Best's Underwriting Report

Best's Underwriting reports describe the hazards and loss controls of nearly 600 businesses and municipal services. Each report includes a detailed description of the industry and identifies the hazards and loss controls for those companies. The Hazard Index of each report quantifies the degree of liability in applicable lines of insurance.

Report Date: 6/17/2026 6:21:16 AM

Report Type: Update

Report Description: The Portable Scientific Instrument Manufacturing report helps readers to assess the insurance needs of companies that produce a wide range of scientific devices that can be used to test, measure, and monitor potential workplace and environmental hazards (e.g., pollutants that may impact the quality of air, water and soil). Business Interruption and Equipment Breakdown are the lines of insurance coverage that will carry the highest degree of exposure. Special exposures include unique spatial needs for machinery and the loss of specialized production equipment. Related reports include Electroplating Contractors, General Hot Dip Galvanizing, Laboratories – Commercial Testing, Plastics Fabricating and Finishing, Public Warehouses, Semiconductor Manufacturing, Toy Manufacturing, Trucking – Long Haul, and Welding, Brazing and Cutting.