Convenience store insurance

Insurance for convenience stores can cover a number of eventualities, from injury to weather events – all of which could impact your ability to trade. The right convenience store insurance policy can safeguard your business to let you work without worry. You never know what is around the corner, so shop insurance should be a fundamental part of your business plan to ensure business continuity, should something unfortunate happen.

If you employ a team, then you will need to take out employers’ liability insurance to safeguard your employees against accidents at work.

At Premierline, we offer flexible convenience shop insurance policies that can be as simple or comprehensive as you need depending on your business requirements. When deciding what insurance and covers you need to protect your convenience store, you should consider the following:

• Public liability – for injured shop visitors or damage to their property.
• Employers’ liability – to protect your shop employees.
• Buildings cover – to cover for loss or damage to your shop premises.
• Equipment, contents, and stock – to reinstate your items and belongings.
• Business interruption – to keep finances running when disaster strikes.
• Money cover – for theft or attempted theft.
• Goods in transit – to cover for loss or damage to stock when in transit, loading, or unloading.
• Business legal expenses – to cover the cost of legal expenses or defending your shop against legal action.

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The cost of your convenience store insurance will depend on your shop activities, the location of your business and the amount and type of covers you require to protect your shop. Like any other insurance, generally the more cover you require the higher the premium.

The value you gain from having the right cover in place is a huge benefit to your business. A shop insurance policy is a product that you have paid for that you may never get to use, but also a product that you hope you will never need to call on.

Premierline has many years of experience arranging risk management solutions for independent shops and franchised retailers. So, we arrange insurance for convenience stores and general stores that’s designed to offer all the protection you need.

As a business insurance broker, we can arrange insurance for a range of different convenience store businesses. Such as:

• Newsagents
• Cornershops
• General stores
• Co-operatives
• Post offices
• Mini-supermarkets
• Grocers

Depending on your type of business, you may be interested in newsagents insurance or supermarket insurance.

Try to have your existing insurance schedule and renewal notice available as this will give us the majority of the information that we will need. However, if you are a new business, don’t worry – our business insurance advisors will be able to guide you through the process of understanding and identifying your insurance needs.

We will email your policy documentation to you which means you will receive these straight away. Alternatively, if you would prefer your documents to be posted, you will normally receive them within 5 working days.

You can pay annually using a credit/debit card or by making an electronic payment. Alternatively you can manage your payments through a monthly Direct Debit plan with our approved premium finance provider, Premium Credit Limited.