Tree Surgery Contractors All Risks Insurance

Tree surgery contractors often undertake high-risk work involving machinery, climbing operations, temporary works and public-facing environments. Contractors all risks insurance can help provide broader protection for contract works, plant, tools and site-related risks.

This cover can be useful where tree surgery businesses are working under commercial, estate, infrastructure, highway or vegetation management contracts.

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Tree Surgery Contractors All Risks Insurance Explained

Tree Surgery Contractors All Risks Insurance Quick Answer

Tree surgery contractors all risks insurance can combine contract works, plant and machinery insurance, temporary works cover, employee tools cover and hired-in plant insurance.

What Is Contractors All Risks Insurance?

Contractors all risks insurance is designed to help protect contractors against risks arising during construction, maintenance and operational works.


  • Contract works cover
  • Plant and machinery insurance
  • Temporary works cover
  • Employee tools cover
  • Hired-in plant insurance

Contract Works Insurance for Tree Surgeons

Contract works insurance may help protect against damage to ongoing works, fire, flood, storm damage, vandalism and accidental damage.


  • Commercial contracts
  • Estate management projects
  • Highway vegetation works
  • Infrastructure maintenance
  • Fire, flood, storm, vandalism and accidental damage

Plant, Machinery & Tools Cover

Policies may include protection for the specialist plant, machinery and tools used by tree surgery contractors.


  • Wood chippers
  • Stump grinders
  • Chainsaws
  • Climbing equipment
  • Excavators
  • Forestry machinery

Hired-In Plant Cover

Many contractors hire machinery for specialist or short-term projects. Hired-in plant insurance may help cover damage to rented machinery, theft, continuing hire charges and contractual liabilities.


  • Damage to rented machinery
  • Theft
  • Continuing hire charges
  • Contractual liabilities

Example Contractors All Risks Claims

Contractors all risks claims can involve works, tools, plant and temporary site exposures.


  • Storm damage: high winds damage temporary work areas during a vegetation management contract.
  • Equipment theft: specialist climbing equipment is stolen from a secured site compound.
  • Machinery damage: a hired stump grinder is damaged during operations.

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Use the main hub and supporting pages to compare liability, tools, plant, chainsaw, forestry, grounds maintenance and arborist consultancy risks.

Tree Surgery Contractors All Risks Insurance FAQs

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Do tree surgeons need contractors all risks insurance?

This depends on the type of contracts and activities undertaken.

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Is hired-in machinery covered?

Some policies can include hired-in plant cover.

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Are tools included?

Employee tools and contractor equipment may be covered.

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Is this the same as public liability insurance?

No. Contractors all risks insurance and public liability insurance are separate covers.

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