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Amusement Machine Hire Wholesale Insurance

Wholesale insurance for businesses hiring, storing and distributing amusement machines where warehouse stock, hired equipment, transit, customer premises, theft, damage and interruption all need to be reviewed together.

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Amusement Machine Hire Wholesale Insurance

Amusement machine hire wholesale insurance is designed for businesses that own, store, hire out, distribute or supply amusement machines, arcade cabinets, gaming machines, prize machines, redemption equipment, jukeboxes, pool tables, payment devices and related leisure equipment to pubs, clubs, arcades, leisure venues, events or hospitality businesses. It is not the same as manufacturing insurance or a standard warehouse policy: insurers usually need to understand the hire fleet, equipment values, locations, installation arrangements, cash exposure, maintenance controls, goods in transit and who is responsible while machines are on customer sites.

  • Built for amusement machine hire, arcade equipment hire, gaming machine supply and leisure equipment distribution businesses.

  • Focused on warehouse stock, hired-out machines, transit, installation, theft, accidental damage, liability and business interruption.

  • Useful where machines are stored centrally, moved between venues, placed at customer premises or supplied with servicing and collection.

  • Helps separate hire and wholesale exposure from amusement machine manufacturing, arcade venue operation and general warehouse insurance.

Who Amusement Machine Hire Wholesale Insurance Is For

This page is for warehouse-led businesses hiring, supplying or distributing amusement machines rather than only operating an arcade venue.

Typical buyers

  • Amusement machine hire companies supplying pubs, clubs, arcades, leisure centres, hotels, events and hospitality venues.
  • Wholesalers and distributors of arcade cabinets, gaming machines, prize machines, redemption equipment, jukeboxes and pool tables.
  • Businesses storing machines centrally before hire, sale, refurbishment, servicing, delivery or installation.
  • Operators placing equipment at third-party premises under hire, revenue-share, lease, service or maintenance agreements.

What cover can include

  • Warehouse premises, contents, stock, hire fleet, spare parts, racking, handling equipment and business interruption cover.
  • Public liability, employers' liability, product liability and goods in transit for delivery, collection and customer site visits.
  • Cover review for hired-out machines, accidental damage, theft, vandalism, fire, flood and equipment breakdown where available.
  • Consideration of cash handling, coin mechanisms, payment systems, keys, software, customer contracts and maintenance duties.

Hire Fleet, Warehouse Stock And Customer Site Risk

Amusement machine hire businesses often have the same equipment moving between warehouse storage, vehicles, customer venues and repair areas.

Key exposures

  • High-value machines stored in warehouses, workshops, vehicles or at customer premises across multiple locations.
  • Theft, fire, water damage, impact damage, vandalism, malicious damage, racking collapse or damage during loading.
  • Customer disputes around responsibility for damaged, missing, poorly performing or unsafe machines.
  • Business interruption if a fire, flood, theft or vehicle loss removes machines needed for booked hires or venue contracts.

Details insurers usually ask for

  • Average and maximum values for warehouse stock, hired-out machines, goods in transit, spare parts and customer-owned goods.
  • Premises security, alarms, CCTV, access control, overnight vehicle parking, key control and machine tracking arrangements.
  • Contract terms for hire, maintenance, installation, cash collection, loss or damage responsibility and revenue-share arrangements.
  • Whether machines are sold, hired, installed, serviced, repaired, refurbished, imported, modified or operated by the business.

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Transit, Installation And Liability

Moving amusement machines can create manual handling, site access, property damage and equipment-damage exposure as well as storage risk.

Transit and handling controls

  • Own vehicles, couriers, specialist movers, tail lifts, pallet networks, event deliveries and venue-to-venue transfers.
  • Loading, unloading, stairs, narrow access, customer premises damage and incorrect positioning or anchoring.
  • Temporary event locations, seasonal hire peaks, replacement machines, emergency swaps and out-of-hours callouts.
  • Servicing, electrical checks, payment-device controls, software updates, cleaning and condition reports.

Liability and continuity issues

  • Public liability for injury or property damage during delivery, installation, servicing, collection or customer site visits.
  • Product liability where a machine defect, electrical fault, overheating, moving part or payment failure causes a claim.
  • Business interruption if stock, workshops, vehicles or specialist machines are unavailable after an insured incident.
  • Cyber or crime considerations where machines use networked payment systems, cash, customer data or remote monitoring.

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