Pet Shop insurance
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What Is Pet Shop Insurance?
Pets really do make a family, which makes your business extremely special. To keep it protected, we here at The Insurance Octopus research a range of insurance policies to keep those furry creatures – as well as scaly ones – protected, along with their toys, food bowls and other related necessities.
Covering everything from Product Liability, Business Interruption and Legal Protection, through to Buildings insurance and Public Liability, we can get you protected by sourcing Pet Shop insurance policies. At The Insurance Octopus, our team offers a helping hand, and gives access to leading insurers to make finding the right policy a breeze. With fantastic testimonials, and no charges for mid-term adjustments, your pet shop will be in safe paws with us.
For your tailor-made quote, please fill in our form, or request a call back, and we’ll call at a time that suits you. No mess. No fuss. Just a team of business insurance specialists who’d like to find a suitable policy for your business.
What may be included in a Pet Shop insurance policy?
Employers’ Liability Insurance
Your staff take care of those lovely animals and deserve to be treated well too. Should they be injured or become unwell due to their employer’s negligence, this policy will protect them, and provide compensation.
Public Liability Insurance
Did a customer slip, trip or fall in your shop? Was damage done to their personal belongings? Should a member of the public suffer harm while at your business, this policy will cover it.
Buildings Insurance & Contents Cover
If you have fixtures and fittings such as big vivariums, displays and cages, then this policy – along with covering the premises itself – will ensure its protection from damages due to flooding, fires and explosions, for example.
Business Interruption insurance
We can help to get your pet shop up and running again with business interruption insurance, providing compensation for loss of profits during the time your business is closed as a result of an insured event such as a fire or flood.
Insurance cover for your Pet Store
Keeping your shop, contents and any furry friends protected
You take pride and care in your work as a provider of pets and pet products, the work you do is incredibly rewarding – you help find new homes for animals. But as a pet shop owner and pet retailer you may have found that regular shop insurance does not offer you the cover you need, and you’ll want to ensure your business, employees and animals are adequately protected. We find Pet Shop insurance that is designed with pet shops in mind and can offer the level of protection your business needs and deserves.
At The Insurance Octopus, we source business insurance policies that are designed to be flexible, giving you the opportunity to create a bespoke bakery insurance package ensuring that all of the essential cover you’ll need is in one, simple business insurance policy.
Pet Shop Insurance FAQs
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Can I insure my pet shop same day?
Absolutely. All you have to do is pick up the phone, pass us the details and we can have your insurance signed, sealed and ready to go before you’ve even hung up. We can provide a full, personalised quotation based on the exact day to day needs of your business, creating a level of cover that fits you and your shop perfectly. Contact us today to get your shop covered.
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Why do I need pet shop insurance?
As a pet shop, you are likely to work with customers on a daily basis in physical premises, and this alone makes you vulnerable to claims and action against you should an accident occur in your workplace to one of your customers. This also applies to employees, for which you should also have cover. Ensuring that, should something happen to your stock, you can afford to replace valuable items is also a requirement for any shop – and insurance can cover you for all these, and more.
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Can I pay for pet shop insurance monthly?
We welcome businesses who want to pay monthly for their insurance, and anyone that wishes to do so can pay via direct debit, spreading the payments for your insurance out over the year. If you’re a business that prefers smaller, regular costs instead of one lump sum, this option might be the best fit for your business.
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What your Pet Shop insurance policy might include
Public Liability Insurance
Public liability protects in case one of your customers or a member of the public suffers an injury, or property damage as a result of your business, with cover available as standard from £1 million to £5 million, with higher limits being made available upon request.
Product Liability
Cover in case the products you sell cause injury or property damage to a third party.
Employers Liability Insurance
Employers Liability is a compulsory insurance, required by law if you hire anyone within your business. It is there to protect both employees and the business in the event that an injury is caused at work.
Legal Cover
Legal cover gives you ultimate peace of mind, by ensuring any legal or court related costs are covered. Taken either as an optional add-on to cover situations such as Contract Disputes or Debt Recovery or as part of a core standard cover such as Public Liability or Employers Liability.
Why do I need Pet Shop insurance?
Both animals and humans can be unpredictable at the best of times, and with the business you operate in, you’re exposed to risks from both. From accidents involving employees, slips and falls from customers at your store through to theft of stock and content; not to mention the damage that could be caused to your business if your premises were to be damaged so badly that you could no longer operate from it. We find Pet Shop insurance cover that is designed with pet shop owners in mind. With covers made available to protect you from the typical perils you might face as a pet retail store owner. Your cover is flexible, meaning you can adjust your levels of cover at any point during the term of your policy, without any midterm adjustment fees.
Whether you sell pet products, pets themselves or both, we’ve got the right cover to protect your business
Cover you can trust
Our specialists will find you the right insurance and the right level of cover, to ensure your business stays protected. Speak to one of our business insurance specialists today and find out what we can source for your pet business. Protect both your business and your furry friends and get a quote through The Insurance Octopus today.
Fast easy protection
We can often insure you same day and have your policy documents sent out that to you same day. Our specialists can also take you through our range of flexible payment options including payments by debit/credit card and direct debit.
Why choose The Insurance Octopus for sourcing your pet shop?
We proudly make buying insurance simple and transparent, and our sourced cover comes with a range of benefits.
Up to £5 million of cover
Claims can be expensive, that’s why we source cover that offers up to £5 million worth of public liability cover for shops. With more available upon request.
Simple specific cover
To help save you both time and money. We compare prices from a range of different insurers so you don’t have to.
A team that knows your industry
We’ll connect you with an agent who understands many of the challenges you face and can truly get to grips with the type of cover you need.
Easy claims process
Accidents can happen, so when something does go wrong you can rest easy knowing our team is on hand to make the claims process as quick and stress free as possible.
No mid term fees, ever
We don’t charge any mid-term fees at all during the life of your policy – so there are no hidden fees following any changes you might need to make.
How it works
Examples of Pet Shop Insurance in action
A ‘little accident’ worth £10,000
Due to an overexcited puppy having a little accident within the pet store away from the eyes of the staff, a customer at a pet shop slips on a new, un-signposted puddle within the store, resulting in neck and back injuries and the ruining of her clothes. The customer is fully within her rights to claim against the store for compensation as well as for legal costs and other fees. The pet shop has thankfully taken out full Public Liability insurance, allowing their customer to complete her claim without any loss to their business.
Pet shop blaze
The owner of a pet shop which provides aquatic creatures and reptiles has put in a claim request following a fire at the store. None of the pets inside were harmed directly as a result of the fire however a fish tank was broken during the fire unfortunately resulting in the loss of the fish. The store will be up a running as normal within a week or two with really only minor damaged suffered, with the loss of some stock and the odd table suffering damage. Following the incident the pet shop owner was able to successfully claim for the loss and damage of contents and stock due to having adequate Contents & Stock covers on the policy. They were also able to activate their Business Interruption insurance cover for the couple of weeks’ worth of trade lost due to the fire.
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