Construction insurance

Expert Construction underwriting

DUAL are confident they can provide market-leading insurance solutions for construction clients. With over 10 years’ experience, we offer composite products with meaningful extensions that can be precisely tailored to your client’s needs. Our underwriters are empowered to use their specialist skills to find you solutions.

Committed to quality service

Our streamlined underwriting process allows us to move quickly, helping you to achieve coverage within your client’s deadline. Working closely with a dedicated underwriter, you will be supported throughout the policy cycle.

Thank you for your quick turnaround! This is why DUAL Construction are number 1!
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Our products

Comprehensive, flexible cover for contracting construction clients. 

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Features and benefits
  • Non-adjustable policy - no end of year declaration adjustments 
  • Legal expenses cover automatically included with the option to add contract & debt recovery cover
  • Online employment and health & safety service automatically included
  • The ‘DUAL DNA+’ innovative theft deterrent included 
  • 50% theft excess reduction following registered application of your DNA+ kit
  • Exclusive quotes, with each risk assessed on its own merits
  • A+ rated security
  • Minimum premiums start from £750 +IPT
  • Access to experienced underwriters offering a fast and flexible service
  • Option to include property damage including stock and contents of contractors premises
  • Professional indemnity extension included (risk dependent)
  • Financial loss extension included (risk dependent)
  • Defective workmanship extension included (risk dependent).

Combined liability coverage, tailored to your client's needs.

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Features and benefits
  • Non-adjustable policy - no end of year declaration adjustments
  • Legal expenses cover automatically included with the option to add contract & debt recovery cover
  • Online employment and health & safety service automatically included 
  • Exclusive quotes, with each risk assessed on its own merits
  • A+ rated security
  • Minimum premiums start from £750 +IPT
  • Access to experienced underwriters offering a fast and flexible service
  • Option to include property damage including stock and contents of contractors premises
  • Financial loss extension included (risk dependent)
  • Defective workmanship extension included (risk dependent)
  • Professional indemnity extension included (risk dependent).

Contractors all risks is an essential cover for most builders and allied trades. Contract works, own plant, and hired in plant can be written as a combined policy or as a single cover in isolation, giving you complete flexibility over cover and limits.

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Features and benefits
  • The ‘DUAL DNA+’ innovative theft deterrent included
  •  50% theft excess reduction following registered application of your DNA+ kit
  •  Non-adjustable policy - no end of year declaration adjustments
  •  Exclusive quotes, with each risk assessed on its own merits
  •  Properties awaiting sale covered for 6 months after site completion
  •  A+ rated security
  •  Minimum premium from £750 +IPT
  •  Show homes and their contents automatically covered for 3 months after site completion
  •  Access to experienced underwriters offering a fast and flexible service.

Comprehensive, flexible cover for contracts between £100,000 and £16,000,000. The policy can be issued in the name of the employer, contractor, or as joint names.

All policies come with the 'DUAL DNA+' innovative theft deterrent, free of charge. Once applied and registered, policyholders achieve a 50% theft excess reduction.

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Features and benefits
  •  Option to include existing structures
  •  Option to include advance loss of profits/rent or delayed start up
  •  Northern Ireland risks considered
  •  Option to include public liability
  •  Can be issued in name of the employer, contractor or joint names
  •  Option to include JCT 6.5.1 cover
  •  Exclusive quotes, with each risk assessed on its own merits
  •  Option to include plant cover
  •  A+ rated security
  •  Minimum premiums start from £500 +IPT
  •  The ‘DUAL DNA+’ innovative theft deterrent included
  •  50% theft excess reduction following registered application of your DNA+ kit
  •  Access to experienced underwriters offering a fast and flexible service.

We feel that all property owners should ensure they have adequate cover whilst their premises are undergoing works. We give you a flexible approach with our renovation package for lower limits and a low fixed premium, or renovation prestige where bespoke underwriting may be required.

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Features and benefits
  • Peace of mind with the works and existing structure insured under one single policy
  • JCT compliant with option to place in joint names with the contractor
  • Replaces the client’s buildings insurance for the duration of the works
  • Access to experienced underwriters offering a fast and flexible service
  • Backed by A-rated capacity.

High-limit legal indemnity coverage for contracting clients, up to £15m over the primary.

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Features and benefits
  •  Limits up to £15m over the primary
  •  Statement of fact basis
  •  Annual renewable or contract specific policies available
  •  A+ rated security
  •  Excess public & products liability available
  •  Excess employers liability available
  •  Access to experienced underwriters offering speedy and flexible service
  •  Exclusive quotes, with each risk assessed on its own merits.
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Insurance Business UK Brokers on Construction award

We are delighted to have been acclaimed in the 2025 Insurance Business UK Brokers on Construction awards.

Meet the team

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Steve Kelly

Head of Construction
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Nicholas Holland

Portfolio Director
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Aaron Sharpe

Trading Director
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Lucy Montague

Lead Project Underwriter
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Adam Edwards

Lead Underwriter
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Aimee Blake

Lead Underwriter
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Alexandra Iacob

Underwriter
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Amber Frost

Underwriter
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Amy Moore

Underwriter
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Billy Ball

Underwriter
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Daisy Taylor-Grant

Underwriter
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Phil Rapley

Underwriter
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Ciara Smith

Assistant Underwriter
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Max Hooper

Assistant Underwriter
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Carmela Perrina

Claims Administrator
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Sara Ramira

Operations Assistant

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If you are a broker or other intermediary, please use this form for all general enquiries or call us on +44 (0)20 7337 9888. Please note that DUAL is not authorised to deal directly with customers, so please direct any enquiries via your insurance broker.

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