What is a Business Insurance?

A Business Insurance Package (also known as BizPack) is a customisable insurance bundle with a variety of cover options for the various risks a small business may face. 

You can tailor your BizPack to fit your business needs and pick-n-mix cover against insured events, like fires, storms, theft or even accidental damage. From contents and stock to your tools (and much more!), protect your small business against loss of revenue and unplanned bills.

What is BizPack Insurance

What cover can be included in your Business Insurance Package?

Pick-n-mix and tailor your BizPack to fit the needs of your business.

Choose from the following options:

Tool Insurance

Covers costs of repairing or replacing your portable tools, equipment, stock against:

  • Theft
  • Fire
  • Accidental or malicious damage
Tool coverage

Building Insurance

Covers the building you own and operate out of for repair or rebuild costs caused by:

  • Storm damage
  • Fire
  • Malicious damage
Building coverage

Business Interruption Insurance

Covers loss of income or increase in operation costs when your biz is impacted by events like:

  • Property damage
  • Fire
  • Storm damage
Business Interruption Coverage

Contents (Property) Insurance

Covers the money, equipment, stock, and glass you keep in your building against:

  • Storm damage
  • Fire
  • Theft or break-in damage
Contents coverage

Looking for Public Liability & Professional Indemnity insurance? We’ve got you covered.

Looking for more cover types like Public Liability & Professional Indemnity insurance? We’ve got you covered.

We’ve got a Business Insurance Pack for your industry:

Maintenance Services

  • Cleaners
  • Gardeners
  • Lawn Services
  • Landscapers
and more…: Maintenance Services

Trades

  • Builders & Handymen
  • Electricians
  • Painters & Decorators
  • Plumbers
and more…: Trades

Consultants & Freelancers

  • IT Consultants
  • Management Consultants
  • Recruitment Consultants
  • Real Estate Agents
and more…: Consultants & Freelancers

Fitness & Beauty

  • Personal Trainers
  • Hairdressers
  • Beauticians
  • Yoga Teachers
and more…: Fitness & Beauty

Hospitality

  • Café’s & Restaurants
  • Caterers
  • Takeaway Shops
  • Food Trucks
and more…: Hospitality

Healthcare & Wellbeing

  • Nurses
  • Care Workers
  • Counsellors
  • Massage Therapists
and more…: Healthcare & Wellbeing
Retailer

Retailers

  • Shop Owners
  • Bakeries & Green Grocers
  • Book Shops
  • E-commerce Retailers
and more…: Retailers

Professionals

and more…: Professionals

If you don’t see your industry or occupation mentioned above, it doesn’t mean a Business Insurance Package isn’t suited for your business.

It only takes few minutes to find insurance that fits your business needs.

How much does a Business Insurance Package cost?

Your business is unique. That means you might face different risks than the business owner down the street and may pay a different price for your cover.

With BizCover, insurance can be tailored to fit the size, risks, and needs of your business.

Building Cover

Expected average cost

Contents (Property) Cover

Expected average cost

Business Interruption Cover

Expected average cost

Tool Cover

Expected average cost

Get cover that works with the risks of your business

Select different cover amounts for each cover listed below.
This is the most you will be paid out if you need to make a claim.

Building Contents, and Business Interruption
Up to $3M combined cover
Tool Cover

Pick cover for the value of your tools

BizPack cover upto $1M
Customise your cover up to $1M

Unsure how much to choose? Think about:

Statutory professional requirements

Cover required by contracts

Number of employees being covered

Your contract value

Your contract value

Worst case scenario claim size

Up to $3M combined cover

Pick cover for the value of your tools

BizPack cover upto $1M

Customise your cover up to $1M

Underinsurance

We know it’s tempting to select a lower level of cover to reduce premiums, but this can leave businesses shocked and insufficiently covered when making a claim.

Ways underinsurance catches business owners out:

Inflation

With inflation, the cost of living and doing business increases. Remember to cover you, your tools and assets for the rising costs of replacing or covering them, not what you paid for them – you may be surprised at the difference.

Not covering the full cost of your risks

If you select cover levels for less than the value you may be found liable – left out of pocket when it comes to claims time. It’s important to review your risks and determine how much you will need to cover any claim that may come your way.

Building Cover

Expected average cost

Contents (Property) Cover

Expected average cost

Get cover that works with the risks of your business

Select different cover amounts for each cover listed below.
This is the most you will be paid out if you need to make a claim.

Up to $3M combined cover

Pick cover for the value of your tools

BizPack cover upto $1M

Customise your cover up to $1M

Unsure how much to choose? Think about:

Statutory professional requirements

Cover required by contracts

Number of employees being covered

Your contract value

Worst case scenario claim size

Underinsurance

We know it’s tempting to select a lower level of cover to reduce premiums, but this can leave businesses shocked and insufficiently covered when making a claim.

Ways underinsurance catches business owners out:

Inflation

With inflation, the cost of living and doing business increases. Remember to cover you, your tools and assets for the rising costs of replacing or covering them, not what you paid for them – you may be surprised at the difference.

Not covering the full cost of your risks

If you select cover levels for less than the value you may be found liable – left out of pocket when it comes to claims time. It’s important to review your risks and determine how much you will need to cover any claim that may come your way.

Our Insurers

We work with a selected group of trusted NZ insurers to offer you great cover.

The savings are real

See how much others have saved while purchasing policy through Bizcover

Martin

Gardener from

Christchurch

Saved

$2,000

on

Public Liability, Statutory Liability

& Employers Liability

Vicki

Management Consultant

from Napier

Saved

$1,500

on

Professional Indemnity &
Public Liability

Ian

Plumber from

Picton

Saved

$600

on

Public Liability&
Statutory Liability

Yvonne

Councellor from

Rotorua

Saved

$100

on

Public Liability &
Professional Indemnity

^ Savings made from January 2023 to July 2024. This information is provided as a guide only and may not reflect pricing for your particular business, as individual underwriting criteria will apply.

What sets BizCover apart?

We are not just a comparison and buy site.

Make Claims Online

We’ll manage the process on your behalf with the insurers.

Flexi Payment Options

Pay monthly or annually, cancel at any time.

One Stop Shop

Manage multiple cover types in one place.

Easy Renewals

Optional automatic renewal to stay protected.

Frequently asked questions

Confused about Business Insurance and how it can be packaged? We have answered the most common questions we get here.
If you still have questions, you can reach one of our friendly business insurance experts – go here for our Contact Us details.

Every business is different, with unique exposure to risks and challenges. This makes the pricing of Business Insurance policies specific to each individual business. There are a range of factors considered when calculating the cost of a Business Insurance premium, some of these factors include: 

  • Your claim history
  • The type of business operations you perform
  • Your annual turnover
  • The number of staff
  • Level of cover
  • Claims history 

They are both designed to safeguard your business from different risks, and together can provide your business with comprehensive coverage. 

Business Insurance can be packaged with a range of coverage options designed to protect things like your building, contents, tools and risk of business interruption in one policy.  

While Public Liability insurance protects you and your business against the financial implications if you are found liable for loss or damage to other people’s property, or cause illness or injury that is not covered by the Accident Compensation Commission (ACC). 

Yes! Business Interruption insurance provides cover for the loss of income and increased costs of operating your business caused by a specified insured event (such as property damage or fire). It is also designed to assist your business to recover from an insured event by paying ongoing expenses (such as wages or rent).  

Note, Business Interruption cover can be added to your Business Insurance Package – only when you also select either Building or Property (Contents) cover (or both), it cannot be purchased on its own.  

More types of cover

Cyber Liability Insurance
Cyber coverage
Professional Indemnity Insurance
Public Liability Insurance
Statutory Liability Insurance
Statutory coverage

Hear from our customers

BizCover NZ Rating 4.7/5 on Feefo

Efficient

Trusted Customer

Efficient and great price
Quoted and bought insurance online, very quick and a great price.

Definitely worth

Burnett B

BizCover is definitely worth their word. Quick easy understandable cover

Straight forward

Trusted Customer

It is very straight forward and easy to understand and you can choose whatever you need for your business.

Easy to choose

Pavan K

Easy to choose business insurance. The search and the options provided were very simple and straight forward, didn’t expect it to be that easy.

Fast, friendly and efficient

Kylie T

The customer service agent was excellent. He explained to me clearly all the questions I had. Can’t be beat on price for the policy I needed and I was contacted within half an hour of my enquiry. Policy was confirmed on the phone. Excellent.