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Why do you need catering van insurance?

From sandwich vans to food trucks, you’re working with food in a confined space, and accidents will happen. Claim costs for allergic reactions, injuries and property damage can creep into the millions, but sandwich van insurance (or any of our catering van insurance options) is designed to protect the business you’ve built.

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What does catering van insurance cover?

We’ll start with public and product liability insurance – a popular cover for food truck businesses, and other mobile caterers. It’s built to cover against claims for illness or injuries your business has caused, or claims for property damage. From there, you can choose to add insurance options that fit your business, from employers’ liability to protection for expensive equipment and essential stock.

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How much does catering van insurance cost?

Find out how much you’ll pay by comparing prices from a range of trusted insurers. You choose what goes into your policy, so you only pay for what you need.

Prices start from £4.74 per month

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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.

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Lowest excess

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Public liability

£100

£2500

Employers’ liability

No excess

No excess

Stock

£100

£500

Business and office equipment

£50

£750


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How do I choose catering trailer insurance?

Making sure you have the right type and level of business insurance can be the difference between getting a claim paid and having to cover the cost of an expensive accident yourself. Read our tips for guidance on what to consider when buying a policy.


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How do catering van insurance claims work?

Unlike price comparison websites, we take the hassle out of claims for you. We know how important it is to get your business back on track quickly – and with a minimum of fuss. That’s why you get access to your dedicated claims any time, day or night. Call them on 0333 207 0560 or claim online. They’ll do their best to be fair and supportive.

£51 million in claims paid out in 2023

Example mobile catering insurance claim

Having catering van insurance through Simply Business has saved mobile caterers thousands of pounds when the unexpected happened.

Joe saved more than £4,900

Joe (not his real name) was away on business during a catering van break-in, resulting in damaged glass and stock, laptop and kitchen equipment theft and two weeks of business interruption. His food truck insurance covered the malicious damage costs.

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Catering van 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 catering van insurance. You can also check out our business insurance FAQs.

Public and product liability insurance is often an important cover for catering vans – it’s designed to protect you if someone is injured or gets sick, or their property is damaged, because of your business.

Do you employ any staff? If so, you’re usually required by law to take out employer’s liability insurance, even if it’s for a contractor team member, or casual and seasonal staff. You’ll face fines of up to £2,500 a day for anyone you haven’t covered correctly.

From there, you can pick and choose from other specific protection for your food van’s stock and equipment, plus legal expenses for things like employee disputes and personal accident cover for the slip-ups that can delay contracts and orders. Our catering van insurance policies are flexible – you can bundle everything into one policy or go for just one or two covers, depending on what you need.

If you employ any staff, employers’ liability insurance is almost always a legal requirement for your business, and you could be fined up to £2,500 a day for anyone who isn’t covered properly. Alongside this crucial employers’ protection, a burger van insurance quote will usually give you the opportunity to cover lots of different risks, specific to your burger business, from public and product liability – in case of things like allergic reactions, injuries or damage – to personal accident and stock damage.

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 043 8527 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 instalments.

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 mobile catering public liability wouldn’t cover you against damage or injury caused by your team.


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