Cleaners and Cleaning Insurance
Brought to you by Towergate with insurance cover provided by Markel Direct.
- Designed to protect you, your customers, employees if you have any, with public and product liability cover included as standard
- Can also choose to have the tools of your trade included in your package
- UK-based support
Why choose cleaners and cleaning Insurance
Public Liability cover
Cover limits of £1million, £2million and £5million available to help protect your business against legal costs from accidental injury, illness or damage claims made by the public, when your business is alleged to be at fault.
Employers' liability insurance up to £10 million
Employers' liability cover for your cleaning business with indemnity limit of £10 million.
Dedicated cleaners service
A team of claim handlers are here to give you peace of mind.
Pay for your cleaners insurance by Direct Debit
You can choose to split your payment into 10 monthly instalments.
About cleaners insurance
Liability cover for cleaners
Cleaners and cleaning insurance cover includes public liability insurance so you are covered if you accidentally damage property that you don’t own or if someone is injured due to your work, giving you peace of mind should something happen. Cover excludes damage to property being worked upon..
Legal Defence costs
You can include the legal costs of other business-related claims, such as employment tribunals, tax investigations or even data breaches, usually as an optional extra.
Employers' liability cover up to £10 million
As your cleaning business grows you can be confident in the knowledge that any employees you take on are covered.
Additional extras for cleaning cover
Your cleaning insurance policy can be tailored to your needs. You can choose the required cover for your business, including liability limits and equipment protection to suit you.
By clicking “Get a Quote”, this will take you to a Quote and Buy facility provided and operated by our business partner, Markel Direct.
When you need to make a claim, Markel Direct will 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 Markel Direct claims team on 0344 892 1384 and explain what has happened.
Ready to get covered?
- Get a quote online
- Make your selections and purchase your policy
- Relax - you're covered!
Cleaners and cleaning insurance FAQs
Markel Direct provide and administer this cover. Markel Direct is a trading name of Markel International Insurance Company Limited who is authorised by the Prudential Regulation Authority and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority and Prudential Regulation Authority (Financial Services Register no. 202570).
The policies are suitable for UK based cleaning businesses who work on both domestic and commercial properties. Cover for Public liability and Employers liability sections arising out of work undertaken in hospitals is not covered.
Yes, you can include cover for permanent and self-employed cleaners. It is important that you declare how your workforce are employed as this will impact how risks are calculated.
Yes, all types of employee can be covered for the same risks.
Yes, cover can be tailored to your needs. You can select cleaners and cleaning insurance policies for domestic properties only; domestic properties plus shops and offices; and domestic and commercial properties with additional cover for hazardous locations added on to suit your requirements.
Yes, you can choose to extend cover to include products liability for goods supplied and if you have a warehouse/ trade counter then you can include stock cover and your general contents for accidental damage, flood and other perils. Goods in transit to cover loss or damage whilst to transit is another option.
To help you spread the cost of your premiums, you can choose to spread payment over ten months with the Markel quick and easy Direct Debit scheme.
For details of the terms, exclusions and conditions applicable, please refer to the full policy documentation provided by Markel Direct which will be available during the quotation process.
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