insurance guide
A Guide to Employers' Liability Insurance
Whether you have one employee or an expanding workforce, employers’ liability insurance is a vital part of your liability insurance for your business.
View insurance guide
Coronavirus help and support for our insurance customers
Bespoke tour operators insurance for some of the UK's largest tour operators and travel agents, with specialist solutions to suit you.
Call us today to speak to a specialist tour operators insurance adviser:
Weekdays 9am – 5pm
Can’t get through right now? Request a callback
We can offer policies for either full liability cover, or office combined insurance specifically designed for the needs of the UK travel trade. This covers you against claims such as slips, falls, food poisoning and personal injuries while your clients are in the care of your suppliers, such as accommodation providers and/or transportation services.
Professional indemnity is included as standard in our tour operators insurance policies and covers you against misinterpretation and incorrect information in brochures and advertising material.
We are a preferred tour operator insurance partner for some of the industry's major names. This includes being an ABTA Partner Plus recommended by the ABTA board; business partners of the Coach Tourism Association; and the only tour operator insurance broker with a preferred business relationship with IAGTO.
Please refer to the claims procedures detailed in your policy, or alternatively contact a Towergate account handler on 01932 334140 for further details on how to submit a claim.
Get tips and advice from our industry experts to ensure you get the best out of your tour operators insurance.
insurance guide
Whether you have one employee or an expanding workforce, employers’ liability insurance is a vital part of your liability insurance for your business.
View insurance guide
article
Even without the marketing budgets of big businesses, SMEs continue to find ingenious ways to appeal to new customers. Click to read five examples of strategies any small business can use to stay relevant and win new leads.
article
Placing occupational road safety at the heart of the business is crucial for vehicle firms. Learn how to create the right occupational road safety culture to ensure your fleet stays on the road, and reduce your transport insurance costs.
As a tour operator you are responsible for yourself, your business, your clients and the general public, and should something happen to someone during your trip you could be held responsible as it was organised by you.
New regulations mean that it is more important than ever to ensure you and your business are protected from claims. As of 1 July 2018, rules protecting package holidays organised by tour operators will extend to cover customers who book other forms of combined travel, such as, flight plus hotel, or hotel plus car rental put together as a deal on a website. These types of bookings will be viewed as a package and protected as such. These regulations will mean that traders will be made explicitly liable for booking errors in relation to packages, organisers will be required to assist travellers in difficulty, as well as a number of other new regulations. For more information on the changes, visit the European Union website.
In a crisis situation, such as a death or kidnapping, when you need immediate expert help, we offer 24-hour support and can arrange for immediate attendance in resort by lawyers, expert consultants and adjusters. We are also able to offer crisis PR support and have engaged a specialist travel PR firm who will assist in providing a clear and accurate picture of the situation whilst ensuring that negative coverage is kept to a minimum and a good reputation is maintained.
Towergate are in a Government steering group for tour operators insurance and are therefore aware of the latest regulations and public information so we can help tailor your policies to ensure you are covered. We currently have in excess of 300 clients for whom we arrange bespoke travel insurance solutions. Our preferred status means we can help you access attractive rates.
Each claimant will receive a dedicated claims handler to assist them throughout their claim. To meet the demands for claims management we operate to rigorous service levels and our department in Byfleet is part of the wider Towergate claims team, nominated for four awards in 2016. As part of this larger team we can increase our handling capacity at short notice during surge events, such as the volcanic ash cloud in 2011.