SUBSTANCE
The insurer built for the physical world.
The World
The warehouse is no longer four walls and a loading dock. Today it runs on robotics, autonomous systems, and real-time technology executing millions of functions a day.
The data center is the invisible infrastructure every business depends on. The manufacturing plant operates around the clock on precision automation worth more than the building that houses it.
Basic or fully automated. A single operator or a billion-dollar system. These are the facilities Substance was built to insure — and we understand them from the inside out.
How We Insure
Substance deploys physical intelligence inside every facility we insure. Not from a desk. Not from orbit. From the floor itself.
We know what is inside. How it operates. What it is worth and what risks exist. That depth of understanding changes everything — the program we design, the price we set, and the coverage we provide.
It also gives every client something no insurer has offered before: their facility benefits from real-time observations that can actually prevent losses — all at no cost to them.
This is what it means to insure the physical world. Not from the outside looking in — but from inside, seeing everything.
One of us has spent decades insuring these facilities. The other has run them. Between us, we have seen both sides of the same problem — and nobody had solved it. That is why Substance exists.
For Brokers
Your client has one supply chain. It should not take four separate markets to insure it.
Property. General liability. Warehouse legal liability. Workers compensation. Substance is the single insurer purpose-built for this risk — so you can place the whole account through one interaction.
Our Commercial Property program is proprietary — launching across California, Illinois, and New Jersey. All other lines are available now through our wholesale network, with Substance-built programs to follow.
Products
Industries
Warehouse &
Distribution
From a single-tenant storage facility to a fully automated fulfillment center running on robotics and real-time inventory systems. Every stage of the spectrum. Every line of coverage.
Data
Centers
The infrastructure global commerce depends on. High-value equipment, power redundancy systems, cooling architecture — facilities that require an insurer that understands what is actually inside them.
Manufacturing
Facilities
Precision robotics, automation, and equipment operating around the clock. Coverage that reflects the true complexity — and the true replacement cost — of what runs on the floor.
For Brokers
Substance is a Managing General Agent launching across California, Illinois, and New Jersey. If you have a warehouse, data center, or manufacturing facility — we are the right market.
Submit a Risk →Direct Contact
David Stafford — COO
david.stafford@substance-corp.com
Anurag Sharma — CEO
Anurag.sharma@substance-corp.com
For Investors
We are building something that has never existed — an insurer that sees the physical world from within. We share substantive updates as we build.