We underwrite Employers’ Liability and Public Liability on behalf of our insurers, for a wide range of contracting trades, with Public Liability limits available up to £20M. Cover is subject to policy terms and conditions.
Our appetite
Insurance cover for a range of contracting trades, including:
- Aerial and satellite dish erectors
- Air conditioning and refrigeration engineers
- Bricklayers
- Builders
- Carpenters and joiners
- Cleaning contractors
- Concrete and concrete goods
- Manufacturers
- Concrete pumping contractors
- Curtain wallers
- Data cabling installers
- Diamond drilling and concrete cutting contractors
- Electricians
- Exhibition stand erectors
- Fencing contractors
- Flooring contractors
- Gardening and landscaping contractors
- Glaziers
- Groundworkers
- Hauliers
- Insulation contractors
- Lift engineers
- Machine movement and relocation
- Mechanical engineers and machinery installation
- Modular building installers
- Painters and decorators
- Partitioning and suspended ceiling contractors
- Pest controllers
- Pipe fitters
- Plant hirers and operators
- Plasterers and renderers
- Property developers
- Ready mix concrete manufacturers
- Racking installers
- Shop fitters, property refurbishment and maintenance
- Shuttering formwork and steel fixing
- Sign erectors
- Steel erectors and fabricators
- Stone masons
- Surfacing and paving contractors
- Traffic management contractors
- Trainers (manual and non-manual)
- Ventilation and ductwork engineers
Risks we cannot consider
Primary EL/PL:
- Asbestos contractors
- Basement construction contractors
- Care homes
- Equestrian risks
- Mine and quarry operators
- Recycling risks
- Roofing contractors
- Sawmills
- Scaffolding contractors
- Skip hirers
- Steeplejacks
- Trampoline and soft play risks
- Underpinning contractors
Excess PL:
- Asbestos contractors
- Equestrian risks
- Hot roofing contractors
- Mine and quarry operators
- Trampoline and soft play risks
- Underpinning or basement construction contractors
Trades we are actively targeting
These are trades we are actively targeting:
- Bricklayers
- Groundworkers (including cable laying)
- Haulage contractors
- Lift engineers
- Plant hirers and operators
- Property developers
Cover extensions
Coverage can also be extended to include the following:
- Contractors All Risks including single contracts
- Cyber risks
- Exports to North America including associated visits
- Incidental offshore, airside or trackside exposures
- Optional extensions for Financial Loss, Defective Workmanship and Professional Indemnity
- Public Liability limits up to £20M
- Temporary work outside the UK
- Unlimited height and depth work considered
- Work undertaken at high-risk locations
Why MX?
Our experienced Liability underwriters combine strong technical expertise with a practical approach to risk assessment. We work closely with brokers to find solutions for complex risks, considering factors such as claims history, Health and Safety Executive (HSE) prosecutions and County Court Judgements (CCJs) on their individual merits. Single, large and fortuitous losses are assessed in context, helping brokers secure cover for clients that may fall outside a standard market appetite.
We can consider cases that fall outside standard market appetite, including:
- Businesses with an adverse claims history where the circumstances are understood
- Contractors working at unlimited height and depth
- Work at high-risk locations, and incidental offshore, airside or trackside exposures
- Temporary work outside the UK, and exports to North America including associated visits
- Single project Contractors All Risks (including Existing Structures, Employers’ and Public Liability and JCT 6.5.1 cover)
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London Market Capability
Alongside our Liability offering, we support our mainstream wholesale London Market broker partners with access to London Market solutions for more complex and non-standard risks. Our underwriters work closely with brokers to understand individual client requirements and deliver pragmatic, tailored solutions where a traditional company market approach may not be suitable.
FAQS
Previous claims, HSE action and CCJs are considered as part of the overall risk assessment. Each case is assessed on its individual circumstances, including the nature and severity of any previous losses.
Temporary work outside the UK can be considered, as can exports to North America including associated visits. Both are subject to policy terms and conditions.
Contractors All Risks can be included, and single contracts can be considered. Cover is subject to policy terms and conditions.
Financial Loss, Defective Workmanship and Professional Indemnity extensions are available as options, subject to policy terms and conditions.