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Colour & Image Consultant Insurance

Protecting colour and image professionals from less than £55* per year

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Professional Saver Colour & Image Consultant Insurance


Our standard cover is:

  • £1 million cover for public and products liability (with an option to increase to £2 million, £5 million or £10 million)
  • £10,000 cover for any financial loss (£50K cover optional)
  • Worldwide liability cover for temporary work abroad for up to 14 days (excluding the USA and Canada)

As a colour and image consultant, having comprehensive insurance coverage gives you invaluable peace of mind that your business is protected in the event of an accident, injury, or claim. Our specialist liability policies protect you from potentially substantial payouts resulting from:

  • Injuries to clients during consultations – for example, tripping over your equipment
  • Damage to client’s property – such as stains to clothing from demonstrating makeup
  • Financial loss due to inaccurate advice – for instance, unsuitable colour analysis leading to wasted clothing purchases

Without insurance, just one incident could seriously impact your business finances. Don’t take chances – get covered with Professional Saver today.

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Why choose Professional Saver colour & image consultant insurance?

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Trusted for over 40 years Trusted for over 40 years

We’ve been providing insurance to businesses since 1984

Financial Strength Financial Strength

Insurance provided by a Standard & Poor’s ‘AA- Stable’ rated insurer

Defaqto 5 Star rated

Our Professional Saver Insurance (Covea) has been independently rated 5 Stars by Defaqto – the highest possible rating, awarded to excellent products with a comprehensive range of features and benefits.

How our colour & image consultant insurance works

1 Apply online

Complete our simple quote form with basic details about your business.

2 Get a quote

Get an instant quote & choose any optional covers you may need.

3 You’re insured!

Instantly activate your Professional Saver policy and view your certificates online.

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What Is Colour & Image Consultant Insurance?

Colour & image consultant insurance protects specialists who advise individual clients or companies on optimal apparel, cosmetics, pigments, lighting, furnishings and graphic colours to compliment personal characteristics or reinforce branding. Advisors may also assist with:

  • Wardrobe curation for flattering styles
  • Makeup application lessons tied to colour theory
  • Space aesthetics through wall paints and textiles
  • Corporate logos and visual identity refreshing

However, oversight liabilities include:

  • Unsuitability claims over unflattering or impractical suggestions
  • Allergic reactions to recommended beauty products
  • Restricted venue access investigating offensive graphics
  • Breaches of stored client photos or confidential profiling data
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Our Tailored Cover Safeguards Your Consultancy:

We understand your colour analysis and image consultancy services are highly personal, involving close client contact during assessments. Risks like tripping hazards and accidental damage to items are inherent.

Our public liability insurance packages cater to the bespoke needs of colour professionals, with protection including:

Public Liability

Covers any injury to clients or damage to their property while you are working. We cover trips, slips, and accidental staining/damage as standard. It gives you protection if a customer decides to claim compensation after an incident.

Professional Indemnity

Provides cover if your colour analysis is inaccurate or style advice is poor, resulting in financial loss for a client. For example, it covers the cost of unsuitable clothing purchases that prove wasted due to flawed colour guidance.

Legal Expenses Insurance

Pays your legal costs and gives you specialist legal representation if a client pursues a civil claim against you alleging professional negligence. Having expert legal help can be invaluable in defending claims.

Equipment & Tools Cover

Replaces items lost, stolen or damaged during client consultations and analysis sessions. We cover all equipment like colour charts, cameras, laptops, cosmetics and so on.

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Why You Need Protection From Claims

Unlike some creative professions, as a consultant actively advising clients on colours, cosmetics, styles and purchasing choices, your guidance has a direct impact on what items they buy.

However, no colour analysis is 100% perfect every time. Inevitably, there will be occasions when your judgement of tones and suitability will simply not align with the client’s preferences once they purchase items.

While you aim to provide an excellent service, without insurance you remain exposed to disgruntled customers demanding refunds for ‘unsuitable’ items they feel you guided them wrongly on.

Our professional indemnity cover here protects you. If a client claims financial loss, we handle the legal claim and payout, keeping your business safe.

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Chosen by over 5000 businesses and counting*

Chosen by over 18761 businesses and counting

Online & Anywhere

We like to keep things simple. Your quote, purchase and documents are all available online, anytime.

Monthly Instalments

Cashflow is important to every business. Spread the cost by paying in easy monthly instalments.

Instant Cover

No need to wait for your documents. Our professional cover starts from the date you select.

Added Protection

Public liability, products liability, financial loss, legal expenses and accidental death cover as standard.

* Total number of live policies as of 31/10/2025

FAQs

Colour & Image Consultant Insurance FAQs

We protect against a wide range of accidental incidents during consultations including:

  • Staining or damaging clothing/furnishings when demonstrating makeup
  • Causing clients to trip over trailing wires or unpacked equipment
  • Dropping and damaging delicate jewellery while inspecting skin tones up close
  • Errors during colour analysis leading to unsuitable clothing suggestions being purchased
  • Incorrect colour advice resulting in wasted makeup products

Our comprehensive insurance handles any claim payouts and legal costs arising from scenarios like these while visiting clients.

  • Absolutely – our colour consultant insurance can flexibly cover any temporary staff, freelancers or contractors you engage to help with client assessments, reporting or cosmetics assistance too. We ensure anyone operating under your business name is fully protected from potential claims.

    Whether it’s an independent makeup artist you sub-contract for demonstrations, an assistant helping with colour chart paperwork or a photographer capturing shots for analysis, our protection keeps your entire team shielded.

We appreciate items like watches, rings and necklaces are often closely analysed during skin tone assessments. Accidents like dropping a delicate bracelet can easily happen.

Our standard equipment cover provides protection if a client’s jewellery or valuables are lost, broken or damaged during a consultation. Just inform us promptly about any lost items to claim for replacement or compensation costs.

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