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Let property insurance for local authority tenants

March 24, 2014 HMO Property Insurance

If you own a property with a number of rent-able rooms, we understand that it can be financially prudent or even more convenient to let the property to the local authority, housing association, local government or even a charity.

Rental agreements such as this are becoming ever more frequent in the HMO/multi let property market, and though it takes the strain and stress out of finding a tenant for each rent-able room, this stress is then passed on to finding an appropriate insurance policy for your property. Read More

Multi-tenancy Let Property Insurance

March 20, 2014 HMO Property Insurance

Do you let your property on more than one tenancy agreement, and finding it hard to get the relevant/competitive insurance policy?

A lot of the time when you look for let property insurance, if you let your property to more than one tenancy agreement, you have to go out of your way to advise the relevant insurer, rather than being asked as part of protocol, which is where the complications arise. Read More

Benefits of Fleet Insurance

Fleet Vehicle Insurance

Any company that owns a number of vehicles needs to consider investing in fleet insurance. It is basically an insurance plan for more than one vehicle, and there are a number of benefits to be had with opting for this kind of plan as opposed to individually insuring each vehicle. Read More

Do you need Public Liability Insurance?

March 17, 2014 Public Liability Insurance

Are you small, medium or even a large contractor? Responsible for arrange your firm’s Public Liability? Do you feel you’re paying over the odds, but feel you are bound to the same provider as every other insurance broker you contact cannot cover your trade?

Lucky for you, we’re here to help! At Goldcrest we can provide Public Liability quotations for ALL trades, with our specialty being high risk trades. Read More

New HMO Insurance Product

March 13, 2014 HMO Property Insurance

We recently launched our exclusive HMO property owner’s insurance scheme at the beginning of the year, underwritten by one of the largest insurers in the country, and the response has been phenomenal.

Over the last 24 months Goldcrest really increased its stature within the HMO Insurance market, and thought it prudent to team up with a reputable insurer to streamline all the business enquiries that come in. Read More

About Cob House Insurance

March 12, 2014 Residential Insurance

There’s something quite enchanting and fairy tale like about the structure of a cob house, and the allure of owning such a house would be hard to refute.

However once you are due to complete/exchange of such a property, or perhaps once the structure is completely finished, you are then set with the conquest of insuring the cob construction. Read More

Asbestos Removal Liability Insurance

March 6, 2014 Asbestos Removal Insurance

Do you handle Asbestos, and require a quotation for your Public Liability Insurance?

We appreciate how busy you can get during the day and may not be able to contact us for a quotation during our working hours but we can provide quotations via email if this is more convenient to your needs.

So if this is of interest to you, here are the details we require in order to provide you with an Asbestos Removal Contractor’s Public Liability Insurance quotation: Read More

Who Needs High Net Worth Insurance

March 5, 2014 Goldcrest InsuranceHigh Risk Liability Insurance

There are many people who, let’s face it, don’t need high net worth insurance but then again, there are plenty of people who do. High net worth insurance was created as specialist insurance cover for people who have a higher net worth than the rest of us . . . with high value properties and homes, cars, jewellery and other possessions.

Standard insurance policies were not designed to furnish the needs of these people, standard insurance policies are fine for standard people, high net worth people need high net worth insurance policies. Read More

Sports Club Insurance

March 3, 2014 Sports Club Insurance

Are you responsible in arranging the insurance for a Sports club, a social club or even a leisure club? Is the tedium of spending hours on the phone to various insurance providers making your head swell and the only curable technique is to pop down to the sauna in the club?

Arranging the insurance for these venues needn’t be so hard work, the problem we see with many whom are responsible for arranging the insurance for the respective clubs, is that they get complacent in any policy they have in place, Read More

HMO aka House in Multiple Occupation Insurance

February 26, 2014 HMO Property Insurance

Acronyms are fine just so long as you know what they mean – the problem with HMO insurance (and the reason I had to clarify it) is that it sounds like something to do with Her Majesty . . . and it isn’t, although I hope she’s got the right sort of HMO insurance on her multiple occupancy properties.

HMO insurance, or House in Multiple Occupation insurance is essential for many landlords and property letting companies, although many landlords don’t actually understand what it is and whether they need it. Read More