Solicitor insurance

Public liability insurance

In case your business and products cause an injury or property damage.

What’s typically covered by public liability insurance?

Claims against your business for:

• damage to someone else’s property while you’re working, or because of your work
• injury to someone as a result of your work
• accidental injuries caused by your employees at work

For example:

• you’re with a client and you accidentally spill coffee onto their designer handbag, causing a permanent stain
• your client trips over your laptop charger cable while you’re setting up for an appointment, breaking their wrist

**If you do employ anyone, you’re usually required by law to have employers’ liability insurance too.**

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Employers’ liability insurance

In case anyone gets ill or injured while working for your law firm.

What’s typically covered by employers’ liability insurance?

Claims against your business for:

• an injury to someone you employ, including contractors and temps, that happens as a result of working for you
• a member of staff (including casual workers) falling ill due to your business

**Employers’ liability insurance is usually required by law if you employ anyone – including part-time staff, temporary workers, and in most cases, volunteers. Without it, you could be fined up to £2,500 for every day you don’t have cover in place. A main exemption is unincorporated family businesses where all your employees are family members.**

For example:

• your office manager breaks their finger while trying to close a faulty window at your business premises
• your receptionist trips over a cable running across the floor of your office, breaking their ankle

Contents insurance

In case something happens to your fixtures, fittings, or operational equipment.

What’s typically covered by business contents insurance?

Claims against your business for:

• accidental damage or destruction caused by flood, fire, theft, or vandalism
• cover for your contents, up to the insurance level you’ve selected

For example:

• your bespoke wooden display units and decorative items are damaged by flooding, and need restoring or replacing
• a fire causes serious damage to your premises, and you need to replace all your office furniture
• someone breaks into your business premises and steals the office printer

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Business interruption insurance

In case something is stolen or damaged and you lose income.

What’s typically covered by business interruption insurance?

• you can’t trade because of contents or building damage

For example:

• your inventory is damaged and you lose income because you’re unable to sell
• your work laptop is stolen or damaged and you can’t run your business

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Business legal insurance

In case you’re hit with legal expenses connected to your business.

What’s typically covered by business legal insurance?

Claims against your business for:

• a dispute relating to debt recovery, including judgement enforcements
• an investigation into your tax affairs
• someone using your company’s identity illegally

For example:

• one of your clients has informed you that they believe you haven’t met the contractual requirements of their purchase agreement, and they’re refusing to pay an outstanding invoice
• HMRC investigates your recent tax return, triggered by a fluctuation in your business income
• someone gets hold of your company bank details and uses them to buy goods and services

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Personal accident insurance

In case anyone you’ve covered is accidentally injured, at work or off-duty.

What’s typically covered by personal accident insurance?

• compensation if you or an employee are injured in an accident, including weekly payments if you or they are unable to work for two weeks or more
• virtual Medical Care service with unlimited 24/7 access to medical advice, consultations, referrals and prescriptions
• 24/7 access to myStrength emotional health support app

You can buy this cover for:

• yourself
• your employees

For example:

• imagine one of your employees breaks their leg in an accident and is out of work for six weeks. Personal accident insurance would provide £300 for the broken leg diagnosis. After the employee’s second week off, you’d receive four weekly payments to assist with costs during their absence. You could use the money as you wish – whether for loss of earnings, hiring a temporary replacement, or compensating the injured employee.

What’s not covered?

• issues caused by sickness, illness, or disease
• conditions that develop over time without a direct connection to an accident
• mental illness, even if triggered by an accident
• self-inflicted injuries
• accidents that occur under the influence of drugs or misuse of medication
• deliberate exposure to danger, except when attempting to save a life
• injuries caused by taking part in a professional or semi-professional sport

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