Our Business Retail Policy offers a wide range of cover to suit virtually any type of shop.  You choose the cover you need so that your policy precisely suits your business.  Click on any bullet below for a brief, jargon-free description of the cover available.

Choose from:

 
bulletTrade Contents  
bulletAll contents which belong to you or for which you are responsible including - stock in trade, goods held in trust, machinery, shop fronts, fascias and blinds, fixtures and fittings, furniture, decorations and tenants improvements. Tobacco, cigarettes, wines, spirits and a range of other high value goods are excluded unless cover is specifically requested and included in the schedule.  You will be required to pay a minimum of £250 towards the cost of every claim.
bulletFixed Glass   
bulletThe breakage of windows, mirrors, showcases, glass shelves, washbasins lavatories and other sanitary fittings. Plate glass in shop fronts must be specifically insured. You will be required to pay a minimum of £100 towards the cost of every claim.
 
bulletLoss of Money   
bulletCash, banknotes, cheques etc., up to a specified value,  which are lost, destroyed or damaged.  This includes damage to your strong room or safe as a result of a theft of money. This excludes theft resulting from the actions of dishonest employees. You will be required to pay a minimum of £100 towards the cost of every claim.
 
bulletDeterioration of Stock  
bulletThe loss, destruction or damage of refrigerated stock due to a breakdown of the refrigeration unit, a power cut or the escape of refrigerant fumes.  Refrigerators and freezers over 10 years old are excluded. This does not cover loss arising from the deliberate withholding of gas or electricity by the supplier or the result of a strike.
bulletBusiness Interruption   
bulletLoss of income or increased cost of working arising from a claim under your buildings or contents insurance, failure of the public supply of gas, electricity or water or temporary closure of your business by the police or other authority.
bulletEmployers Liability  
bulletLegally required for businesses with even one employee, this covers any damages payable to your employees for illness, injury or disease caused in the course of their employment - up to £10,000,000.
bulletPublic / Products Liability  
bulletCover to provide for legal fees and any compensation payments for which you become legally liable - up to £2,000,000.  You will be required to pay the first £250 of every claim for damage to property.
bulletBuildings 
bulletThe buildings from which your business operates including landlords fixtures and fittings, and walls, gates and fences around the property.  This excludes all fixed glass and sanitary fittings (wash basins, lavatories etc.)
bulletLoss of Rent   
bulletThis covers rent that you must continue to pay even though the premises you rent are unusable as the result of damage.  If you own the building, you can cover any reduction in rent that you receive from tenants if the building is unusable as a result of damage. 
bulletLoss of Licence
bulletThe loss of value in your business or premises which would result from the refusal of the licensing authority to renew the licence for the sale of excisable liquors.  The refusal must result from causes outside your control and must not be due to changes in planning requirements or the law.

The information on this page is for guidance only. Conditions and exclusions apply. Please refer to our full policy wording - available on request and with every quotation.

               

 

 

 

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