Comprehensive insurance cover purpose-built to meet the needs of charities and community groups, with support that goes beyond what's expected.
As a leading, award-winning insurer in the charity and community group sector for over 30 years, we’ve used our experience to hone a product specifically designed to support smaller charities, such as counselling, advocacy, support and youth groups. With a range of options and an ability to tailor make packages, our product helps you provide the support your charity clients need to face a wide range of challenges.
Dedicated organisations need a dedicated insurance solution to match
Our insurance can be tailored for organisations such as:
- Advocacy and support groups
- Counselling
- Nurseries
- Playgroups and after school clubs
- Community, social and neighbourhood groups
- Youth centres
- Children’s clubs
- Charitable institutions
We understand the sector-specific risks faced by those in the industry. Using this experience, we’ve specifically designed our insurance solutions to protect against the unique risks that care organisations face.
The coverage available can be customised to suit your organisation's specific needs, which generally fall into the three areas of risk below:
Responsibilities to third parties
Public and products liability, Professional liability, Management liability, Entity defence
Protection of assets
Fidelity, Cyber risks, Legal expenses, Property, Business interruption
Responsibility as an employer
Employers liability, Employment law protection, Employees personal accident
Key products and services sold on a standalone basis to this industry:
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Legal expenses insurance
LEI that’s delivered by trusted legal experts. In addition to our advice services, our in-house law firm provides specialist expertise when the unexpected happens.
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Markel Care Practitioners
Bespoke care practitioner consultancy supporting on a range of regulatory, risk and commercial matters.
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Cyber
Cyber risks cover designed to protect against both liabilities and the policyholder’s own losses, including legal, IT security and regulatory costs.
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Markel Care
Commercial combined policy designed to support care organisations so they can focus on what really matters.
Additional services*
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