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Partnerships and Affinities

Service-led, insurance-backed solutions for organisations and businesses.

Our tailor-made packages bring tangible and valuable benefits directly to your organisation while also supporting the acquisition and retention of your members, associates and clients. Further backed by specialist insurance for an extra layer of reassurance, our services deliver growth by increasing value and loyalty.

How does a Markel partnership work?


We work with a variety of organisations offering flexible, tiered options to work for you and your customer base. Our sustainable pricing structure is designed to ensure genuine value for money.



Products and services packaged within the price of the membership for all members.

  • Embedded member benefits relevant to all members
  • Simple pricing model
  • Key differentiator and unique selling point
  • Value-added benefit for members

Case studies

  • Markel partnered with a large UK membership organisation serving SMEs to enable them to offer valuable resources that support with the everyday challenges of running a business. This includes legal expenses insurance designed for small businesses, alongside dedicated legal, business, tax and VAT helplines, and a fully white labelled Business Hub that’s tailored to meet the needs of their members.
  • Markel worked with a popular platform that connects companies with a directory of freelance professionals. Together, we built a bespoke PI/PL/Cyber product which they offered to all their freelance members as part of their subscription to the platform, offering an added benefit as a differentiator to competitor platforms.

Products and services sold on an optional basis to members, with an association owning the marketing and fee collection.

  • Access to Markel’s products and services
  • Support with product build
  • Regulatory guidance

Case study

  • Markel partnered with a leading digital broker for UK SMEs to offer Contractors Combined Insurance for larger businesses. The partnership enabled the broker to expand their portfolio of products and added-value services for larger businesses, to support their aim to address the evolving needs of companies as they scale.

Products and services sold on an optional basis to members, with Markel owning the marketing and fee collection.

  • Access to Markel’s bespoke built quote and buy platform
  • Easy onboarding process
  • White labelling option
  • Markel marketing support

Case studies

  • Markel supported a digital talent platform which connects tech freelancers and contractors with clients and projects, by providing their members access to a quote and buy platform to explore our insurance products
  • A fintech providing accounting software for small businesses partnered with Markel to offer users access to a quote and buy platform to explore our insurance products.

Sector offerings

 

  • Healthcare

    Help your members navigate their everyday and sector-specific challenges.

  • Sports

    Bespoke packages offering relevant, flexible solutions for your members.

Services*

We enable our partners to provide market-leading services that help navigate everyday challenges.

Business and legal helpline

Markel’s in-house team of lawyers offers advice on everyday legal and employment matters such as GDPR and disclosure, contractual queries and employment disciplinary.

Business Hub

Access 850+ documents, contracts, templates and videos to support you.

Markel Care Practitioners

Bespoke care practitioner consultancy on a range of regulatory, risk and commercial matters.

Health and safety

Health and safety services, advice and training delivered by experienced practitioners.

Tax Advice Line

Support with any UK tax or VAT issue via our in-house experts

Wellbeing helpline

Access to a 24/7 helpline, manned by qualified in-house counsellors, legal and financial specialists.

*Please refer to your policy for exact services included. Learn more.

Insurance products

Trusted insurance products supported by a unique wealth of expertise.

IR35 Insurance

Our market-leading Survive35 insurance allows contractors to cover ‘outside’ contracts and any subsequently reclassified ‘inside IR35.’

Professional indemnity combined

Cover designed for firms operating in specialist sectors offering high-value or complex advice.

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.

Fee protection insurance

We call it Fee Protection, you may call it a Tax Investigation Service, the name isn’t important. What is important is that it works for you and your members.

Public liability

Our specialist public liability insurance comes with product liability insurance included. This cover protects you against compensation claims if a third party is injured or their property is damaged by a product you’ve distributed. 

Testimonial

What our partners say about working with Markel

Outstanding dedicated service

"The Painting & Decorating Association has been working in partnership with Markel for more than four years. Throughout this time, Markel have delivered an outstanding and dedicated service in support of one of our key membership benefits: the legal advice line. If you are looking for professionalism and an efficient service, then this is the company we would recommend."


Neil Ogilvie
PDA Chief Executive Officer

Let's work together

We're here to add value to your strategy and deliver the best support for your members

Headshot of Charles Coburn

Charles Coburn

Head of Partnership Development

Nicola Sumner

Nicola Sumner

Divisional Director - Partnerships, UK

How to partner with us?

Get in touch and let’s start shaping our partnership. Let’s work together to add real value to your own plans and strategy as well as delivering for your members/customers.