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Emily Harris

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Cancellation Cover

Marathon

Revenue

£100,000

GBP

With adverse weather

£725

Event Cancellation Insurance

Event Cancellation insurance covers your unavoidable financial losses from unforeseen cancellations. It also protects you from an abandonment, postponement, interruption, curtailment, or relocation of your event. It can cover your Costs and Expenses, or your Revenue. Optional extensions include Adverse Weather, Terrorism, Non-appearance, Civil Commotion, National Mourning, and Cyber threats.

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Things go wrong at events

Whether you’re looking for Event Cancellation insurance for a one-off event or for multiple events throughout the year, Event Cancellation insurance can provide peace of mind for things that could go wrong at your event.

Coverage areasReason for claimCommon causations

Costs and expenses

All costs and expenses incurred in organising the event, that cannot be recovered if the event is cancelled. Note: For a first time event, you will only be able to cover your Costs and Expenses.

Gross Revenue

Lost income or revenue that the event would have generated, had it not been cancelled.

Additional Expenses

Additional costs that you spend in order to prevent a full cancellation.

Event Cancellation

The inability to proceed with the Insured Event(s) prior to commencement.

Event Abandonment

The inability to complete the Insured Event(s) once commenced.

Event Postponement

The unavoidable rescheduling of the Insured Event(s) to another time.

Event Interruption

The inability of the Insured to keep open the whole or any part of the the Insured Event(s) after opening, followed by the reopening thereof.

Event Curtailment

The unavoidable partial closure of the Insured Event(s).

Event Relocation

The unavoidable transfer of the Insured Event(s) to another location.

Adverse Weather

Extreme weather impacting your event, specifically for Outdoor or Temporary Structure events. Note: this is usually not available to purchase within 14 days of the event.

Terrorism

Due to safety concerns, or an actual terrorist attack that would impact your event.

Non-appearance

Non-appearance of an Artist or key person at your event, due to unavoidable death, accident, illness or travel delay.

Civil Commotion

Riots or Civil unrest that may impact your event.

National Mourning

For events that are impacted due to the national period of mourning after the death of a head of state or member of the Royal Family.

Computer System Failure

The inability to access, process, use or operate any Computer System at your event.

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What does Vento cover?

IssueOutcomeInsurable?
Your venue is flooded.You need to cancel your event.(with Adverse Weather cover)
Pre-existing building works at your venue overruns.Venue is unsuitable to host the event so you have to postpone.
There is a threat of Terrorism in the area.The police force you to postpone your event.(with Terrorism cover)
There is a riot in the area.The authorities insist you abandon your event.(with Civil Commotion cover)
War breaks out in the country of your event.It is impossible to hold the event due to the violence.
Your headline act falls ill.You have to cancel the event.(with Non-Appearance cover)
Your payment processor has a power cut.You cannot take payments on site.(with Computer System Failure cover)
The King dies and there is a period of national mourning.It becomes necessary to cancel your event.(with National Mourning cover)
You don’t sell enough tickets for your event.You can’t pay your suppliers and have to cancel your event.
Lightening causes your site to be deemed unsafe.The site is closed for a period of time.(with Adverse Weather cover)
A mass outbreak of COVID-19.The government prevents your event from going ahead.
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Event Cancellation insurance covers your unavoidable financial losses from unforeseen cancellations. It also protects you from an abandonment, postponement, interruption, curtailment, or relocation of your event. Get a quote with no obligation!

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Let's answer some of your questions

What is Event Cancellation insurance UK? What is Event Cancellation insurance UK?

Event Cancellation insurance UK covers your unavoidable financial loss that arises when circumstances beyond your control mean you have no choice but to cancel your event. For example, your Event Cancellation insurance would step in if it was too windy for your marquees to be used safely, or your keynote speaker was delayed due to travel disruption.

The standard wording for Event Cancellation insurance covers you for the cancellation, abandonment, interruption, curtailment, postponement and relocation of your event. The Event Cancellation insurance policy operates with a base amount of cover, whereby everything that is NOT excluded is covered (provided there is an unavoidable causation beyond your control). For example, you can purchase exclusions back into your Event Cancellation insurance quote, such as Adverse Weather, National Mourning, Terrorism, Civil Commotion, Non-appearance of an artist, and more.

 

In summary, the Event Cancellation insurance quote can be tailored to fit your needs, whether it’s a one off event insurance quote or a multiple event insurance quote. Get in touch with one of our Experts to discuss the most suitable Event Cancellation insurance for your event.

Should I get Event Cancellation insurance for my event? Should I get Event Cancellation insurance for my event?

Circumstances beyond your control can arise at any time, impacting your event and putting your business at risk. Event Cancellation insurance provides peace of mind. If your event is cancelled due to unforeseen circumstances, your Event Cancellation insurance will cover the cost of unavoidable financial losses.

Roughly how much will Event Cancellation insurance cost? Roughly how much will Event Cancellation insurance cost?

With Event Cancellation insurance, you can either cover your costs and expenses OR your revenue. The Event Cancellation insurance cost is calculated on a percentage of the amount that you choose to cover. As a guide, Event Cancellation insurance costs between 0.5-3.5% of the total revenue or total costs of your event, depending on your type of event and the Event Cancellation insurance cover you would like to buy.

Can I get cover for COVID-19 or future pandemics? Can I get cover for COVID-19 or future pandemics?

Unfortunately, due to the impact of the recent pandemic, there is no available insurance for your event to cover the loss caused by transmissible disease.

How far in advance do I need to buy Event Cancellation insurance? How far in advance do I need to buy Event Cancellation insurance?

We recommend buying your Event Cancellation insurance as far in advance of your event as possible (before the point at which you start spending money on your event) as this gives you the opportunity to protect yourself from the unknown. For larger events, this could be up to one year in advance – but for smaller events, three months may be appropriate. Please note that Event Cancellation insurance must be purchased before 14 days of the event start date, at latest. 

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