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Nanny Insurance
Insurance for childminders, au pairs, and nannies.
- Childcare employer’s liability cover included
- Public liability cover included
- Cover for business effects included
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Why choose nanny insurance with Towergate?
Business effects cover for nannies
Our childcare insurance policies include £1,500 of business effects cover, free of charge.
Malpractice, treatment and financial loss extensions
Cover extensions to bring you peace of mind.
Pick the nanny insurance options that work for you
Our friendly advisors can help you choose the key covers you require.
About nanny insurance
Towergate's childcare liability insurance provides cover for childminders, au pairs and nannies against the risks they face looking after children.
Cover for employed and self-employed child carers
Our insurance provides cover for both employed or self-employed childminders.
Public liability and employer’s liability cover for nannies
Both public liability and employer’s liability cover are provided as part of your policy, so if you employ staff you can rest assured that they will be covered too.
Business effects cover for nannies
Keep your business effects safe with our business effects cover, which is included as part of your policy.
Nanny insurance including cover for provision of medicines
Sometimes you may need to provide medicine to children as part of your role, so our policy includes cover for this.
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!
Nanny insurance FAQs
As a childminder, nanny or au pair, you need to have childcare insurance in place so you can comply with obligations set by regulators and local authorities, and to protect your business.
If you need to take children in your car, you should check that your motor insurance policy covers you for this. Towergate can provide car and minibus insurance which includes business use for your vehicle by calling our new business team on 01603 753880.
All childminders in the UK are required to have public liability insurance in place.
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.
Yes, we provide a range of insurance policies for child centres, soft play centres, bouncy castles, minibuses, community enterprise centres and more.
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