Insurance scheme for small local charities launched 4

Finance | Gareth Jones | 2 Aug 2010

Zurich Financial Services has teamed up with Navca to offer affordable insurance for local charities and community groups.

The policy will provide comprehensive liability cover for a wide range of activities with a limit of up to £10m, and will be available for less than £10 a month or as little as £75 a year.

In order to qualify organisations must have less than £5,000 annual turnover and have no paid employees.

To be delivered through Tennyson Insurance, the scheme will also provide free access to online resources such as health and safety documentation and guidance to select the best cover.

Paul Emery, head of charities and social organisations at Zurich, said: “A lack of accessibility and affordability means that many community and voluntary groups are uninsured, meaning that many important community projects are hindered or don’t even get off the ground.

“Enabling the removal of barriers to the running of charities and volunteer groups by providing affordable insurance is just one of the ways we support the sector.”

Directory: National Association of Voluntary and Community Action | Zurich Financial Services | Zurich Insurance

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Allan Pickford
Senior Citizens Dancing Group
7 Sep 2010

I am looking for public liabillity insurance for the above senior citizens dancing group that meet once a week at a Community Centre in the Wigan Area. There are approx 60 members, a committee of 4 volunteer members, and we have no paid employees. The annual turnover is below £5K. We have a small music system, basic PA system and CD collection, total value approx £1.4K.

Are you able to provide low cost insurance cover? Please advise. Thank you.

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Russel Wills
secretary
Moulin & Pitlochry History Circle
5 Sep 2010

We are a small local history society with 104 members, with turnover less than £5000, 7 meetings per year in a church hall that now requires public liability insurance.

We also have a £700 digital projector and £200 sound system, could these also be insured?

Can you insure us? What would the premium be?

Looking forward to hearing from you.

Russel Wills.

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Uda Chalk
coordinator/ chair
whitley multicultural woman's group
18 Aug 2010

Please send me your details of how i can subscribe to it.

I also have another Organisation called: READING ELDERLY BEFRIENDING SCHEME. I would needquotation for both project.

Thanks

Uda M. Chalk

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Vanessa Fowler
artists/tutor
Vanessa Fowler Works
15 Aug 2010

I am interested in whether I would be able to apply for public liability for my small business with less than £5,000 turnover. I teach children and adult with learning difficulities to make pots............thank you

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