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Insurance Web www.homebusinessuk.co.uk www.homeworkinguk.com This site deals primarily with UK opportunities, although some may also be available in other countries. If you are based outside the UK, please click here for the international site. If you're working form home, you will be invalidating your home insurance policies if you do not tell your insurance company that you are operating a business from the premises. Providing you are not bringing clients to the property it is unlikely to cause any problems with the majority of companies, but now is an ideal time to reassess your insurance requirements. Is your business equipment covered by your household policy? Are you covered for portable business items - mobile phones, laptop computers etc Do you have public liability insurance? You will need this for any accidental damage caused whilst carrying out your work. Employer's liabilty insurance is compulsary if you employ anyone, even casually (or even yourself if you've formed a limited company) If you hold any stock at home you will need cover whilst in the home and in transit. You may also require products liability insurance If you are providing a service, you may require professional indemnity insurance(PII). Quoteline Direct are a fully registered independent insurance broker, who will search their list of top UK companies to find you the cheapest and best prices available. The on-line home insurance quotation system will give you an indicated price, but won't take your homeworking or home business into account, however, in most cases they will be able to quote normal terms. So whatever your requirements they will be able to offer you a very competitive quotation. Please complete the on-line quotation forms and then give them a call on the number given on screen to discuss the quotation further. Tolson Messenger Ltd Provide a comprehensive home business policy underwritten by Commercial Union, suitable for the majority of office-based businesses, with optional extensions to cover manufacturing style businesses. A free business tax and legal helpline is included in the cost. They also provide a PII policy with lower levels of cover more suited to the self-employed professionals. Ask for their free guide to insurance for people working at home. For further advice or information, phone 0800 374246, fax 0181 741 8361 or write to 148 King Street, London, W6 0QU   Donald Rigg Insurance Brokers Ltd is an insurance brokers who have designed a specific home insurance package for people in non-manual home-based occupations. They agree that a home that is used for business is inherently less likely to be burgled, that any fire or flood will be discovered sooner, and therefore that this is a 'good' risk. They have therefore designed a policy to cover: Buildings Personal Contents Personal effects, jewellery, etc away from the home Business Contents Business equipment, laptops, mobile phones, etc away from the home Extra cost of working engendered by an incident eg. Cost of replacing records, hiring temporary equipment, notifying customers and suppliers of changes of address, etc. Public Liability Employer's Liability They would normally expect to cost very little more than your existing home buildings and contents cover to add the homeworking cover. You can contact them at 32 Halifax Road, Todmorden, Lancashire or Tel 01706 813848 Fax 01706 818469 Norwich Union - Their small business insurance has been designed to meet the commercial insurance needs of the self employed, tradesmen, sole traders and businesses with up to 5 employees: who work from home, whose business is based at home, or who work out of a third party site, but do not own, lease, hire or rent any additional business premises from which they operate. A complete copy of the policy document is available on the site Cornhill Insurance - Contact your local insurance broker about Cornhill's Complete HomeBusiness insurance policy. Swinton's Business Insurance policy provides professionals based at home with "competitive rates on comprehensive policies". Online quote service available.   Specialist Insurance Cover Pavilion Insurance provide a wide range of specialist insurance policies, covering such sectors as music and photography at professional, student and hobby levels, together with cover for laptops, phones and other gadgets. The products include: Cycleguard - bicycle insurance Musicguard – musical equipment insurance DJguard – insurance for DJs and their equipment Gizmoguard – insurance for gizmos and gadgets Tackleguard – fishing tackle insurance Photoguard – camera insurance Liabilityguard – third party liability cover Orchestralguard – insurance for orchestral instruments Indemnityguard - Photographer indemnity insurance If you have a business you'd like featured on the site, send details of the opportunity to the address below for the latest information on rates and availability. enquiry@homebusinessuk.co.uk or write to: Mrs L O'Connor, 91B Acton Lane, London, NW10 8UT Return to top of page