Treatment liability cover built for mobile hairdressers, covering colouring, chemical treatments and working in clients’ homes.
Treatment liability cover built for mobile hairdressers, covering colouring, chemical treatments and working in clients’ homes.
PPD reactionsDamage in clients’ homesTools carried by car
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Mobile hairdresser insurance is a combination of covers built around cutting and colouring hair in clients’ homes, treatment liability for claims arising from a chemical treatment, public liability for injury or damage, and employers’ liability if you have staff.
Working without a fixed salon means public liability matters just as much as treatment cover, you’re responsible for any damage or injury in someone else’s home, not a premises you control.
The right mobile hairdresser cover depends on:
Types of chemical treatments offeredWhether you carry chemicals and equipment by carWhether you use products or equipmentLevel of treatment liability coverAnnual turnoverWhether you use subcontractors
Is this cover right for your work?
Is this cover right for your work?
This cover suits any business cutting or colouring hair in clients’ homes.
This cover suits any business cutting or colouring hair in clients’ homes.
Mobile Hairdressers
Travelling to clients’ homes.
Mobile Colour Specialists
Offering colouring and chemical treatments on the move.
Freelance Stylists
Working across multiple clients without a fixed base.
Wedding & Event Hairdressers
Providing styling for special occasions.
Mobile Barbers
Offering cuts and grooming at clients’ homes.
Home-Based Hairdressers
Treating clients from a home studio.
What could go wrong for a mobile hairdresser?
What could go wrong for a mobile hairdresser?
Most mobile hairdresser claims come from a PPD reaction to permanent dye, colour staining a client’s carpet or furniture, or a chemical spill in transit.
Most mobile hairdresser claims come from a PPD reaction to permanent dye, colour staining a client’s carpet or furniture, or a chemical spill in transit.
How could a claim affect your business?
How could a claim affect your business?
A single treatment claim can outweigh months of income for a mobile hairdresser.
A single treatment claim can outweigh months of income for a mobile hairdresser.
PPD Allergic Reaction
A client reacts badly to a permanent hair dye.
What cover may respond?
Treatment Liability
Property Damage
Colour products stain a client’s carpet or furniture.
What cover may respond?
Public Liability
Equipment Theft
Portable styling equipment is stolen.
What cover may respond?
Business Equipment
Staff Injury
An employee is injured at work.
What cover may respond?
Employers’ Liability
Mobile hairdresser insurance may be suitable if you cut or colour hair in clients’ homes, whatever your specialism.
This cover may be suitable if you’re:
Travelling to clients’ homesOffering colour or chemical treatments on the moveFreelancing across multiple clientsWorking with a mix of long and short-term clientsUsing assistants or subcontractorsEmploying mobile hairdressing staffCover built around your work
Cover built around your work
Most mobile hairdressers combine treatment liability with public liability for working in clients’ homes, plus equipment cover for tools carried by car.
Most mobile hairdressers combine treatment liability with public liability for working in clients’ homes, plus equipment cover for tools carried by car.
Treatment Liability
Protection if a colour or chemical treatment causes a client physical harm.
Public Liability
Protects against costs if you damage a client’s home or injure someone.
Business Interruption
Potential protection for lost income if an insured event stops you working.
Business Equipment
Cover for scissors, styling tools and mobile kit.
Employers’ Liability
A legal requirement once you employ any staff, even casual help.
Legal Expenses
Additional legal protection for contract and client disputes.
There’s no fixed price. Working in clients’ homes adds public liability exposure that a fixed salon doesn’t carry, alongside your treatment cover.
Types of chemical treatments offered
Colouring and perming can carry higher risk than cutting alone.
Areas covered
Travelling further afield can affect your risk profile.
Level of treatment liability
Higher limits mean a higher premium.
Annual turnover
Higher turnover generally means a higher premium.
Number of staff
More employees increase your employers’ liability exposure.
Claims history
A clean claims record helps keep premiums down at renewal.
How to get mobile hairdresser insurance
How to get mobile hairdresser insurance
Getting mobile hairdresser insurance takes four steps: tell us about your work, tell us what covers you need, compare specialist insurers, then get covered, often the same day.
Getting mobile hairdresser insurance takes four steps: tell us about your work, tell us what covers you need, compare specialist insurers, then get covered, often the same day.
Tell us about your work
The treatments you offer, and where you travel.
Choose your covers
Treatment liability, public liability and any extras.
We compare specialist insurers
We search our panel of 20+ UK insurers.
Get covered and trading
Receive your documents, usually the same day.
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Mobile hairdresser insurance guides
Mobile hairdresser insurance guides
Practical advice on cover, working in homes and staying protected.
Practical advice on cover, working in homes and staying protected.
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Mobile hairdresser insurance FAQs
Mobile hairdresser insurance FAQs
Straight answers on cover, working in homes and cost.
Straight answers on cover, working in homes and cost.
Mobile hairdresser insurance is a combination of covers built around cutting and colouring hair in clients’ homes: treatment liability for claims arising from a chemical treatment, public liability for injury or damage, and employers’ liability if you have staff.
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