Tool Insurance Necessary?

rolyberkin · Apr 20, 2017

Okay I am coming up to renew on van insurance, do you all take out tool insurance, my tools are never left in van overnight or if are it is in the garage locked up. I read something today on putting the amount spent on insurance away every year to pay should something go walk about, views? £1k locked in van insurance is £64.

westward10 · Apr 20, 2017

Waste of money in my view.

telectrix · Apr 20, 2017

just had a quote for PL insurance, 2mill and 2k on tools included.. £115 for the year.

rolyberkin · Apr 20, 2017

Did it have indemnity insurance, I end up getting stuffed as I have a general maintenance/builder extension to my policy and with indemnity insurance it works out at about £265 without tools. A mate of mine who used to work in insurance says a man is not adequately insured until the cost of his premiums exceed his available cashflow!

telectrix · Apr 20, 2017

no.i had indemity up to now, but don't need it anymore. anyone sues me for wrongful advice now, i'll be dead before it goes to court.

sparkdog · Apr 20, 2017

Good excuse to buy more nice new tools if they get nicked.

marc8 · Apr 22, 2017

Hi all
just had renewal went to another company from what I normally use beat the cost by £100.00, like for like went through on phone with my old paperwork.
turns out when I got the email documents they had missed off the professional indemnity insurance for got on it that day, they had to check phone records & said it was mentioned & was a grey area but had to get refund.
had to go back to old insurance company for change back left me with 6 days out of insurance because of their incompetence.
renewal was £743.00.
10mil employ
5 mil public
500 full indemnity