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ENGINEERING & PLANT COVER FOR OFFICE BLOCK OWNERS & MANAGING AGENTS
Combine your office block and plant machinery insurance under one programme
Lifts, escalators and plant are critical to safe building operation. We can arrange combined property, liability and engineering inspection cover to keep your building compliant and protected.
Why lift, escalator & plant machinery insurance matters
A single lift failure or plant breakdown can lead to injury, business interruption, tenant complaints and expensive emergency call-outs. Specialist engineering cover protects your building and supports statutory obligations.
- Meets landlord and managing agent responsibilities
- Supports LOLER, PUWER & PSSR compliance (via inspection services)
- Covers sudden and unforeseen damage to plant
- Helps protect rental income and service charge budgets
- Reduces risk of uninsured injury or property damage claims
- Supports multi-tenant office and mixed-use blocks
What lift, escalator & plant machinery cover can include
Policies can be tailored around the size of your building, number of lifts/escalators and complexity of plant.
Typical engineering / plant cover
- Breakdown of lifts and escalators
- Sudden & unforeseen damage to plant machinery
- Mechanical & electrical breakdown
- Explosion or collapse of pressure systems
- Emergency call-out and repair costs
- Replacement hire of essential equipment (where available)
Additional options for office blocks
- Loss of rent / alternative accommodation
- Business interruption following breakdown
- Property damage to lifts, plant rooms & services
- Public & property owners’ liability
- Engineering inspection / statutory examination services
- Cover for shared plant in multi-occupancy buildings
Common lift & plant machinery risk scenarios
These are just some of the incidents we see in office blocks and multi-storey commercial buildings.
Examples of claims & near-misses
- Lift failure leaving occupants trapped between floors
- Escalator step malfunction causing trip injury
- Motor burnout on a key lift during peak occupancy
- Boiler or HVAC breakdown affecting tenants and staff
- Water damage from plant room leak into offices below
- Unexpected failure during statutory inspection
Who is this cover designed for?
- Office block owners & freeholders
- Managing agents & property managers
- Landlords of multi-storey office buildings
- Owners of mixed-use office & retail blocks
- Corporate occupiers with in-house plant
- Investors with portfolios of office buildings
“Insure24 helped us restructure our office block policy to include plant and statutory inspection cover – making compliance much easier to manage.”
Property Manager – Multi-Storey Office BlockFREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
+>- Do I need separate insurance for lifts and plant machinery?
In many cases, yes. Standard property insurance may not fully cover breakdown or statutory inspection needs. We can combine engineering and property cover within a single programme.
+>- Does this cover include statutory inspections?
We can arrange policies that include an engineering inspection service for lifts, pressure systems and other plant, helping you meet statutory requirements.
+>- Can lift and plant breakdown affect my loss of rent cover?
Yes. If a serious plant failure makes part of the building unusable, tailored cover can help protect rent and service charge contributions, subject to policy terms and conditions.
+>- Can you include cover across multiple buildings?
Yes. We can place plant and engineering cover on a portfolio basis for landlords and managing agents with several office blocks or mixed-use properties.