Insurance

Are you insuring a masterpiece —
or a liability?

Manual due diligence costs €5,000–15,000 per artwork, takes 4–8 weeks, and still leaves gaps. MIRAS gives you patented authentication and quantified risk scores — in a single platform, at a fraction of the cost.

The Problem

What keeps art insurance
underwriters up at night

Authenticity risk is unquantified

41% of insurers report rising fraud claims on fine art policies. Without biometric proof of identity, you are underwriting a photograph and a paper certificate — not the physical object.

Due diligence is manual and slow

Authentication alone costs €1,500–15,000 per work. Add KYC (€1,500–3,500 per review), AML checks, and provenance research. A single policy can require 4–8 weeks of manual work before you can even quote.

No audit trail for regulators

Post-claim disputes rely on photographs, paper provenance, and expert opinion. There is no computational, independently verifiable proof that the claimed object and the insured object are the same physical thing.

The Cost of the Status Quo

What you pay today vs.
what you could pay with MIRAS

Status Quo — Manual Process

Per-artwork due diligence

Authentication (expert / lab)€1,500 – 15,000
KYC per counterparty review€1,500 – 3,500
Art Loss Register check€350 / artwork
AML screening (manual)€1,000 – 5,000
Timeline4 – 8 weeks
Sources: VWArt 2025 (authentication), Fenergo 2024 (KYC costs), artloss.com (ALR), Zurani / Enness (timelines)
With MIRAS — One Platform

Automated & subscription-based

Visual DNA authenticationIncluded
AML Risk Score (26 variables)Included
ALR + sanctions screeningIncluded
Audit-ready compliance reportIncluded
TimelineMinutes
All capabilities covered by annual subscription. Contact info@miras.art for institutional pricing.
64–84%
Estimated cost reduction
85–97%
Estimated time savings
2
Patents protecting the technology

How MIRAS Works for Insurers

From submission to audit-ready
report in four steps

1

Capture Visual DNA

Six photographs from a standard smartphone. The patented computer vision pipeline generates a unique biometric fingerprint from the artwork’s physical surface — texture, cracks, pigment patterns. Unforgeable.

Patent #1 · 18 claims
2

Compute AML Risk Score

Three scoring engines analyse 26 risk variables: Client (9), Artwork (9), Transaction (8). Dynamic weighting via 10 contextual modifiers produces a composite score (0–100) with four risk bands.

Patent #2 · 17 claims
3

Screen & Flag

Automated checks against OFAC, EU/UN sanctions lists, Art Loss Register, and Interpol stolen works database. Provenance gaps and wartime-period exposures (1933–1945) flagged automatically.

4

Generate Audit-Ready Report

A structured compliance report documenting authenticity verification, provenance depth, risk scoring, and screening results. Machine-readable (JSON-LD) for integration with your actuarial systems via API.

Portfolio Scenario

20 artworks underwritten per year

A mid-size fine art insurer processing 20 new policies annually. Manual costs based on verified industry data.

Activity Manual cost With MIRAS
Authentication (20 × €5,000 avg.) €100,000 Included
KYC / counterparty review (20 × €2,500) €50,000 Included
AML screening (20 × €2,000) €40,000 Included
ALR checks (20 × €350) €7,000 Included
Estimated annual savings €20K – 160K+

Savings depend on artwork complexity and existing vendor contracts. MIRAS subscription pricing replaces all four cost lines above. Contact us for a customised cost comparison.

Protected by Two Patents

Technology no one else can offer

Visual DNA — Physical Authentication

Patented computer vision combining pHash, DINOv2 transformers, and Gabor texture analysis. Generates an irreplicable 1.5KB fingerprint from the artwork’s physical surface. For insurers: proves the insured object and the claimed object are the same physical thing.

UIBM #102026000009442 · 18 Claims

AML Risk Scoring — Compliance Engine

The art market’s first computational AML risk model. Three engines (Client, Artwork, Transaction) analyse 26 variables with 10 contextual modifiers. Produces a composite score (0–100) with four risk bands. For insurers: quantifies compliance risk before you underwrite.

UIBM #102026000010327 · 17 Claims

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with proof?

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