Public liability insurance for upholsterers starting at less than £55 per year
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Compare QuotesWorking as an upholsterer is no easy task. Whether you’re re-upholstering a client’s sofa or on a big job in an office, you face an entirely unique set of risks every single day. As accidents are part of the nature of running a business, you need to make sure you have insurance in place to cover you. But not just any insurance policy will do the job – your trade requires specialised trade insurance from those who understand your business like you do.
Fortunately, here at Tradesman Saver, we do understand your business like you do. Having provided insurance to the industry for over a decade, we’ve worked with businesses like yours to help us create a tailored policy just for upholsterers. Build yours using our online quote form and discover how easy getting insurance should be.
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There are many insurance options which would benefit your upholsterers business, and public liability is one of the most significant. This protects you if your work ends up damaging a client’s property or injuring a client or member of the public. For example, you may need to pay compensation if a client trips over a bolt of cloth you are using to reupholster their sofa and is injured or you accidentally leave some exposed tacks on a dining chair you have re-covered and the client catches and rips her expensive dress on it.
Claims such as this can cost a small fortune but having public liability cover means you won’t be responsible for paying any of the resulting expenses. You can purchase this as part of our automatic package, which also covers you for financial loss, legal expenses, and more.
Other relevant insurance policies for a upholsterers business include employer’s liability, which is a legal requirement for anybody who employs staff, and professional indemnity insurance. Here at Tradesman Saver we have all the coverage you may need as an upholsterer and you can get your quote online in minutes.
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When you work in a trade such as upholstery, you know that risks are just a part of life. No matter whether it’s down to your tools, your employees or a client, accidents can happen from all directions. With that in mind, here are just some of the situations that insurance could protect you against:
You’re on a job re-upholstering some furniture in a client’s house. As you’re moving a piece of material from one location to another, you accidentally knock your client’s priceless vase from a shelf and it shatters. Your client then seeks compensation from you for the damages to their property. This is where public liability insurance comes in; it’ll cover the costs of the compensation for you, so you can continue to focus on running your business.
You’ve just finished a job in an office, and you’ve started to load your equipment and tools back into your van. You leave your van to go and collect payment from the client, but when you return, you find the van has been broken into and your tools and equipment have been stolen. Your optional tools and equipment cover is essential here – through it, you’ll be able to claim the costs of replacement tools and equipment, so your business doesn’t have to suffer due to someone else’s sticky fingers.
From only£55per year 
From only£55per year 
From only£55per year 
