Education
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Serving the education community
Education institutions face a raft of risks every day. From property damage to employee injury, insurers pay out tens of millions of pounds each year for claims relating to the education sector. So securing the right insurance to protect your establishment (and everyone in it) is key.
Why choose us?
We’re well placed to help safeguard the education community and address its complex needs. We provide cover to over 1,000 UK schools, colleges, and universities, and have established relationships with market-leading insurers, nurtured over decades. And with the education and student division of Howden, formerly Endsleigh, we can offer 60 years’ experience serving your community.
But insurance is just the start. We can also deliver a complete support package. From on-site risk management audits to wellbeing programmes and employee benefits, we’re committed to shaping our services around you.
Protection for your students
Our wellbeing programmes, developed with Health Assured, offer expert tools and support to help students, their teachers, parents, caregivers, and staff thrive.
Pupil assistance programme
Education providers can find it hard to access timely mental health support for pupils – especially out of hours. That’s why we’ve developed a programme with range of resources to choose from, including:
- Mental health clinical support for pupils aged 11 to 18
- 24/7 counselling helpline for pupils aged 16 to 18
- 24/7 caregiver helpline for teachers, pastoral staff, parents, and guardians
- Certified youth mental health first aid training
- Online cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) platform
Student assistance programme
We also offer an extensive programme of student wellbeing services for universities and colleges. Students can talk to qualified counsellors at any time or speak to legal, financial or medical advisors. Translation and interpretation services help make it accessible for all.
Alongside the helpline and wellbeing support, students can access our Wisdom app. This offers a set of personalised wellbeing tools and features to support their mental and physical health.
We partner with over 100 universities and colleges to provide 24/7 wellbeing and mental health support to more than one million university and college students.
Learn more about our student and pupil wellbeing programmes.
Protection for your people
Including employee benefits can help show your employees their true value. It can also empower them to look after all aspects of their wellbeing. Ask us about these employee benefits:
- Employee assistance programme: this includes professional support and advice on personal wellbeing, financial, and legal issues, day or night.
- Group private medical insurance: this covers medical expenses of employees and helps them receive the treatment or advice they need.
- Group life assurance: also called ‘death in service’, this pays out a lump sum to beneficiaries if someone dies while employed at your school.
- Group critical illness cover: this provides your employees with a tax-free lump sum if they are diagnosed with a covered serious illness or condition.
- Health cash plans: this lets you reduce employees’ health expenses by contributing a percentage to the cost of routine appointments, such as dental and eyecare.
- Employee dental insurance: with this cover, employees can claim the cost back after routine or emergency treatment by a private or NHS dentist.
Your risk management partner
Keeping on top of your obligations for health and safety, fire safety, and security legislation is non-negotiable. But it can also be complicated and time-consuming.
We'll help you develop and maintain a systematic approach to managing risks. This can be through:
- Health and safety audits: what you’re managing well and where you could improve, so we can help you to strengthen your safety management system.
- Physical security audits: we’ll consider perimeter fencing and gates, potential weaknesses in security systems, access control and CCTV.
- Fire risk assessments: to help you meet legal duties under fire safety legislation.
- Online compliance tool: manage your estates and assets, statutory reporting, and staff training. Also includes a contractor area so you can track external suppliers.
We can also offer guidance on new building projects based around sustainability, to address associated risks early on.
Learn more about our specialist risk management services.