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Markel provides sector-specific insurance cover directly to contractors, freelancers, small businesses, tradespeople, charities and community groups.
As well as providing insurance to our policyholders, additional services are offered through our specialist consultancy companies Markel Care Practitioners, Markel Law and Markel Tax.
We have over 25 years’ experience insuring SMEs, more than 200,000 clients in the UK and we’re rated 4.8/5 by our customers on Feefo.com.
Our specialisms
We specialise in liability insurance, including professional indemnity, public liability and employers’ liability, covering the specific risks of a particular sector.
Our sector specialisms include IT, business consultancy, technical and engineering, marketing and creative, teaching, photography, fitness and sports, and charity and community.
Partners and affiliates
Our partner scheme gives you the opportunity to refer your clients to us for their liability insurance.
A global brand
Markel UK is a division of Markel Insurance, a leading global specialty insurer with a truly people-first approach. Markel Insurance looks after the commercial insurance needs of major businesses, SMEs, professionals and sole traders.
As the insurance operations within the Markel Group Inc. (NYSE: MKL), we leverage a broad array of capabilities and expertise to create intelligent solutions for the most complex specialty insurance needs. However, it is our people–and the deep, valued relationships they develop with colleagues, brokers and clients–that differentiates us worldwide.
The Markel Style
The Markel Style is how we do business—it's our vision and values, our code of behaviour, and governs all of our actions.
Above all, we enjoy what we are doing. There is excitement at Markel, one that comes from innovating, creating and striving for a better way, and sharing success with others.
Regulatory information
- Markel Direct is a trading name of Markel International Insurance Company Limited which is authorised by the Prudential Regulation Authority and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority and Prudential Regulation Authority (FCA registered number 202570). The Financial Services Register can be accessed at www.fca.org.uk/firms/financial-services-register.
- Markel (UK) Limited is a registered company (registered in England number 2430992), registered office: 20 Fenchurch Street, London, EC3M 3AZ, with its main trading address at City Square House, 11 Wellington Street, Leeds, LS1 4DL.
- Markel (UK) Limited is an appointed representative of Markel International Insurance Company Limited which is authorised by the Prudential Regulation Authority and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority and Prudential Regulation Authority (FCA registered number 202570). The Financial Services Register can be accessed at www.fca.org.uk/firms/financial-services-register.
- Markel (UK) Limited only places insurance policies with Markel International Insurance Company Limited.