Last Updated on July 31, 2024 by admin Did you know that Boshers Insurance do more than provide high-quality insurance for Holiday Home owners? We also support The 2 Minute Foundation, a charity whose vision is to clean up the planet, 2 minutes at a time. So, if you have ever despaired at the state ..read more

Last Updated on July 4, 2024 by admin Boshers Insurance is headed by Jason Jackson, who has worked in the insurance industry for 36 years. Jason is an avid history fan and enjoys travelling both abroad and within the UK. Before taking on the role of running Boshers Insurance, he worked for Lloyd & Whyte’s Specialist Broking division, which he joined in 2021. Lloyd & Whyte was established in 1946. Based in Taunton, Somerset, it now has offices throughout the UK. Over the years, it has expanded and grown into the Lloyd & Whyte Group, which owns multiple companies and brands providing ..read more

Last Updated on September 15, 2023 by admin Full length, written fire risk assessments, covering all aspects of fire safety, will become a legal requirement for properties offering sleeping accommodation to paying guests from the 1st October 2023. This means that all owners that let their property to guests, even for a single night, will need to have a full written Fire Risk Assessment, by law. New Fire Safety Guidance for ‘small paying guest accommodation’ New Fire Safety Guidance has been published by the Home Office that covers `small paying guest accommodation’ which is defined as: `A sing ..read more

Last Updated on June 30, 2022 by Mark Lavington A review into the effect of short-term holiday lets will seek to improve the holiday letting market for those living in popular tourism destinations. Call for evidence aims to understand impact of increase in short-term holiday lets in England An open call for evidence aims to understand impact of increase in short-term holiday lets in England following the rise in use of rental booking websites and apps. The review will look at the market and the opportunities and challenges presented for consumers and tourism communities. The scheme, proposed i ..read more

Last Updated on January 14, 2022 by Mark Lavington Genuine small holiday letting businesses in England to be protected by closure of second home tax loophole Owners of second homes in England who abuse a tax loophole by claiming their often-empty properties are holiday lets will be forced to pay under tough new measures. The new rules, to be introduced in April 2022, were announced today in a statement from the Department of Levelling Up, Housing and Communities and Michael Gove MP. In summary: Homeowners who leave properties empty while pretending to let them to holidaymakers will be targete ..read more

Last Updated on May 14, 2021 by Mark Lavington Boshers has donated its £3,750 grant from Ecclesiastical Insurance to The 2 Minute Foundation which will help them achieve their aims to see a world without plastic litter and pollution and to inspire and enable people to change the way they interact with outdoor spaces. Data is power The grant will be used towards further development of the #2minutebeachclean mobile App to make it the ‘go-to’ litter pick app. Data is power, and statistics from the App facilitates The 2 Minute Foundation to pin point and hone in on certain areas, and make positive ..read more

Last Updated on January 25, 2021 by Mark Lavington There has been much media coverage of the Supreme Court Judgement made on the 15th January 2021 regarding the FCA Test Case involving some insurers business interruption wordings. Understandably this has caused a number of our holiday home and cottage complex owners to make further enquiries with us as the intermediary and with Ecclesiastical, the insurer, regarding loss of income cover. We appreciate the significant impact that government measures to control the spread of the coronavirus is having on all businesses, not least self-catering ac ..read more

The Government has set out the local restriction tier system that will be in place in England from Wednesday 2 December. The guidance includes what you can and cannot do in each tier. We have pulled out information pertinent to stays in holiday letting properties across England and written this article to help holiday let owners, agents and guests navigate their way through the rules. Please read in conjunction with the full guidance which can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/coronavirus https://www.gov.uk/guidance/local-restriction-tiers-what-you-need-to-know Full list of local restriction ..read more

Following the unprecedented measures imposed to control the Covid-19 pandemic, you will no doubt be looking forward to reopening your doors to guests once restrictions are lifted. As holiday letting insurance specialists, we understand owners will have concerns about the extra steps needed for changeovers. The hospitality and tourism industry have pulled together to produce protocols across all sectors, including specific Covid-19 Holiday Let Cleaning Guidance for self-catering properties. There are also assessment schemes that you can sign up to, including those offered by QIT and The AA: QI ..read more

Temporary cover enhancements for unoccupied holiday homes Update for Boshers holiday home insurance policyholders who are concerned about their unoccupied holiday homes which are temporarily closed due to COVID-19. We would like to reassure our policyholders in light of the most recent government advice about the outbreak of COVID-19. You may be concerned that due to the current lock down and travel restrictions, the usual inspections of your holiday let cannot take place.  You may also be concerned that your policy cover may be restricted. Recognising the circumstances customers find themselv ..read more