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Contractors Indemnity Insurance
Our tailored indemnity insurance provides liability cover for contractors
- Cover suitable for sole trader, limited company or partnership contractors.
- Contractors indemnity insurance for tradesmen, freelancers, consultants and professionals across a wide range of industry sectors.
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Why choose contractors indemnity insurance with Towergate?
Flexible limits for height and depth work as contractors
Depending on your needs, we can offer variable height and depth limits for contractors
Split your payments for your contractors indemnity insurance
Premium instalment plans over 10 months are available, ask us for details.
Contractors indemnity insurance limits of £1-£10million
Standard cover limits of £1 million, £2 million, £5 million and £10 million; higher limits available
All-in-one contractors indemnity cover
We can provide all-risks cover, with contract works, hired-in plant, own plant and tools under one policy
About contractors indemnity insurance
As a contractor, if someone is injured or their property damaged as result of your activities, you could be sued. A successful claim can be very costly, and even successfully defending against a claim can cause financial issues. It is therefore vital you have contactors indemnity insurance to protect you.
Expert advice for both contractors indemnity cover and claims
We have experts on contractors indemnity insurance throughout your journey with us, ready to discuss any queries you may have about your policy, as well as dedicated claim handlers to give you peace of mind.
Contractors indemnity, liability and plant insurance
Our contractors indemnity cover can include public liability insurance; employers’ liability insurance; equipment; own and hired-in plant and tools; under a single policy. We can also add in professional indemnity insurance.
Contractors indemnity cover for high-risk work and hazardous locations
If you need it, we can offer cover for contract work in hazardous or high-risk locations, as well as high-risk trades such as scaffolding, hot roofing and underpinning.
Contract works insurance
Contract works cover is available with our contractors indemnity insurance. This covers you against damage to jobs you are carrying out, from threats including fire, flood, storm, malicious damage, and theft.
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 0344 892 1384 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!
Contractors indemnity insurance FAQs
Contractors can risk legal action in respect of their liability to others for accidental personal injury or property damage arising from their activities. Potentially, the awards that can be made as a result of a successful claim can be substantial.
Unfortunately, even the legal costs of defending the most spurious claim may cause financial hardship. This underlines the importance of being insured. Public liability covers legal defence costs and compensation awards arising from accidental bodily injuries and property damage caused to others during your work.
If you engage additional labour, staff and others on contract work, you will need employer’s liability insurance.
Yes, legal defence costs for liability claims are included as standard in our contractors cover. However, if you want Commercial Legal Expenses insurance then we can arrange this as an optional extra. The limit starts at £100,000 with the option to increase.
Yes, we can offer cover for contractors working in hazardous or high-risk areas, also work at height, depth or involving application of heat.
Yes, we can offer professional indemnity insurance for contractors, as this is a common requirement for contract roles providing design and advice. This is a separate cover to our contractors insurance.
Yes, we can cover labour only sub-contractors, as well as PAYE staff for the same risks under your employers' liability cover. It is very important to declare how your workforce are employed as this will affect how your risks are calculated.
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.
If you would like to know more about our monthly payment option, please visit our dedicated Direct Debit page.
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