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Trusted to make a meaningful difference for your care clients, including specialist educational facilities, charities, not-for-profits, and beyond.
- 5-star rating for Claims & Quality of Cover
- ‘A’-rated insurance company
- 10,000+ care organisations supported
Why markel care?
Care providers, such as our 10,000 care policyholders, are an essential part of making sure that the vulnerable members of our society are getting the help they need. These dedicated organisations need a dedicated insurance solution to match. We have extensive experience of the UK’s care sector, meaning we understand the sector-specific risks faced by those in the industry. Using this experience, we’ve specifically designed Markel Care to protect against the unique risks that care organisations face.
Markel Care also includes additional services as standard to help our care policyholders navigate their everyday challenges.
Dedicated organisations need a dedicated insurance solution to match
Markel UK offers a wide variety of coverages for care, charity and educational organisations.
Our comprehensive policy caters for a wide range of care, charity and educational organisations.
As we specialise in more challenging risks involving the care and support of vulnerable and disadvantaged people, the cover addresses areas such as abuse, breach of professional duty, medical malpractice and volunteers.
Care policies also include additional services as standard to help our policyholders navigate their everyday challenges.
Value-add services include:
- Care & health consultancy: One day free consultancy access.
- PR crisis management: Access to professional public relations to support managing adverse press.
- Employer helpline*: Advice for employment law issues by expert solicitors.
- Cyber helpline**: Dedicated helpline assists with risk management and preventing claims.**
*Additional ELP section purchase required to access.
** Additional cyber and data risks purchase required to access.
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What we offer
This product is ideal for smaller charities and community groups with income and/or building exposures up to £2 million.
Our risk appetite approach and the efficiencies of our broker e-trading platform allows us to offer minimum premiums starting at just £85 for Professional liability and Employers liability cover.
Coverage can be customised to suit each organisation's needs, selecting from separate sections of cover (liabilities, professional and management risks, property and fidelity) to tailor a policy to suit individual requirements.
Value-add services include:
- PR crisis management: Access to professional public relations to support managing adverse press.
- Cyber helpline*: Dedicated helpline assists with risk management and preventing claims.**
*Additional ELP section purchase required to access.
** Additional cyber and data risks purchase required to access.
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What we offer
This product specifically caters for charitable and not-for-profit organisations which do not deal directly with children or vulnerable adults. We are able to identify and deal with liabilities arising from many areas, including breach of trust or duty, employment disputes, investigations, breach of contract and breach of professional duty.
Value-add services include:
- PR crisis management: Access to professional public relations to support managing adverse press.
- Employer helpline*: Advice for employment law issues by expert solicitors.
- Cyber helpline*: Dedicated helpline assists with risk management and preventing claims.**
*Additional ELP section purchase required to access.
** Additional cyber and data risks purchase required to access.
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What we offer
Comprehensive cover designed to support a wide range of educational organisations from specialist schools to playgroups and out-of-schools clubs. This product delivers cover across a broad spectrum. And with a variety of options, tailored packages, and unique elements that only Markel provides, you can support your education clients whatever their needs are.
Value-add services include:
- Care & health consultancy: One day free consultancy access.
- Tax and VAT: Tax advice lines to offer guidance.
- Business and legal helplines: Round-the-clock legal support is there to offer the guidance.
- Business Hub: 24/7 access to our Business Hub, an online portal packed with business tools and templates.
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Additional services*
Additional services available depend on the terms of the policy and may be included as standard or available to purchase for an additional cost. Please refer to any policy documentation and communications from the insurer or broker for confirmation and access information.
Business and legal helpline
Business Hub
Markel Care Practitioners
PR crisis management
Cyber helpline
*Please refer to your policy for exact services included. Learn more.
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