What is office insurance?

Office insurance can offer cover for office contents, office premises, business interruption that leads to loss of income and equipment breakdown. Hiscox Office Insurance offers all of this, as well as portable equipment insurance. You can pick and choose which office insurance policies you need to create one tailored package.

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Call on 0800 2800 354
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Mon - Fri, 9am to 5pm, Sat, 9am to 2pm excluding bank holidays.

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  • Award-winning claims service
  • Immediate coverage and documentation
  • No admin fees if you amend your policy

Need more help? Speak to our UK-based experts. Call us on 0800 280 0354

Mon - Fri, 9am - 5pm, Sat, 9am to 2pm, excluding bank holidays. Calls are free from a landline and some mobile contracts

Who needs it?

Whether you work from home or a separate business premises, having the right insurance cover for your office is important. We understand that every small business is different so we offer policy options you can tailor to your own specific needs.

Our business contents insurance covers the cost of replacing or repairing your office equipment if it is accidentally damaged, lost or stolen. In addition, you can also add a range of specialist covers to your policy: portable equipment, business interruption, equipment breakdown and buildings.

What type of insurance do I need?

If you own the building your office is located in, you should consider office buildings insurance. This offers protection against damage that may occur to the actual property, such as flood or fire damage, but not the actual contents of the office or your work equipment. For this, you’ll need to ensure you’ve taken out office contents cover.

Hiscox Office Buildings Insurance includes:

  • accidental damage cover as standard as well as cover for standard risks such as storms, floods and fire
  • rebuilding costs, which includes all professional fees and costs associated with rebuilding your office
  • trace and access – cover for the cost of locating damage to cables, underground pipes and drains or the source of a gas or water leak
  • loss prevention costs – we will pay the reasonable and necessary cost of protecting your building from imminent damage.

Many small businesses use laptops and other forms of portable technology to keep in regular contact with employees and clients. These can be expensive to replace, so adding our portable equipment cover to your Hiscox Office Insurance policy can give you peace of mind that your portable technology is protected.

Our portable equipment cover allows you to select worldwide, Europe or UK cover as standard and will protect the following items:

  • laptops
  • hand-held mobile technology
  • mobile phones
  • digital cameras and video cameras
  • portable ancillary computer equipment e.g. printers
  • photographic and other visual display equipment, such as projectors
  • hardware and tools.

Business interruption insurance is designed to cover your business against the loss of income that is the result of being unable to trade due to an unexpected interruption, such as insured damage to property. This may be because of unforeseen circumstances such as a fire, flood or major theft that have left your business premises unusable. 

In case this happens to you, it’s important to consider how you would keep your business running in the interim, including how you would pay bills and maintain relationships with your clients and suppliers.

Our business interruption insurance can protect your business from the impacts of an interruption to your business caused by insured damage to:

  • your office, for example flood, fire or vandalism
  • property nearby which prevents access to your office, for example a gas explosion at a neighbouring building which has led to the entire area being closed off
  • the premises of a supplier of yours in the EU.

Equipment breakdown insurance is designed to protect your business against the cost of replacing or repairing your equipment that is damaged as a result of a sudden mechanical or electrical breakdown. It could be the breakdown of a network server, or a compressor failure that causes the air conditioning to fail. Having the right insurance cover in place can give you the peace of mind that you’ll be able to get things back to normal as quickly as possible.

Why have it?

You’re proud of your business. You’ve built it up from nothing, with just your time, money and hard work. Along the way you’ve taken a few calculated risks and watched them pay off. You found the perfect office that gives you room to expand when you’re ready. And you’ve invested in your equipment and systems so that your business can compete with larger competitors. Now things are running just how you want them to. But have you thought about what would happen if a vital piece of your office equipment broke down?

Why choose Hiscox Office Insurance?

  • We cover non-standard items such as artwork and visitors’ personal effects as standard
  • We provide contents cover on an ‘all-risks’ basis, which means we cover all eventualities while clearly listing the few exclusions
  • You can tailor policy options to suit the needs of your business and add a range of specialist covers to your policy
  • You can pay your premium by interest-free Direct Debit.

Do I need a separate home office insurance policy?

No, Hiscox Office Insurance also covers those that work or run a business from their home. So if you have a home office, you would choose from the same office insurance products as those that work from commercial premises.

Create your own comprehensive business insurance package

Any business owner faces a variety of risks, but these needn’t be unmanageable with the right insurance protection in place. You can either take out Hiscox Office Insurance on its own, or as part of a tailored insurance package. This might include public liability insurance and professional indemnity insurance, as well as things like cyber and data risks insurance and personal accident cover, depending on the nature of your business.

Save 5% on your policy

  • Award-winning claims service
  • Immediate coverage and documentation
  • No admin fees if you amend your policy

Need more help? Speak to our UK-based experts. Call us on 0800 280 0354

Mon - Fri, 9am - 5pm, Sat, 9am to 2pm, excluding bank holidays. Calls are free from a landline and some mobile contracts

Office insurance cover information

Further information on what our policy covers.
Hiscox Office Insurance is designed specifically for home or office-based small businesses. You can create one simple protection package for your business that includes office contents insurance and any additional specialist insurance covers from the range on offer.

  • Office contents. Protects your business against the cost of replacing or repairing your office contents if they are accidentally damaged, lost or stolen.
  • Office buildings. Protects your business against the cost of repairing or rebuilding your office buildings if they are damaged.
  • Business interruption. Protects your business against the financial losses that result from being unable to trade due to an unexpected interruption, such as insured damage to property.
  • Equipment breakdown. Protects your business against the cost of replacing or repairing business equipment if it suffers sudden electrical or mechanical breakdown.
  • Portable equipment. Protects your business against the cost of replacing or repairing your business contents or equipment if lost or damaged when away from the office. This can include items like laptops, smartphones and other portable devices. 

Is this product right for you?

  • You run a small business either from home or an office
  • You own office equipment
  • Your business would be impacted by an equipment breakdown or interruption
  • You have office equipment such as laptops and smartphones you take out of the office

Other business insurance for IoD members

From covering you for accidents to the contents of your office – wherever it may be – we provide additional business insurance solutions across a wide range of areas.

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