Film and TV Production Insurance
Specialist film and TV production insurance, with policies for a wide range of production types including feature films, TV documentaries, music videos and commercials.
- Short-term and annual policies
- Commercial producer's indemnity
- Tailored for you
Call us on 01489 770 340 or get a quote online
One of the UK's leading independent insurance brokers
Why choose film and TV production insurance with Towergate?
Short-term and annual policies
Short-term and annual policies for individual film projects and multiple shoots.
Tailored film insurance for you
We have a range of cover including for your owned or hired-in kit, negatives, and public or employers’ liability.
Commercial producer's indemnity
We offer commercial producer's indemnity and professional indemnity cover.
Pay film and TV production insurance by Direct Debit
Choose to spread your payment into 10 monthly Direct Debit instalments.
About film and TV production insurance
Film and TV production insurance
Production insurance is a necessity whether you are producing a documentary for broadcasters or shooting a feature film for worldwide release. Should the shoot be interrupted, we protect you against costs for cast, crew and film equipment, but note that acts of fraud or dishonesty by employees will not be covered. We work closely with you to ensure that cover is tailored to your needs, and we can offer cover for shoots in the UK, EU and worldwide. Protect the time and effort spent on your productions by working with us to ensure your cover suits your project's needs. All risks owned and hired-in equipment Our standard policy can provide cover for any owned technical equipment and hired-in equipment. Equipment is covered on an all risks basis any can be extended to include cover worldwide if your production takes you abroad. We can also include any production office contents and other property including props, sets and wardrobes.
DSLR camera insurance while you are travelling
Our DSLR insurance policies include the option to cover your camera and equipment when travelling, for up to 45 days in any one trip. Just check the country you're travelling to is included in your policy, or ring us to make 100% sure.
Short-term and annual film insurance
If you are producing content all year round in the form of corporate events, or shooting webisodes or promotional content for advertising agencies, our annual policies might be the best fit for you. The policy is designed for frequent use of hired equipment along with liability protection for production team members. If you are shooting music videos, or a short film for a festival or a sporting event, we also offer short-term cover that may be more in line with your project's needs.
Commercial producer's indemnity
Production insurance, also known as producers indemnity, will protect your production budget against interruption, postponement, cancellation or abandonment of the production due to unforeseen circumstances. Cover will provide any additional expenditure incurred to complete the production for circumstances not under your control. Provided on an annual or short-term basis cover is provided on the total production budget. If annual this would be the total for all productions for the year.
When you need to make a claim, we'll guide you through the process and get your claim settled as quickly as possible.
- Find your insurance documents and make sure you have all your information at hand, including your policy number.
- Call the claims team on 01489 770325 and explain exactly what happened.
- Provide photos if requested to help us understand what happened as quickly as we can.
Ready to get covered?
- Fill in our online quote form or call us
- Purchase your policy
- Relax - You're covered!
Film and TV production insurance FAQs
Yes, Towergate film and TV production insurance excesses vary but full details can be found on your policy documents or you can contact one of the team.
We are able to offer a range of public liability indemnity limits including £1m, £2m, £5m and £10m as standard. Employer's liability is covered for £10m as standard to meet the minimum requirement by law.
You can check how much your multimedia equipment should be insured for by finding the price of the equivalent model on the market today. Because we replace your items on a new for old basis, the price for the latest equivalent version of your equipment is a good place to start when deciding values for insurance. Don’t forget, if you are VAT-registered you can deduct this from your value.
If you are hiring equipment the hire house will usually provide an insurance value they require you to insure the kit for.
You will need to tell us where you are working geographically to make sure we can cover your production. We are able to provide a worldwide extension to cover the full production for all your equipment and liabilities.
Professional indemnity
Insurers will indemnify you for any negligence, breach of a duty of care, infringement of IP, copyright and trademarks. Also known as errors and omissions insurance this type of policy covers you for any professional negligence for the work you do.
All risks negative and videotape insurance
Get insured against raw film, videotape, prints images and tapes from loss, damage and destruction.
Loss of hire fees
Insurer will indemnify you in respect of loss of hiring charges for which you are responsible under conditions of hire arising directly from accidental loss destruction or damage of equipment.
Money insurance
Cover for loss, destruction or damage to any money used during the production for cash or cheques.
Group travel and personal accident
If you are travelling abroad with your production we can look to offer group travel insurance to cover any medical expenses. Travel will need to be from the UK.
Commercial drone insurance
If your company is registered to fly commercially we can look to provide a fully compliant EC 785/2004 insurance policy.
Public and employer's liability cover
Public liability cover is especially important for film projects which may involve interaction with the public or performances in public areas, and how much cover you need will depend on the size of your project. If you’re unsure how much cover you need, tell one of our knowledgeable advisers about your business and they’ll be able to help you get the right cover. It is also a legal requirement in the UK to have employer's liability insurance and this will protect your cast and crew to from loss or injury while carrying out work for you.
We can tailor-make you a policy which includes the right levels of all types of public and employer's liability insurance protection.
To help you spread the cost of your premiums, we offer a quick and easy direct debit scheme for spreading payment over ten months. Please visit our dedicated Direct Debit page to find out more.
Short term policies cannot be spread over monthly payments.
If you prefer to spread the cost of your annual premium, we offer a quick and easy direct debit scheme. When you choose to pay premiums in instalments, you will be paying under a Premium Finance plan. We will give you full details of the finance provider, and the additional cost of finance, when we provide you with your payment plan quotation. This will include the total payable, the number of monthly instalments and the cost of each, as well as the representative APR.
Please visit our dedicated Direct Debit page for more details. Short term policies cannot be spread over monthly instalments.
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