[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":325},["ShallowReactive",2],{"schema:\u002Fbusiness-insurance\u002Fguides\u002Fbrokers\u002Ffirst-time-buying-business-insurance-qa-ollie-barrett\u002F":3},{"elements":4,"system":320},{"post__title":5,"post__summary":9,"post__content":12,"post__author":39,"post__reviewer":111,"publish_date":161,"updated_date":166,"url":168,"seo__meta_title":171,"seo__meta_description":173,"seo__add_no_index_tag":175,"seo__canonical_url":178,"related_articles":180,"categories":184,"subfolder":248,"tags":280,"thumbnail_image":294,"show_on_index_page":302,"hide_author":308,"hide_reviewer":312,"hide_tags":316},{"name":6,"type":7,"value":8},"Title","text","First time buying business insurance with a broker? Q&A with Ollie Barrett",{"name":10,"type":7,"value":11},"Summary","Our Senior Technical Insurance Manager, Ollie Barrett, walks you through what to expect when arranging business insurance with a broker for the first time. Read now.",{"images":13,"linkedItemCodenames":20,"linkedItems":22,"links":35,"name":36,"type":37,"value":38},[14],{"description":15,"imageId":16,"url":17,"height":18,"width":19},"Bionic branded graphic with text 'First time buying business insurance? Q&A features graphic with Ollie Barrett' with photo of Ollie, Senior Technical Insurance Manager at Bionic.","4dfceea9-885a-4230-b512-91eb60d47776","https:\u002F\u002Fassets-eu-01.kc-usercontent.com:443\u002F77bbf83a-1306-0152-fea5-3b5eaf937634\u002F474910e0-7f29-4ad3-b6cd-0bac0a6f300d\u002FFirst%20time%20buying%20insurance%20%281%29.jpg",1415,2118,[21],"n7f8b02bb_fecd_0199_f69e_f3c4c6fc88fa",[23],{"elements":24,"system":28},{"sound_cloud_id":25},{"name":26,"type":7,"value":27},"Sound Cloud ID","2263550132",{"codename":21,"collection":29,"id":30,"language":29,"lastModified":31,"name":30,"sitemapLocations":32,"type":33,"workflowStep":34,"workflow":34},"default","7f8b02bb-fecd-0199-f69e-f3c4c6fc88fa","2026-07-21T10:46:48.4898431Z",[],"sound_cloud",null,[],"Content","rich_text","\u003Cobject type=\"application\u002Fkenticocloud\" data-type=\"item\" data-rel=\"component\" data-codename=\"n7f8b02bb_fecd_0199_f69e_f3c4c6fc88fa\">\u003C\u002Fobject>\n\u003Cp>Just set up your business&nbsp;and looking&nbsp;for&nbsp;the right&nbsp;insurance?&nbsp;If&nbsp;you've&nbsp;never&nbsp;arranged&nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fbionic.co.uk\u002Fbusiness-insurance\u002F\">business insurance\u003C\u002Fa>&nbsp;before, you might be wondering what you need to do, and&nbsp;it’s&nbsp;always good&nbsp;to do&nbsp;some research on what to expect.&nbsp;\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Senior Technical Insurance Manager at Bionic,&nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fbionic.co.uk\u002Fauthors\u002Follie-barrett\u002F\">Ollie Barrett\u003C\u002Fa>,&nbsp;walks&nbsp;you through&nbsp;what to expect when arranging business insurance with a broker for the first-time.&nbsp;With answers&nbsp;to&nbsp;questions that keep coming up&nbsp;from&nbsp;small business&nbsp;customers, just&nbsp;like you.&nbsp;\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cfigure data-asset-id=\"4dfceea9-885a-4230-b512-91eb60d47776\" data-image-id=\"4dfceea9-885a-4230-b512-91eb60d47776\">\u003Cimg src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fassets-eu-01.kc-usercontent.com:443\u002F77bbf83a-1306-0152-fea5-3b5eaf937634\u002F474910e0-7f29-4ad3-b6cd-0bac0a6f300d\u002FFirst%20time%20buying%20insurance%20%281%29.jpg\" data-asset-id=\"4dfceea9-885a-4230-b512-91eb60d47776\" data-image-id=\"4dfceea9-885a-4230-b512-91eb60d47776\" alt=\"Bionic branded graphic with text 'First time buying business insurance? Q&amp;A features graphic with Ollie Barrett' with photo of Ollie, Senior Technical Insurance Manager at Bionic.\">\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>Five-point summary:\u003C\u002Fstrong>&nbsp;\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cul>\n  \u003Cli>\u003Cstrong>Assessing cover level:\u003C\u002Fstrong>&nbsp;Business owners should regularly calculate the value of their contents and ensure insurance coverage matches current replacement costs.&nbsp;\u003C\u002Fli>\n  \u003Cli>\u003Cstrong>Determining&nbsp;public liability:\u003C\u002Fstrong>&nbsp;The right amount of public liability insurance depends on your business’s specific risks, industry requirements, and what you can afford. Some sectors may have council-imposed minimums.&nbsp;&nbsp;\u003C\u002Fli>\n  \u003Cli>\u003Cstrong>Common underinsurance gaps:\u003C\u002Fstrong>&nbsp;Many SMEs are underinsured due to outdated property valuations.&nbsp;It’s&nbsp;important to distinguish between purchase price and reinstatement cost.&nbsp;\u003C\u002Fli>\n  \u003Cli>\u003Cstrong>Broker vs. direct&nbsp;purchase:\u003C\u002Fstrong>&nbsp;Brokers can&nbsp;arrange&nbsp;cover to your business’s needs and ask the right questions,&nbsp;whereas&nbsp;buying online may miss&nbsp;important details.&nbsp;\u003C\u002Fli>\n  \u003Cli>\u003Cstrong>Switching and&nbsp;claims&nbsp;history:\u003C\u002Fstrong>&nbsp;Changing insurers is possible even with&nbsp;previous&nbsp;claims, but insurers will consider your claims history and what steps&nbsp;you’ve&nbsp;taken to mitigate risks.&nbsp;&nbsp;\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003C\u002Ful>\n\u003Ch2>How do I figure out the right levels of&nbsp;cover for&nbsp;the value of my contents?&nbsp;\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\u003Cp>When it comes to contents, you should check how much the value of your contents is&nbsp;worth. If&nbsp;you’re&nbsp;just starting&nbsp;up,&nbsp;you&nbsp;should&nbsp;have invoices to&nbsp;refer to.&nbsp;But even a year in,&nbsp;you should&nbsp;recalculate&nbsp;the value of your contents, because&nbsp;the cost of replacing&nbsp;items&nbsp;increases&nbsp;each year.&nbsp;\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For example,&nbsp;if you own a cafe,&nbsp;you should consider the value of your contents. This includes things like tables, chairs,&nbsp;cookers&nbsp;and&nbsp;other equipment.&nbsp;Remember,&nbsp;your insurance policy is designed to put you back&nbsp;in the position you were prior to the claim, so that&nbsp;value&nbsp;needs to be enough&nbsp;to allow you to replace all&nbsp;your&nbsp;contents, if&nbsp;they all got stolen, taken&nbsp;or&nbsp;burnt in a fire&nbsp;– for example.&nbsp;\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And you should keep up to date with this.&nbsp;If&nbsp;you&nbsp;set up a cafe 20 years ago,&nbsp;check&nbsp;the value of the contents in your business today, and the cost to replace items – this may differ&nbsp;greatly.&nbsp;\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Ch2>How do I figure out the right level of public liability?&nbsp;\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\u003Cp>When it comes to&nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fbionic.co.uk\u002Fbusiness-insurance\u002Fpublic-liability-insurance\u002F\">public liability\u003C\u002Fa>, the ‘right’ amount of cover depends on the risks you face. You need to assess your own business risks and&nbsp;estimate potential claim costs.&nbsp;&nbsp;For some businesses,&nbsp;public&nbsp;liability&nbsp;between&nbsp;£1-2&nbsp;million&nbsp;might be enough,&nbsp;for some&nbsp;5&nbsp;million might suffice,&nbsp;or&nbsp;you might&nbsp;even&nbsp;need £10&nbsp;million&nbsp;or&nbsp;more&nbsp;if&nbsp;you’re&nbsp;a large business.&nbsp;\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You should also consider how much you can afford to pay for your insurance cover, and any requirements that are specific to your industry.&nbsp;\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For example, if you&nbsp;are&nbsp;in hospitality and have a pavement license to serve customers outside, then you may have a council requirement to have&nbsp;public&nbsp;liability&nbsp;up to&nbsp;£5&nbsp;million.&nbsp;\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It’s&nbsp;worth bearing in mind that if you have a disaster that means you need to pay more than the limit in your policy,&nbsp;you'll&nbsp;need to&nbsp;cover that&nbsp;additional&nbsp;cost&nbsp;yourself.&nbsp;\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To sum it up, you need to know the individual risks&nbsp;and costs&nbsp;you&nbsp;might&nbsp;face, a broker&nbsp;\u003Cem>can’t&nbsp;\u003C\u002Fem>directly&nbsp;advise&nbsp;you on this.&nbsp;\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Ch2>What’s&nbsp;the biggest cover gap you typically see that leaves SMEs underinsured?&nbsp;&nbsp;\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\u003Cp>We often notice small business owners&nbsp;aren’t&nbsp;up to date with evaluations.&nbsp;Do you know the value of your building? And the cost of repairs if it were to burn down tomorrow? When taking out&nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fbionic.co.uk\u002Fbusiness-insurance\u002Fcommercial-property\u002F\">building insurance\u003C\u002Fa>, many insurers expect to see a valuation every two years, but&nbsp;repair costs may increase yearly.&nbsp;\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What’s key to remember is that the purchase price of your building vs&nbsp;its&nbsp;reinstatement costs&nbsp;are different.&nbsp;Reinstatement&nbsp;costs&nbsp;are costs&nbsp;to put it&nbsp;back to its state before a&nbsp;disaster.&nbsp;\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And it often&nbsp;isn't&nbsp;the building valuation that increases the most&nbsp;–&nbsp;it's&nbsp;actually the&nbsp;cost of labour to rebuild a property. It&nbsp;could increase&nbsp;up 30%&nbsp;or 40%&nbsp;per year.&nbsp;\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For example, if you paid half a million for your building, and insured it for half a million, the reinstatement cost of that building might be £1,000,000, in which case&nbsp;you're&nbsp;underinsured 50% and&nbsp;could&nbsp;be left to pay the rest of the costs yourself.&nbsp;&nbsp;This is&nbsp;where the average clause comes in.&nbsp;\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The average clause often means you&nbsp;won’t&nbsp;get a full payout because you are underinsured. It informs insurers so they can adjust how much they pay out in line with&nbsp;how much&nbsp;you’re&nbsp;underinsured.&nbsp;\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To avoid this, consider getting a reinstatement survey done every two years&nbsp;and speak to your insurer if you have&nbsp;any&nbsp;questions on claims.&nbsp;\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Ch2>What’s&nbsp;the advantage of buying through a broker versus buying online directly?&nbsp;\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\u003Cp>For some businesses,&nbsp;\u003Cem>you&nbsp;can’t&nbsp;\u003C\u002Fem>buy commercial insurance directly from an insurer. And in instances where&nbsp;\u003Cem>you can\u003C\u002Fem>&nbsp;buy it solely online, you are unlikely to get it suited to your exact needs without speaking to&nbsp;someone.&nbsp;&nbsp;\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When you speak to a broker on the phone, they can ask specific questions about your businesses and you&nbsp;have the chance to ask about cover, so&nbsp;you’re&nbsp;properly covered.&nbsp;Small&nbsp;details&nbsp;that can be missed through online forms&nbsp;can make&nbsp;a big difference&nbsp;when it comes to&nbsp;cover.&nbsp;\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Learn more about&nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fbionic.co.uk\u002Fbusiness-insurance\u002Fguides\u002Fbrokers\u002Fbroker-vs-direct-insurer-which-is-better\u002F\">business insurance brokers vs going directly to an insurer\u003C\u002Fa>.&nbsp;\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Ch2>If I switched insurers, would my claims history make it harder or more expensive to get cover?&nbsp;&nbsp;\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\u003Cp>This really depends&nbsp;on the insurer. Underwriters will have different&nbsp;‘underwriting&nbsp;appetites’.&nbsp;Basically,&nbsp;this&nbsp;means they have different terms,&nbsp;conditions&nbsp;and exclusions&nbsp;in&nbsp;their&nbsp;policies.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If you have&nbsp;a previous&nbsp;claim, insurers&nbsp;may&nbsp;ask&nbsp;what you have done since to stop that claim from happening&nbsp;again. This&nbsp;can be a positive factor in their decision.&nbsp;\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If you run a nightclub, and&nbsp;you’ve&nbsp;had two claims from people slipping on the dance floor,&nbsp;an insurer may view you in a more positive light if you take steps to prevent that from happening again. If you replace the dancefloor&nbsp;with a non-slip floor,&nbsp;the underwriter may feel you are&nbsp;unlikely to&nbsp;claim&nbsp;for slips&nbsp;and take a more positive view than&nbsp;if you&nbsp;didn’t&nbsp;replace the floor.&nbsp;\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No one should&nbsp;fear&nbsp;moving insurer because&nbsp;they've&nbsp;had a claim. Sometimes&nbsp;it's&nbsp;harder when&nbsp;there's&nbsp;a claim ongoing, but if the claim has been settled,&nbsp;it's&nbsp;generally&nbsp;easier&nbsp;to look around.&nbsp;\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Ch3>Can I still change insurers if I have lots of&nbsp;previous&nbsp;claims?&nbsp;\u003C\u002Fh3>\n\u003Cp>You can, but&nbsp;you&nbsp;should consider insurer&nbsp;appetite.&nbsp;&nbsp;\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You’ve&nbsp;got both ends of the scale&nbsp;-&nbsp;the big public liability claims where someone has really hurt themselves,&nbsp;and the smaller claims&nbsp;that&nbsp;could&nbsp;happen&nbsp;multiple&nbsp;times a year,&nbsp;like&nbsp;break-ins.&nbsp;&nbsp;\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If you claim a lot,&nbsp;then insurers may view this in a negative light, but that&nbsp;doesn’t&nbsp;mean you&nbsp;can’t&nbsp;get insured in most cases.&nbsp;\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Ch3>What if I have no claims?&nbsp;\u003C\u002Fh3>\n\u003Cp>If&nbsp;you’re&nbsp;a&nbsp;relatively&nbsp;new&nbsp;business and&nbsp;don’t&nbsp;have any claims, this is a good thing&nbsp;and&nbsp;could&nbsp;demonstrate&nbsp;good risk management practices.&nbsp;On the other hand, insurers do have&nbsp;a good idea&nbsp;of the likelihood of claims.&nbsp;So,&nbsp;underwriters&nbsp;may&nbsp;decide&nbsp;on the pricing for your risk based on other similar businesses.&nbsp;\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Ch2>If I decide to&nbsp;change&nbsp;insurers, do I need to give notice to my current provider?&nbsp;&nbsp;\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\u003Cp>You&nbsp;don't&nbsp;need to give notice to your insurer as such.&nbsp;But if&nbsp;you are&nbsp;dealing with them directly and want to move, you need to tell your insurer you will not be renewing.&nbsp;\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If&nbsp;you’re&nbsp;dealing with a broker and&nbsp;you&nbsp;don’t&nbsp;want&nbsp;to renew, you need to tell&nbsp;them&nbsp;as part of consumer duty.&nbsp;You&nbsp;don't&nbsp;need to give them a month's notice&nbsp;- you just need to tell them to lapse the&nbsp;policy,&nbsp;and that&nbsp;you're&nbsp;going&nbsp;somewhere else.&nbsp;\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Learn more about&nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fbionic.co.uk\u002Fbusiness-insurance\u002Fguides\u002Ftop-things-to-consider-when-renewing-business-insurance\u002F\">business insurance renewals.\u003C\u002Fa>&nbsp;\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Ch2>How do I make sure&nbsp;I'm&nbsp;not overpaying if I stay with the same insurer?&nbsp;\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\u003Cp>The best thing to do is&nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fbionic.co.uk\u002Fbusiness-insurance\u002Fguides\u002Fbrokers\u002Fworking-with-a-business-insurance-broker\u002F\">work with your broker\u003C\u002Fa>&nbsp;to&nbsp;ensure&nbsp;you're&nbsp;getting the most competitive terms available. This may mean seeing if they can search the market again for you&nbsp;at renewal.&nbsp;\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Ch2>Getting started&nbsp;with bionic&nbsp;\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\u003Cp>Sorting out business insurance for the first time&nbsp;can&nbsp;feel like another thing on an already overwhelming to-do list. But&nbsp;luckily, Ollie&nbsp;and&nbsp;Tara’s&nbsp;UK-based&nbsp;broker&nbsp;team are on hand to talk you through your options.&nbsp;\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Get in touch with&nbsp;us today. Start a quote online.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>&nbsp;\u003C\u002Fp>",{"name":40,"type":41,"value":42,"linkedItems":44},"Author","modular_content",[43],"author___ollie_barrett",[45],{"elements":46,"system":104},{"name":47,"title":50,"linkedin":52,"twitter":55,"intro":58,"body":65,"slug":72,"image":76,"seo__meta_title":88,"seo__meta_description":91,"seo__add_no_index_tag":94,"seo__canonical_url":101},{"name":48,"type":7,"value":49},"Name","Ollie Barrett",{"name":6,"type":7,"value":51},"Senior Insurance Technical Manager",{"name":53,"type":7,"value":54},"Linkedin Address","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.linkedin.com\u002Fin\u002Follie-barrett-03b67b27\u002F",{"name":56,"type":7,"value":57},"Twitter Address","https:\u002F\u002Ftwitter.com\u002Fbionic_business",{"images":59,"linkedItemCodenames":60,"linkedItems":61,"links":62,"name":63,"type":37,"value":64},[],[],[],[],"Intro","\u003Cp>Ollie is a dedicated insurance professional with over two decades of experience in a variety of roles within the SME sector, including broking, underwriting, product development and capacity management. 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