Insurance for photography equipment?

[singlecoil]

Any recommendations? I expect I could do something through home contents insurance but a specific scheme might be better?

[chrismarr]

I use photoguard - Claimed last year and it was fine service, gave me the money for my broken body and I managed to upgrade.

[Chebs]

Aaduki. I've been using them for years and they're great. Had to claim a smashed D3 & 24-70, all sorted with ease.

[markmullen]

Cliik have been good for me. Named rep, I've got his mobile number, can ring him any time to sort stuff.

[rottie102]

Photoguard here too for few years. Two big claims sorted out easily and efficiently

[Hi]

I currently use https://www.eandl.co.uk/ they seemed to be the best price and options for what I needed. Up for renewal in a couple of months though so I will do the usual shopping around.

[MikeGTi]

I've claimed a couple of times from Photoguard, both times they were easy and quick to deal with and repairs/claims were turned around in about a week.

[Thunderace]

Dropped a Canon 24-70 L while in Canada. All sorted with ease on the household insurance.

[jurbie]

I found Photoguard to be a nightmare, I think there is even a thread about it somewhere. Basically they refused to believe the lens that I was claiming for belonged to me because I couldn't provide them with a receipt. I'd owned it for about 8 years and had even logged the serial number with them for several years prior to this but apparently that wasn't enough.

Eventually I found a couple of the first pictures I'd shot with the lens which I'd also included on a forum post where I was extolling the virtues of my new lens. This seemed to convince them but considering I was just claiming for a £300 repair their approach seemed a bit excessive.

[Craikeybaby]

Are any of the insurers good when you have a lot of second hand kit?

[rottie102]

jurbie said:

I found Photoguard to be a nightmare, I think there is even a thread about it somewhere. Basically they refused to believe the lens that I was claiming for belonged to me because I couldn't provide them with a receipt. I'd owned it for about 8 years and had even logged the serial number with them for several years prior to this but apparently that wasn't enough.

Eventually I found a couple of the first pictures I'd shot with the lens which I'd also included on a forum post where I was extolling the virtues of my new lens. This seemed to convince them but considering I was just claiming for a £300 repair their approach seemed a bit excessive.

I haven't had a receipt for 5D MKIII but photos of me holding it and files/photos taken by me with it were enough for them to pay for replacement.