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Energy Assessors Insurance

Protecting energy assessors with public liability insurance, starting at less than £55* per year

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Professional Saver Energy Assessors 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 an energy assessor or home inspector, having  insurance is absolutely vital to fully protect you when conducting in-depth property surveys, providing energy performance reports, and giving recommendations to clients.

Our public liability insurance covers you against claims if a client is injured or their property damaged while you are working on-site. It also shields against financial loss claims if your inspection advice later proves inaccurate or flawed.

Without adequate insurance, you could face substantial pay-outs if a client decides to sue for professional negligence, property destruction, or wasted money from acting on your recommendations.

Our specialist assessor and inspector policies give you complete peace of mind that any such claims will be dealt with by your insurer, protecting your livelihood. Professional Saver offers energy assessors and home inspectors insurance starting from less than £54* per year. Get your no-obligation quote today and join hundreds of businesses we have protected.

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Why choose Professional Saver energy assessors insurance?

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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 energy assessors 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 Energy Assessors Insurance?

Energy assessors insurance protects professionals who evaluate homes and commercial buildings to issue officially recognised certificates detailing energy efficiency ratings and recommendations for upgrades that reduce environmental footprint. Assessments include:

  • On-site inspections noting building materials, lighting, appliances
  • Component measurements assessing insulation, ventilation, solar potential
  • Advice guiding impactful retrofits like double glazing installation

However, liability risks include:

  • Failure to spot inefficiencies leading to higher than anticipated energy costs
  • Errors advising unsuitable upgrades not delivering forecast savings
  • Breaches of digitised client data accessed during residential surveys

Our comprehensive policies can offer:

  • Public Liability – Covers assessor slips, trips or falls at client properties
  • Professional Indemnity (optional cover) – Shields from claims tied to financial loss
  • Equipment Cover (optional cover) – Protecting testing gear like thermal imaging cameras
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Our Energy Assessor Policy Covers:

Our specialist energy assessor and home inspector insurance packages provide extensive protection against:

Public Liability Insurance

  • Covers any injury sustained by clients or damage caused to their property while you are conducting on-site assessments. For example, if you accidentally knock over and smash a valuable vase, or if cables trailing from your testing equipment cause someone to trip, resulting in a broken arm.
  • Provides protection if you damage parts of the property itself – e.g. putting your foot through a ceiling while examining loft insulation.
  • Peace of mind that any substantial claims for compensation from customers should you injure them or destroy their possessions due to negligence will be handled by your insurer.

Legal Expenses Insurance

  • Pays your legal costs and provides specialist legal representation if you face civil claims from clients alleging professional negligence.
  • For example, if your structural survey misses critical weaknesses leading to a dangerous ceiling collapse shortly after completion, severely injuring occupants. Your policy helps cover legal costs both defending yourself and compensating the occupants.
  • Having expert legal support can be essential to challenge excessive demands for damages and reach fair claim settlements protecting yourself.

Professional Indemnity Insurance

  • If selected, covers scenarios where your property assessment directly leads to major financial loss for a client.
  • For example, if an inaccurate energy report provides a flawed analysis of the site’s energy performance, leading to inappropriate upgrades being installed which fail to deliver savings as anticipated. As a result, the client wastes thousands on unsuitable improvements due to acting on your guidance.
  • The policy helps shield you from substantial pay-outs if such clients then pursue you for professional negligence and demand compensation for their wasted money on failed upgrades.

We offer varying levels of public liability, professional indemnity and legal expenses cover. Our experienced team can explain all the options in full.

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Insurance That Covers Contract Staff

Our energy assessor and home inspector insurance can also be extended to cover any temporary personnel, freelancers or subcontractors you bring in to help with property assessments and reporting.

This ensures both you and any additional professionals you hire are fully protected by comprehensive public liability and professional indemnity covers while conducting work under your business name.

Common scenarios include:

  • Bringing in a thermal imaging specialist to conduct heat loss surveys of properties.
  • Using a structural engineer for more complex elements assessments.
  • Working with a damp and timber specialist to advise on property repairs.

If any such contractor then provides a flawed analysis which leads to financial implications for a client, our insurance helps shield your core business against claims given the work was done as your trading entity.

We understand operations often require the flexibility of outsourcing expert tasks or bringing in part-time niche help. Our flexible policies ensure full compliance and protection during such work.

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Chosen by over 5000 businesses and counting*

Chosen by over 18761 businesses and counting

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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

Energy Assessors Insurance FAQs

Energy assessors and home inspectors are vulnerable to professional negligence and public liability claims because clients depend on their property advice to inform substantial upgrade and repair decisions.

If flawed assessments lead to inappropriate installations resulting in major financial losses, inspectors risk large claims without insurance.

Policies cover resulting high-value demands due to reduced property values, wasted upgrades/repair costs and loss of client equipment caused by inaccurate reports.

  • Some real-world examples of assessment flaws we cover include:
    • Inaccurate Energy Reports – Lead clients to wrongly believe their efficiency is sound. They delay urgent upgrades needed, leading to surging energy bills over following years.
    • Missed Structural Issues – An overlooked cracked beam leads clients to delayed critical repairs. The damage worsens until the property becomes uninhabitable due to safety risks.
    • Poor Heating Designs – Flawed plans suggested lead to an dramatically undersized or inappropriate system install. It fails to heat the property sufficiently, with the client forced to fully replace it at great cost.

    Our optional professional indemnity insurance covers inspectors against client loss of money claims in scenarios like these where assessments prove negligent.

We cover all typical property inspection services like:

  • Energy performance evaluations
  • Energy efficiency recommendations
  • Renewable energy feasibility studies
  • Electrical safety inspections
  • Structural and condition surveys
  • Valuation impact assessments
  • Heating system suitability analysis
  • Upgrade and repair cost analysis

Essentially we cover most claims stemming from inaccurate inspection advice, flaws, oversights or negligence which lead to financial loss outcomes for your clients.

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