international high standard of testing. In the world, only fire protection products with FM certification can be insured against property or fire insurance, otherwise the insurance company refuses to insure the insurer.


FM Global Insurance company (FM Global) was founded in 1835, in its nearly 180 years of development, FM global insurance customers are growing together with FM, currently more than one-third of the world's top 500 companies are FM insurance customers, including many familiar industry giants. Examples include Airbus, Boeing, Intel, and fedex. The vast majority of these corporate giants' production sites around the world are underwritten by FM Global Insurance.


FM, as the bearer of the claim responsibility, naturally does not want the client's property to be at risk. For this reason, FM has established the world insurance operation mechanism - "Engineering based". From the design and siting stage of the new production base/plant of the insurance customer, to the actual construction and acceptance, the on-site engineering and technical personnel of FM will participate and always provide advice and guidance on the links involving property safety. FM employs more than 1,800 field engineers worldwide and makes more than 62,000 site visits each year.


In order to ensure that clients have access to quality products, FM Approvals - an FM certification company - has been established under FM Global Insurance. It can be said that the birth, development and growth of FM certification company is for a clear purpose: "certification of truly excellent products to help customers protect property safety." Because of this, FM certified products are not all-inclusive, but clearly targeted at building materials, fire products, and electrical products closely related to property safety.