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Public & Products Liability Insurance For Handymen

Handyman insurance with $5m, $10m & $20m limits
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Insurance for Handyman Businesses

Instant cover for handyman businesses & contractors. Public & Products Liability insurance that protects you and your clients.

Starts from $390 per year

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What is covered under this insurance policy for handyman businesses?

Handymen insurance cover is under the public and products liability insurance which is designed to include both public liability and products liability insurance for Australian handymen.

This policy covers handyman business insurance, handyman contractors and handyman sub-contractors that work full time, part time or casually.

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Public Liability

Public liability insurance protects you and your business against any liability if someone is injured on your premises or while you are providing your services in Australia.

Products Liability

Products Liability insurance protects you for claims made against your business for any products sold or supplied by you to a third party. This might be a claim arising from a faulty product that injured someone else.

Vicarious Liability

Vicarious liability insurance covers you for any conduct of your agents, contractors or employees in the performances of your services.

Care, Custody & Control

Care, custody & control pays for property damage that might occur to premises or third party parked vehicles while you occupy premises and where the loss or damage did not occur through the performance of your work.

Complimentary Legal Advice

This provides 1 hour of complimentary legal advice to you each year from our insurance partner's panel of solicitors, for any matter which is notified to us and may become a claim.

other benefits

Value added benefits of the handyman insurance policy

Contract Review

This entitles you to four contract reviews each year you have your handyman business insurance. This can be used for any contract that might impact your insurance policy. An example of this might be retaining a contractor.

Complimentary Legal Advice

This provides 1 hour of complimentary legal advice to you each year from our insurance partner's panel of solicitors, for any matter which is notified to us and may become a claim.

Whistleblower Hotline

You and your business employees can access a Whistleblower Hotline that is provided by our insurance partner at no additional cost to you.

events covered
Physical Injury

You ask your client to hold a piece of timbre while you saw it, the saw slips and you slice their hand open.

Trips, Slips and Falls

While installing a shed in a backyard you have all the pieces laid out, your client accidentally trips over a beam spraining their ankle.

Third Party Damage

While walking through a client’s house your toolbelt accidentally knocks an expensive vase off the coffee table, it shatters when it hits the ground.

exclusions

What is not covered (exclusions) under the handyman insurance policy?

Abuse

Abuse excludes cover for any insurance claim that might arise from actual or alleged verbal, physical, sexual abuse, molestation, assault, battery or violence.

Dishonest / wilful acts

Dishonest and/or wilful acts exclude cover for any insurance claim that might arise from dishonest, fraudulent or criminal acts.

Alcohol and Drugs

This excludes cover for any insurance claim that might arise from use of alcohol, illegal drugs, narcotics and intoxicants

*For all policy exclusions, please refer to the policy wording and general terms & conditions.

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How upcover works

To get your instant quote, all you need to enter is your occupation as a handyman or handyman business and your expected income! No emails, no name, no personal information!

Get instant proof of insurance instantly

Whether you need to get handyman business insurance to win that client or to sub-contract, having a certificate of insurance at your fingertips certainly helps!

With upcover, you can get your certificate of insurance instantly. Even better, you can share it with just one click!

The sky’s the limit!

With insurance limits of up to $10m professional indemnity and $20m public and products liability, plus reinstatements, handyman business insurance is the perfect solution for business owners, contractors or sub-contractors.
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Why is handyman insurance important?

Whether a business owner or a contractor, working as a handyman involves the use of tools and equipment. This leaves scope for errors and sometimes mistakes happen or things do not go according to plan. If your clients holds you responsible, it could put at risk everything you have worked for.
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You may still be required to get insurance even if you are working as a contractor. If you’re unprotected, you could suffer a devastating financial blow.

What can a handyman be sued for?

While we hope it doesn't happen, handymen can potentially be sued for: 
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• Covering medical costs (current and future) for a client or third party that is injured
• Loss of a client or third party's earning capacity when the client is off work
• Additional compensation if the damage to the client or third party is permanent/long-lasting
• Mental trauma, pain and suffering of the client or third party from the injury

What limits are available with upcover's handyman insurance?

You can get covered today with tailored handyman business insurance that provides public & products liability insurance limits available up to $20m.

Who is upcover?

upcover is an insurtech that works with the oldest insurance markets and global leaders in insurance innovation. All insurance products are underwritten by ProRisk. Our aim at upcover is to make it super easy for small businesses to buy insurance and be well-informed about their choices.
upcover Pty Ltd ABN 17 628 197 437 (“upcover”) is Corporate Authorised Representative (CAR 1299211) of Experience Insurance Services Pty Ltd (AFSL 539078).
upcover is a Corporate Authorised Distributor and has entered into an arrangement with Armada Underwriting Pty Ltd ABN 84 000 989 131 AFSL 237402 (“Armada”) and Mercurien Insurance Pty Ltd ABN 68 150 845 177,  AFSL No 480284 (“Mercurien”). upcover markets insurance products and services on behalf of Armada and Mercurien respectively. Cover is subject to the terms, conditions, limits and exclusions of the Policy. All insurance is underwritten by Professional Risk Underwriting Pty Ltd  ABN 80 103 953 073 AFSL 308076 (“ProRisk”) under an authority to bind cover on behalf of Swiss Re International SE, Australia Branch ABN 38 138 873 211 (“Swiss Re”) or Mercurien on binding authority from Assetinsure Pty Ltd ABN 65 006 463 803, AFSL 488403. Armada, ProRisk, Mercurien and upcover and their employees act as agents of Swiss Re and Assetinsure Pty Ltd, not as your agent. Neither ProRisk, Armada, Mercurien or upcover act on your behalf when distributing the insurance products and services and any advice provided is general advice only and does not consider your objectives, financial situation or needs.
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Information provided is general advice only and has been prepared without taking into account any person's particular objectives, financial situation or needs. Read the relevant Product Disclosure Statement or Policy Document available and consider whether it's appropriate before making any decisions about whether to buy a product.
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