It only has to go once.
Commercial insurance for glazing and window installers of any size: one fitting van, or a workshop with a delivery fleet.
Glazing & window installer insurance
Usually includes
Public liability
Employers’ liability
Premises & contents
Business interruption
Stock & glass
Tools, plant & equipment
One
conversation.
You explain the business once, and we take it from there.
Bespoke service
for your business
No two businesses are the same, so we start with yours rather than with a template.
Everything
quoted together.
The tools, the van, your liability and the work in progress, priced in one go rather than piece by piece.
Know your cover
What is glazing & window installer insurance?
Glass is heavy, fragile and expensive, and it has to be carried into position by hand more often than anyone would like. Add working at height, removing what was there before, and leaving a hole in someone’s building while you do it, and there’s plenty that can go wrong, at any size of operation. Cover for it comes as a commercial combined policy: property, liability and business interruption in one, with fleet alongside, sized to what you actually run.
Glass in transit and in hand
Most breakages happen moving it, not fitting it, and it breaks once.
A building left open
Taking the old unit out leaves a gap until the new one is in.
The days you can’t work
If the workshop or store is out of action, installs slip and the money stops.
Who it’s for
Whatever you fit.
✓
Window & door installers
Domestic replacement windows and doors.
✓
Commercial glazing contractors
Shopfronts, curtain walling and commercial glazing.
✓
Glass merchants & processors
Cutting, toughening and supplying glass.
✓
Conservatory installers
Conservatories, orangeries and glazed extensions.
✓
Emergency glazing firms
Board-up and reactive replacement work.
✓
Firms with a workshop
Fabricating units in-house rather than buying in.
What we cover
Cover built around the way you work.
We get to know how you actually run before we build anything around it.
Public liability
Injury or damage arising from your work, on site or on your own premises.
Employers’ liability
A legal requirement as soon as you take someone on.
Premises & contents
The workshop, unit or store you work out of, and everything in it.
Business interruption
If the workshop stops, installs slip. This covers the trading you lose.
Stock & glass
Glass, frames and finished units in the workshop, the store or in transit.
Tools, plant & equipment
Lifting aids, power tools and fitting equipment, on site or in the van.
Legal expenses
Contract disputes, employment matters and the cost of defending a claim.
Fleet
Vans and glass-carrying vehicles on one fleet policy alongside the main cover.
Cyber & data
A payment diverted to someone posing as a subcontractor, and an attack on the office systems that hold your contracts and payroll.
Who this cover tends to suit.
This cover is generally bought by glazing and window installers at any size, from one fitting van to a workshop with a delivery fleet. Not every part will apply to every business, so tell us how you’re set up and we’ll show you what’s relevant rather than sell you cover you don’t need.
Worth knowing
Check the details before you choose.
Breakage in transit
Glass in the van is where a lot of the loss happens.
Working at height
Upper-floor and commercial glazing gets looked at more closely.
A building left open
There’s a gap between taking the old unit out and the new one going in.
Manual handling
Glass is heavy, and handling injuries are a real part of this trade.
Every install is different.
A domestic window swap and a commercial shopfront don’t carry the same risk. We ask different questions, and we’ll quote both.
Glaziers
Window installers
Door installers
Double glazing
Shopfronts
Commercial glazing
Curtain walling
Conservatories
Glaziers
Window installers
Door installers
Double glazing
Shopfronts
Commercial glazing
Curtain walling
Conservatories
Toughened glass
Glass processing
Splashbacks
Balustrades
Emergency glazing
Board-up
Secondary glazing
Glass merchants
Toughened glass
Glass processing
Splashbacks
Balustrades
Emergency glazing
Board-up
Secondary glazing
Glass merchants
Why Vara
Bespoke service for you & your business,
without the big-firm minimum.
01
The workshop matters, not just the van
A single fitting van and a workshop with a delivery fleet differ on machinery, stock and vehicles. We ask what you run before we approach anyone.
02
Cover that follows the glass
Workshop, van and site. We make sure nothing drops down the gap between them.
03
Certificates your contracts will accept
Agents and principals want proof before you start. We turn it round quickly.
04
We present the risk right
Work mix, height and claims history all change what you pay.
You talk to a person. The machines do the typing.
Free review of your glazing & window installer cover and costs.
Cover spread across three or four policies? Leave your details and we’ll call you straight back. One conversation covers the lot.
What the review covers
A lot of breakage happens in transit rather than on site, so how you carry glass matters to the quote.
Upper-floor and commercial glazing gets looked at more closely than ground-floor domestic work.
We approach insurers on our panel who write glazing and window installer risks, and come back with what they’ll offer.
We explain each option in plain English, including what it doesn’t cover.
If it’s not a risk we can place, we’ll tell you straight away rather than leave you waiting.
No obligation to switch. You decide what fits.
Rather not wait? Call us on 0333 091 3663
Good to know
Glazing questions, answered straight.
What insurance does a glazing contractor need?
Is glass covered while it's in the van?
Does working at height change my cover?
What about the gap while the old window is out?
Can my vehicles go on the same arrangement?
How is business interruption calculated?
Are my materials and stock covered, or just tools?
What does this cover if I lease my premises?
Vara Commercial Insurance · 0333 091 3663
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