Public liability ‘number one reason’ for wedding insurance purchases
August 1, 2007 by admin
Filed under News, News-Insurance
Couples looking to take out wedding cover should try to apply for the policy well before booking venues, M&S Money advised yesterday.
The provider said that many marriage venues now demand public liability insurance before they allow bookings.
Public liability covers the venues for injuries to wedding guests as well as any property damage that might occur.
Media relations manager at M&S Money Liz Neild said that the growth of the wedding insurance industry was “primarily” due to the fact that “far more venues are insisting on public liability cover”.
Everybody used to get married at the local church or registry office, but now you can have it in a castle or on a boat or god knows where”, she commented.
“Major venues are insisting that anyone who books a wedding is actually covered by public liability insurance. That’s the number one reason.”
The insurer also revealed that other main occurrences that people need cover for range from damage, to the wedding cake to the possible need for photographs having to be re-taken, to the cancellation of the whole event.
