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Non-profits and associations

Build the file for the organisation that runs on trust.

One liability claim can end a small society, and the volunteers on the board can be named personally in the same action. The quote is priced on specifics: the programs, the screening, the events, what the funders require. This asks exactly those, one question per screen, and shows you the whole file before anything leaves.

Question 1

Your file, in plain words

Review it the way you would read a grant application before signing. Correct what needs correcting, then move it to the form and choose how the reply arrives.


      
      
    
Why we ask

What a complete non-profit and association file includes.

Cover for organisations is priced on the questions below, and a file that answers them all gets a real quote on the first pass.

The organisation, plainly

Charity, society, association, union, faith group, sports club. Each one has insurers that know it well, and the file starts by saying which it is.

The programs

Children, vulnerable adults, sport, food, driving. These are the lines insurers look at deliberately, and the file names them instead of hoping.

The screening

When programs involve children or vulnerable adults, criminal record checks are the first thing an insurer asks about. The file answers before the question.

The events

How often the organisation meets the public, and whether alcohol is served. Events are where liability usually starts.

The board

Directors and officers cover protects board members personally. Volunteering does not remove that exposure – it is the reason to cover it.

The funder wording

Grant agreements and leases often name exact insurance amounts. A policy that matches the wording keeps the funding unblocked.

The space and the budget

Owned, leased, borrowed or none, and the budget band – enough to place the file with the insurers that want this class.

The record, told first

Claims and any decline or cancellation. All workable when they arrive from you, and all worse when they arrive from a database.

General liability, directors and officers, property, abuse and participant liability, event cover – what you pick at the end is what the quote comes back showing, priced line by line.

After you press send

Read by the desk that knows what a board signs up for.

Organisation files go to the commercial desk and get read whole, not skimmed. The reply arrives the next business day, and usually the same day – email, phone, or a time to come in, chosen by you on the form.

Business insurance

Tell us about the business.

The more you tell us here, the fewer questions we have to ask later. Nothing is priced automatically. A broker reads it.

English, Punjabi, Hindi, Italian, Cantonese and Mandarin are spoken across our counters.

What are you looking for?
Tick everything that applies. If you are not sure, tick nothing and tell us below.
In your own words. “We frame houses” tells us more than a category ever will.
If it is inside 30 days, tell us now. Some markets need lead time.
If yes, paste the insurance clause here. Reading the actual wording is what stops a certificate being rejected.
How would you like us to reply?
We will use exactly this and nothing else.
We read the contract wording, not a summary of it.
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