Artist Protection Platform

Protect the artist.
Preserve the note.

सुर की रक्षा — Protection for the Note

One IRDA-approved umbrella that covers the Indian classical and cinema artist everywhere — instrument protection on tour, healthcare at home.

3,000+
years of unbroken tradition
62,000
overseas artist trips/year
₹50L–₹5Cr
instrument value per trip
0
dedicated musician plans exist

Why This Idea

They are the world's oldest
premium gig workers.

A Hindustani classical musician is not a hobbyist. She is a professional who has trained for 20 years under a guru, carries a ₹40-lakh instrument in a case she built herself, flies 80,000 miles a year across 15 countries — and has no employment contract, no employer health plan, no corporate travel desk, and no safety net.

She is, by every modern definition, a premium overseas-travelling gig worker.

Except no one has built infrastructure for her. Not the insurers. Not the platforms. Not the government.

"If not now, the world will fall silent without the note."

🎻 The Instrument Risk

A ₹40L veena rides in a cargo hold insured at USD 20/kg. One turbulence event, one mishandled case — a lifetime of craft, gone.

🎤 The Body Risk

No health insurer covers vocal-cord nodules, tabla player's RSI, or a bansuri artist's breath-control injury. Zero coverage for occupational hazards.

✈️ The Travel Risk

62,000 overseas trips per year. Generic travel insurance excludes 'professional equipment.' Covered for a lost suitcase but not a lost sitar.

💔 The Anxiety Tax

Every flight, every season — the artist carries the risk alone. The mental load is constant, invisible, and completely unnecessary.

Products

SwaRaksha Protection Suites

Three tiers. Every artist covered at their stage of career.

TIER 2

Mid-Career

The rising artist — building a touring career.

₹18K–₹28K/yr
✓ Up to 2 overseas trips/yr
✓ Instrument cover up to ₹25L
✓ ₹10L health SI — individual
✓ ₹10K–₹20K OPD wallet
✕ No performance disability
✓ Hub repair access (no loaner)
✓ Gate-stop stress fee + ENT kit
↑ Upgrade path to Global

TIER 3

Student

The next generation — protected from day one.

₹8K–₹15K/yr
✕ No overseas travel cover
✕ No instrument cover
✓ ₹5L health SI — individual
✓ PED covered from Year 1
✓ ₹5K–₹10K OPD wallet
✕ No performance disability
✓ Annual health check
↑ Upgrade path to Mid-Career

How It Works

Four steps. Total protection.

🎯 01

Choose Your Tier

Global, Mid-Career, or Student — pick the plan that matches your career stage and touring frequency.

🎻 02

Declare Your Instruments

Wind, Strings, or Percussion — tell us what you carry. We price by family, not by guesswork.

03

One Premium, Done

Single payment covers touring insurance + domestic health. IRDA-approved. Visa letter auto-generated.

04

Claim in 6 Hours

Anything goes wrong — our NY/LA/London hubs dispatch an inspector, luthier, or loaner within 6 hours.

SERVICING HUBS

New York · Los Angeles · London

Luthier, ENT kit, loaner instruments, medical concierge — 24×7 at every hub.

6 hr

About Us

Built by Nimbus9.
For every artist.

Nimbus9 is a specialty insurance company focused on the Indian classical music ecosystem. We are insurance operators, music insiders, and global servicing specialists — building the world's first artist protection platform.

SwaRaksha is our flagship product: a single IRDA-approved umbrella that covers instrument protection on tour and artist healthcare at home. Hindustani. Carnatic. Cinema. Every tradition. Every stage of career.

We believe Indian classical artists are premium professionals who deserve infrastructure built specifically for them — not afterthought riders on generic policies designed for someone else's life.

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CEO

10 yrs insurance product. ICICI Lombard, Acko. Two IRDA-sandbox products shipped.

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CPO

Ex-BookMyShow Live. 400+ international concerts. Deep sabha relationships.

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Head of Claims

Former AIG global claims lead. Built 12-hour TAT for HNI travel.

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Hub Operations

Luthiers, loss adjusters, ENT specialists across NY, LA, and London.

Protect the artist. Preserve the note.

सुर की रक्षा — swaraksha.art