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Butchers shop insurance – why is it important?
Running a butchers shop comes with a unique set of risks, from storing the meat you sell to managing your customers, staff, and business premises. The good news? Whether you use expensive equipment or employ staff, business insurance is there to protect you against unexpected costs.
- optional personal accident cover for your own injuries, or anyone on the policy
- public and product liability between £1 million and £10 million
- peace of mind, letting you focus on your business, not the what-ifs
What does butcher insurance cover?
The first cover to consider is usually public liability insurance, which covers you if a member of the public gets injured or loses out financially and blames your business. Then you can add other covers to a policy that protect against the different risks that butchers face.
Public liability insurance
In case your business and products cause an injury or property damage.
Employers’ liability insurance
In case anyone gets ill or injured while working for your butcher shop
Contents insurance
In case something happens to your fixtures, fittings, or operational equipment.
Business legal insurance
In case you’re hit with legal expenses connected to your butcher shop.
Personal accident insurance
In case anyone you’ve covered is accidentally injured, at work or off-duty.
Stock insurance
In case something happens to your products and consumables.
Tool insurance
In case your tools are lost, stolen or damaged.
Buildings insurance
In case something happens to your business premises.
Excess insurance
In case you need to make a claim on your insurance policy.
Public liability insurance
In case your business and products cause an injury or property damage.
What’s typically covered by butcher shop public liability insurance?
Claims against your business for:
- damage to someone else’s property, caused by your work
- injuries caused by you at work, or afterwards because of your work
- accidental injury or damage caused by your employees (if you have any)
For example:
- you accidentally knock your client’s car when parking up outside their house, causing damage to the paintwork on one side
- a customer trips on a loose cable while on your premises, falling and breaking their arm in several places
- an employee is mopping the floor, but forgets to put up a safety sign, causing an electrician to fall and injure their back
**If you do employ anyone, you’re usually required by law to have employers’ liability insurance too.**
Read more about public liability insurance
Employers’ liability insurance
In case anyone gets ill or injured while working for your butcher shop
What’s typically covered by employers’ liability insurance?
Claims against your business for:
- an injury that happens as a result of working for you (including temps and casual workers)
- an employee, including a contractor or casual labourer, suing you after falling ill because of working for you
**Employers’ liability insurance is required by law if you have people working for you. Without it, you could be fined up to £2,500 a day for each employee.**
For example:
- your employee injures their lower back while moving furniture at your premises and holds you responsible
- an employee cuts their hand on a damaged countertop and sues you for operating an unsafe workspace
- a member of staff trips over while unloading business equipment, injuring their knee
Contents insurance
In case something happens to your fixtures, fittings, or operational equipment.
What’s typically covered by business equipment insurance?
Claims against your business for:
- damage and destruction caused by flood, fire, vandalism, or theft
- cover for your contents and the equipment needed to run your business
For example:
- a flood spreads to your office floor and means you need to replace several desk chairs
- your photocopier and fax machine are badly damaged during a break-in
- four business smartphones are stolen from your premises
Read more about business equipment insurance
Business legal insurance
In case you’re hit with legal expenses connected to your butcher shop.
What’s typically covered by business legal insurance?
Claims against your business for:
- costs and expenses for contractual disputes arising from an agreement
- cases relating to civil action taken against you for compensation under data protection legislation
- employment disputes and compensation, for both employees and volunteers
For example:
- a client says that your work wasn’t delivered on time and that you didn’t meet your contractual obligations, and they’re refusing to pay
- your employee leaves their laptop unattended in a coffee shop, and a third party is able to lift a customer’s data
- you need to dismiss an employee following client complaints, and they threaten to file an unfair dismissal lawsuit
Read more about business legal insurance
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?
Claims against your business for:
- accidental death or injury, whether it happens at work or elsewhere, for anyone you’ve chosen to cover on your policy
- lost income, plus medical costs and hospitalisation benefit
For example:
- an employee you’ve covered on the policy slips on ice while commuting to the office, injuring their lower back
- you’re tidying the office and an old printer falls onto your shoulder, causing a serious injury
- your business partner bumps their head after a fall, causing ongoing health complications which stop them from working
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Stock insurance
In case something happens to your products and consumables.
What’s typically covered by stock insurance?
Claims against your business for:
- damage to (and loss of) stock, following fires, floods, or vandalism
- theft of stock following a break-in
- costs involved with replacing the stock you need to operate
For example :
- someone forces entry to your business premises and steals from your stockroom
- an important stock order falls from the back of your van and is never recovered
- you’ve taken a stock delivery, which is stolen while you’re speaking to a neighbour
Read more about stock insurance
Tool insurance
In case your tools are lost, stolen or damaged.
What’s typically covered by tool insurance?
Claims against your business for:
- accidental damage to your butcher tools and equipment
- theft of the tools you use for your business
- loss of your business tools
For example:
- your tools are stolen from your car or van
- you lose some expensive equipment on the way to a job
- a flood causes irreparable damage to your tools
Read more about tool insurance
Buildings insurance
In case something happens to your business premises.
What’s typically covered by business building insurance?
Claims against your business for:
- damage to the structure of your building if there’s been a fire, flood, or vandalism
- contents, fittings, and equipment if they’re damaged by an event like a fire or flood
- repair and rebuild costs
For example:
- your shop’s wooden floor is damaged during a flood and needs replacing
- your employee damages an interior wall installing new equipment, as well as a glass door
- after a pipe bursts, you need to spend lots of money replacing flooring
Read more about business buildings insurance
Excess insurance
In case you need to make a claim on your insurance policy.
What's typically covered by excess insurance?
Claims made by you for:
- when you make a claim on a cover included in your business insurance policy, you won’t need to pay excess
For example :
- after a heavy storm you need to make a claim on your building cover – you don’t have to pay the £250 excess thanks to your excess insurance
- a leak in the bathroom causes a guest to slip and injure themselves and thanks to excess cover, there’s no excess to pay on the claim
- a tenant’s suitcase scratches the wooden flooring in your hallway – you won't have to pay any excess on your accidental damage claim
This content has been created for general information purposes. Make sure you have the right level of business insurance by checking your policy documentation for details. Read our full Terms and Conditions
How much does butchers shop insurance cost?
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10% of our customers paid up to £38.32 a year for a public liability insurance policy between 1st April 2023 - 30th June 2023. Equivalent to £3.19 per month based on a monthly cost when paying for the policy in one annual payment. Paying monthly is usually more expensive as you'll pay interest. Most customers pay more than this but some pay less.
What kind of excess should I expect?
An excess is an amount you pay towards any claim you make on your insurance. For example, if your excess is £250 and you make a claim worth £1000, your payout will be a maximum of £750.
Insurance cover | Lowest excess | Highest excess |
|---|---|---|
Public liability | No excess | £750 |
Employers' liability | No excess | No excess |
Contents | £200 | £4,000 |
Stock | £200 | £4,000 |
Main building | £200 | £400 |
The figures above are for guidance only and any excess applying to your quote may differ. You’ll get a breakdown of the excesses for each quote when you compare with us.
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Butcher insurance FAQs
Whether you’re new to buying business insurance or you’ve been trading for a while, here are the answers to some commonly asked questions about insurance for off licences. You can also check out our business insurance FAQs.
Yes. You may start offering additional services that require you to use different skills or carry out different tasks. If you find yourself in this situation, it’s important to give us a call on 0333 0146 683 to update your policy before you take on this new work.
If you don’t have the correct type of cover in place for the work you do, you may be unable to claim on your policy if something goes wrong.
Each insurer looks at CCJs and IVAs differently – some apply stricter rules than others, but having a CCJ or IVA doesn’t necessarily mean you won’t be able to buy insurance.
You can choose the payment type that suits your business and cash flow best. Some customers prefer to pay in one go, while others prefer to pay a regular monthly amount, like you do with lots of other bills. Simply Business offer three ways to pay for your policy:
- one-off credit or debit card payment
- BACS payment
- Direct Debit
If you choose to pay by Direct Debit, our credit provider, Premium Credit, pays Simply Business the full amount for your policy up front. You then repay Premium Credit in 10 monthly installments.
This will depend on whether you have employers’ liability insurance in place. Public liability insurance is designed to protect your business against the consequences of legal action brought by members of the public for injuries or damage to their belongings. But when it comes to your employees causing injury or damage, this protection only activates if you also have employers’ liability insurance.
If you employ people, you’re required by law to have employers’ liability insurance.
There’s one exception here. Family businesses that aren’t incorporated as a limited company are not legally required to have employers’ liability insurance. The government defines a “family business” as one where all your employees are closely related to you (as a spouse, civil partner, sibling, child, parent, grandparent, grandchild, step-parent, stepchild or half-sibling). So if you run an unincorporated family business and you choose not to get employers’ liability insurance, it’s important to know that your public liability insurance wouldn’t cover you against damage or injury caused by your team.
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