×

SEARCH

Close-up view of a DSLR camera lens against a blurred background with blue and purple bokeh lights.

Media Insurance

Performance Film & Media provide comprehensive cover within the Film and Media industry and we have placed cover for a variety of different businesses, such as production companies, digital media companies, consultancy, publishing all for the creative industry.

Performance Film and Media have worked in the media industry of over 25 years and over those years we’ve accumulated a wealth of knowledge about the insurance needs of these professions and have taken the time to find solutions to problems like post-production insurance.

Our policies are designed to be bespoke to your needs to ensure that you and your business are protected in the event of a claim. Take a look at what Performance Film & Media Insurance can offer you.

What are the benefits when choosing Performance as your media insurance broker? Let’s take a look.

First and foremost, Performance can provide you with insurance that includes cover , with a range of industry experts to help you find the right policy for your business, including media companies, advertising agencies, marketing agencies, and more.

Performance will always try and offer you the best media insurance policies available in the market. Each policy will be tailored to suit our individual client needs which makes them all completely unique and unrivalled by their competitors. This ultimately means that you can get a media insurance policy that is completely tailored to your own individual needs, with specialist media features.

Close-up of a video camera on a tripod with a Rode microphone attached, set up outdoors. Blurred person and greenery are in the background.

WHAT CAN BE COVERED UNDER A FILM & MEDIA INSURANCE POLICY?

Performance offers media insurance to ensure that your production is protected from pre-production to post, with a wide range of insurance policy coverage suited to your film’s needs to avoid any nasty legal costs. Our media liability insurance covers (but is not limited to):

Orange film reel icon with five circular holes and a loose end extending from the reel on a white background.

Owned Technical Equipment

Own Technical Equipment Insurance will indemnify you for the repair and/or replacement for your own equipment that you have purchased, on a new or old basis.

An orange icon of a vintage film camera with reels, a lens, and a body.

Hired-in Equipment

Hired-in Equipment (or “Plant Hire”) insurance will indemnify you for the risks of repair or replacement of equipment that is hired, leased to or borrowed by you.

Orange shield icon with a checkmark in the center. The checkmark and shield represent safety, approval, or security.

Public Liability

Public Liability insurance protects you against claims for property damage, injury, bodily harm to a third party due to an accident you cause.

An orange umbrella icon with a curved handle and evenly spaced sections.

Employers’ Liability

Employers’ Liability insurance will protect you against claims from employees (including freelancers, temporary staff and volunteers) should they take legal action.

Orange director's chair icon with a crossed base and horizontal slats for the backrest.

Professional Indemnity

Professional Indemnity insurance will protect you against third party claims of unintentional intellectual property infringement and copyright infringement.

Cyber Liability

It’s easy to overlook Cyber Liability insurance in an era when everything seems to run on computers, but the risks posed by a potential cyber-attack are growing every day.

Choose your cover:

Short Period

Annual

FAQs

Do I need Public Liability Insurance?

Although not necessarily legally required, we would strongly recommend having this cover in place to protect you for potential costs and legal fees in the event of a third party claim, for example if you cause damage to a rented location or if a member of the public trips over your equipment.

You may also be requested to have Public Liability in place to rent a location, or to obtain a permit to film in a public area.

Do I need Employers' Liability insurance?

Employers’ Liability is a legal requirement in the UK for businesses with any employees (including freelancers, temporary staff and volunteers). The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) enforces the law on Employers’ Liability insurance and HSE inspectors can check that you have valid cover in place. For more information, see: Employers’ Liability (Compulsory Insurance) Act 1969: A guide for employers HSE40.

What is Multimedia Indemnity Insurance?

Multimedia cover (sometimes known as All Risks Negative) covers actual shot media should it be lost or damaged at any stage throughout production. This cover will pay for the cost to re-create the lost/damaged footage or reimburse the amount spent should the project be abandoned.

What is Post-Production Insurance?

Post-Production Indemnity covers additional expenditure occurred following the accidental loss, destruction or damage to multimedia property for which you are responsible once your project is in post-production.

How much cover do I need?

This will mostly depend on the size of the projects you undertake, number of employees and more. We can work with you to find the cover limits suited to your requirements.

Contact the team!

If you’d like to find out more, please contact us. You can also follow us on social media: Twitter, Instagram and Facebook.

An end of 2025 wrap up!

Can't find what you need?

Get in touch with our specialist team.

020 8256 4932

Cover not due yet?

Let us know when the time is right to contact you.

Renewal Reminder Service

Film, Media and Gaming

Useful Links

Performance is a trading name of Howden UK Brokers Limited, which is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority No. 307663. Registered in England and Wales under company registration number 02831010. Registered Office: One Creechurch Place, London, EC3A 5AF. Calls may be monitored and recorded for quality assurance purposes.