Office Insurance

What is office insurance?

Office insurance is a broad term, and actually, it typically refers to a number of different business insurance covers working together to protect office based businesses from a range of risks. Office insurance can be tailored to suit your businesses particular needs, but typically a policy will be designed to provide insurance protection in key areas:

Office buildings insurance

Providing cover for the costs of repair should the actual building be damaged in some way, for example in a fire or as a result of a break in.

Office contents insurance

You’re likely to have some expensive and business critical equipment. Whether it’s a suite of PC’s, IT equipment or fixtures and furnishings, contents insurance is designed to cover the costs for replacement should they be damaged or stolen.

Office staff and visitors insurance

These are covered through public liability and employers liability, and protect your business from claims made by members of the public (a visiting client, for example) or your own staff that may have suffered loss or injury as a consequent of your business activity.

Office business interruption insurance

If something goes wrong – for example your office is damaged in a fire or flood, the cost to your business may well go beyond the replacement of equipment and repair to the building. Business interruption insurance will pay out for your bills – rent, heating and even staff wages – while the matter is resolved and you’re back up and running again.

Office insurance optional extensions

Outside of the ‘common’ covers, an office insurance policy can be extended to provide additional cover, should it be required and relevant. Examples of extensions that you may wish to consider include:

All risks insurance

It’s not out of the question that you have some business assets or equipment that sometimes leave the office. Even if its just your mobile phone or laptop, you can protect it away from the premises with all risks insurance.

Goods in transit

You may regularly ship – or arrange to ship – goods to clients and prospects. With goods in transit insurance, you can protect against loss, damage or destruction of the goods as part of your office policy.

Money cover

While most businesses transact digitally most of the time these days, you may still need to hold cash on the premises. That can be covered through money cover under your office policy.

Legal cover

If you are forced to take legal action against a third party – for example this could include contract disputes or debt recovery.

Our advisors will be happy to discuss which of these extensions may be relevant to you as well as help you decide what the most appropriate levels of cover might be. Call us today and we’d be happy to offer you a quote.