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Self Employed Insurance
Self-employed insurance provides tailored business insurance protection to those who work for themselves, we offer a wide range of policies to help self-employed business owners reassure their customers, clients, or to satisfy their own peace of mind knowing their business is covered for common risks. Working solo is not without its challenges and it comes with the responsibility that should the worst happen, you are the one who has to deal with the consequences if someone makes a claim against your company.
Our expert business insurance team understand the challenges of self-employed contractors, and that time is money, we’ll make sure you have full insurance that reflects your unique setup making the whole process as quick and easy as possible.
Choose from a range of covers to build your self-employed insurance cover on a single policy, core protection include public liability and professional indemnity, and possibly employers’ liability if you have one or more employees.
Running a self-employed business when disaster strikes can feel particularly hard to deal with, you might find yourself injured and unable to work, or an unhappy customer might take unexpected legal action against your business. That’s when you can rest assured, as our expertly arranged self-employed insurance cover can provide the perfect level of cover, created to protect against any fallout your or your business may face.
Common types of Claims
- You scratch a parked vehicle with your equipment when you walk past
- A trade worker accidentally injures themselves while tripping over your toolbox on site
- You accidentally smash a window of a property you are working at
Freelance Insurance
As a freelancer earning your living through your own business, you are considered self-employed. For all the many varieties of freelance and contractors in the UK, one thing remains the same, should anything go wrong, it could fall back on you to provide compensation. For example, if you make a costly mistake or cause injury as a result of your work, even something as simple as spilling a cup of coffee on a client’s high-spec laptop could lead to unexpected compensation claims. Freelance insurance from Insync has been specially created from these types of incidents, making it an extremely worthwhile investment to ensure you can continue trading, without the added stress, time pressures or cost implications as we will have all that covered for you.
If you are unsure which types of cover your business needs, we can help you build your freelance insurance policy. Our expert commercial and small business brokers can help you choose the cover you want, with no unnecessary extras.
Contractual Self Employed Business Insurance
For many freelancers and sole traders, it might stipulate in the terms of their contracts that they must be insured in order to win the contract or before you can commence any work. Many companies and authorities expect their contractors to provide their own insurance and cover should anything go wrong. However, it may not be limited to any high-risk roles such as trade services or those more like to result in personal injury, you may still need cover if your line of work involves sharing sensitive information, such as personal data or intellectual property.
It’s important to understand which kind of self-employed or freelance insurance your client requires, including the limit or amount of coverage they expect you to have. If in doubt, call our expert team, with years of experience, we can talk you through certain types of insurance which may be commonly expected in your industry or line of work.
Self Employed Public Liability Insurance
Self-employed public liability insurance comes as a core component of our self-employed or sole trader business policies. Even though public liability insurance is not a legal requirement, it can come in extremely valuable and important if your business involves interactions with the public.
With more and more of the population starting their own businesses and becoming their own boss, it’s important to realise there are many ways in which your new business could come into contact with clients or members of the public and therefore at risk of a claim. For example, a tradesman who regularly enters customer’s houses or an IT professional who is called out to deal with hardware problems on-site or even dog walkers who lose control of a problem puppy. However, there are also some not so obvious or typical accidents which may lead to a public liability claim, even if you don’t have a customer-facing business. Regardless of the size of your business and whether you work alone, public liability insurance can cover you if someone else’s property is damaged, or someone is hurt or killed as a result of your business activities.
For example, a small detail is overlooked on an electrical installation and a mistake is made while wiring a building which leads to someone getting an electric shock, you could be held liable for their injury. Or perhaps if you visit a client’s home and damage their marble titled floor, you could be facing costly compensation claims made against your business.
What’s more, if you’re self-employed, a freelancer or a sole trader, the legal proceedings that may result could consume a lot of your valuable time, energy and finances. Whether you were to be found at fault or not, the legal costs could damage your business, even causing irreparable damage.
Public Liability does not cover financial losses brought about by your professional negligence. For example, you give bad advice or leak confidential information. In this case, you will need Professional Indemnity Insurance to cover the cost of claims.
Sole Trader Liability Insurance
Sole trader business insurance can cover a range of business types and at Insync we can tailor each and every one of our sole trader Business insurance policies to your individual business and needs. No matter how your business operates, be it from home, a shop, a food or beverage service or even an online business, our policies can cover you and your livelihood.
A top priority for many sole trades is liability insurance and this comes included with any of our business policies. Usually, sole trader liability insurance is needed either because clients require proof of cover before contract work commences or as a self-employed professional you know the risks and responsibilities of your line of work and having this type of insurance in place puts your mind at ease.
You can build a business insurance policy with the cover you need, including public liability insurance, professional indemnity cover or even contents and equipment insurance. Furthermore, we recognise as a sole trader your business is likely to grow, and once you’re at the point of needing an extra pair of hands, you can add employers’ liability insurance to your policy.
Usually, the worst-case scenario is very unlikely to happen, but it’s worth knowing that if it did, you’re covered. Our team of expert business insurance brokers can talk you through whether your line of work needs or requires certain insurances and the likely costs for you if something were to go wrong. If you’re worried about damage to your office, or a cost to replace all equipment in event of a fire or burglary or if you just want insurance against being sued, we can arrange all this in a tailored policy.
Why Choose Insync for Self- Employed Insurance?
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Say goodbye to one-size-fits-all business policies that have you paying for extras you don’t need and the slow, outdated and inefficient way business insurance is traditionally arranged!
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Frequently Asked Self-Employed Insurance Questions
We have prepared a list of the questions we are regularly asked by Customers before and after buying a policy.
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