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In brief
The business contents of a physiotherapy practice consists of treatment couches, exercise equipment such as treadmills, cross trainers and cable stations, ultrasound and electrotherapy equipment, the reception desk and the fit-out of the waiting area. The goods item is small: tape, exercise materials and any aids you resell. The centre of gravity therefore lies with the fixed equipment, not with the stock.
A second item that is often underestimated here is tenant's improvements. Many practices rent a space in a health centre or sports complex and fitted it out themselves: treatment cubicles, partition walls, floor finishes, extra electrics and drainage. That does not fall under the owner's buildings policy and must appear separately on your policy. If the damage extends across several tenants, recovery from the owner of the building is a matter of Article 6:174 of the Dutch Civil Code.
Outside the cover remain: wear and tear of treadmill belts, cables, springs and bearings, faults or inherent defect of equipment without a separate section, clients' belongings in the changing room, and patient records and digital files. Loss of income when you are closed does not fall under this either; there is a business interruption insurance.
What does business contents insurance cover for physiotherapy practices?
The structure of the cover in three parts, with an overview per situation below.
Your business assets
Business contents
Machinery, equipment, furniture and fixed fittings.
At replacement value as new
Fire, water and burglary
Tenant's improvements separately
Stock
Goods
Trading stock, raw materials and finished products.
Purchase value or cost price
Declare seasonal peaks
Spoilage as an extension
Optional
Extensions
What is excluded as standard.
Third-party property
Money and securities
Business interruption
What is covered
Situation
Business contents
Goods
Fire and smoke damage
Yes
Yes
Burglary with signs of forced entry
Yes
Yes
Water damage from a burst pipe
Yes
Yes
Customers' property being worked on
No
No
Spoilage due to refrigeration failure
Sometimes
Sometimes
Wear and deferred maintenance
No
No
This overview is general in nature and is not personal advice. What is actually covered, including exclusions, limits and the excess, is set out in the policy conditions and the insurance card (verzekeringskaart) of the insurer; you receive both before you take out cover. Taking out cover without advice? Then read what execution only means for you.
Where things go wrong in practice
Four points that make the difference between a policy that pays out and one that does not.
Wear and tear in the exercise room is not a loss
Treadmill motors, drive belts, cables and gas springs fail faster in a practice than in a living room, simply because of the number of running hours. That is precisely the damage that is excluded: wear and tear and inherent defect are not insured perils. Business contents insurance pays for fire, water, burglary and storm. For failure of the equipment itself, you take out machinery breakdown or electronics cover, or you fix maintenance with the supplier in a contract.
Tenant's improvements in a health centre
If you rent a space in a centre or sports complex, the owner insures the shell and not your fit-out. The cubicles, walls, floor, mirror wall and the extra installation you had put in are your interest. Put that on the policy as a separate item and update it after any alterations. Set out in the lease who insures the communal installations; otherwise argument arises after a leak.
Water is a bigger risk here than fire
There is no naked flame in a treatment room, but there are showers, washbasins and often a floor above or below. A burst pipe or an overflowing drain reaches the exercise room within minutes and equipment sits on the floor. Sudden leakage is covered; gradual seepage, rising damp and a slowly dripping joint are almost never covered.
What is not included
Clients' coats, bags and phones in the changing room are not your property and fall outside this policy. The same applies to patient records, exercise programmes and practice software: data is not property. Equipment you take to a home visit or to a sports club falls outside the insured address unless you expressly include it. Wear and tear and deferred maintenance remain excluded in all cases.
What does your premium depend on?
Value and age of the equipment. Exercise and treatment equipment with many running hours is assessed more strictly than new kit.
Extent of the tenant's improvements. The fit-out you had installed yourself is a separate item and counts in full.
Type of premises. An independent practice building, a health centre and a sports complex each present a different risk.
Water and installation risk. Showers, floors above the practice and the state of the pipework all weigh.
Access outside practice hours. Long opening hours and several keyholders mean extra requirements for the alarm and locking plan.
Cover away from the address and the excess. Including equipment on home visits or on location, and the level of the excess.
Insurers weigh these details differently. That is where your saving is.
How we arrange it
You request a quoteWe take stock of your situation, your risk and your wishes.
We compareseveral insurers, on premium as well as conditions.
You receive a proposalWith an explanation of the differences and the exclusions.
We arrange the switchIncluding cancellation, so there is no gap in cover.
Customers rate our service on four aspects: personal service, service delivery, availability and the outcome. The reviews are collected and published by NH1816 and come from customers who have actually taken out a policy with Finass Advies B.V. or reported a claim.
Only if you have included cover away from the insured address. The standard cover ends at the practice door. If you also work at clients' homes or at a sports club, have that put on the policy, including the question of whether the kit is covered in the car in transit. Requirements about demonstrable forced entry usually apply there.
Who insures the treatment cubicles I had installed?
You do, through the tenant's improvements item. The building owner's buildings insurance covers the shell and not the fit-out a tenant installs. Walls, cubicles, floor finishes, mirror wall and extra installations therefore belong on your policy. Do not forget to increase that item after alterations, otherwise underinsurance arises and payment is proportionate.
My treadmill has broken down. Is that covered?
Not if the belt, the motor or the drive has worn out through use or fails of its own accord. That is inherent defect and falls outside the list of perils in business contents insurance. If the treadmill was damaged by fire, lightning, water or burglary, that is an insured event. For failure without an external cause, machinery breakdown cover is needed.
Are clients' belongings in the changing room covered?
No. Business insurance covers your own business assets. Clients' coats, bags, phones and jewellery are not. If you are held liable for taking insufficient care, that plays out on your liability insurance, where items in your care are usually excluded. So point out to clients that they should take valuables into the room with them.
Finass Verzekert is a trading name of Finass Advies B.V. We advise on and arrange non-life insurance on the basis of an objective analysis of several insurers, and receive commission for this from the insurer, which is included in the premium. You pay no separate advice fee. Before you take out cover, we establish your wishes and needs.
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