YOU ARE INSURED - IS YOUR CUSTOMER?
If you are an Architect, Contractor or Project Manager doing large property extensions or alterations, your customer’s property insurance will be invalidated once the buildings work starts. Most Property Owners are unaware of this.
Building Works may leave your customer without any or limited insurance.
- Property Owners are potentially at risk of their insurance policies being deemed invalid. This is due to most property insurance policies being based on the structure of the property as it stood when the policy was taken out.
- Property Owners must advise their insurer of the building works, prior to any works being carried out.
WE CAN HELP YOU HELP YOUR CUSTOMERS
Conventional insurance policies can fall woefully short of the sort of cover your customer will need if they are doing large property extensions or alterations to their property.
Any building works is an ‘Insurance Material Fact’ that must be referred to your insurance provider before the work commences. In many cases your customer’s current insurer will stop providing cover or significantly reduce the cover that they can provide during the works period.
There are specialist insurance markets that can offer insurance solutions for all these requirements. We at Oyster Risk Solutions can access and advise your customer on their project from the start to completion and recommend the best options to make sure your customers are protected throughout the work and they conform to regulations and building agreements.
Our insurance partners include:
- Lloyds of London
- HSB Engineering
- Royal & Sun Alliance
- Oyster Risk Solutions in-house insurance facilities
COVERS Explained in Brief (Subject to policy terms and conditions)
- Home Works - “All Risk Cover” for the New building being constructed or the Existing Building Undergoing Conversion, Refurbishment, Extensions Basement and Underground works etc.
- Non-negligence - To cover physical damage to neighbours properties and adjoining walls that were not caused by the Contractors negligence
- Contract Works - “All Risk cover” to rectify or replace any physical damage to the work whist the work is in progress
- Defects Insurance - To cover any Defaults or faults that manifest in the works after practical completion for a period of 10 – 12 years
- Insurance Backed Guarantees - To guarantee the Contractors Workmanship Guarantee if the Contractors falls into Bankruptcy or insolvency and therefore the Contractor cannot fulfil their workmanship promises.
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Single Project Insurance - This the same as Home Works and Contract Works, Individually or combined, the policy is taken out for the duration of the works and can include Public and Employers Liability with the added ability to add joint Insured’s
WE CAN ALSO COVER
- Self-build Projects
- Annual and Single Projects
- Public Liability
- Employer’s Liability
- Contractors – All Risks
- New Buildings
- Legal Indemnity
- Performance Bonds
For Free Friendly advice your customer can call 0344 893 0014, email enquiries@oysterrs.co.uk or call Jeff Baker on 078 8486 6502.