GPIC Insurance

Should Shaw Preservation Limited go out of business (unlikely) then our guarantee will be useless. To cover yourself, you can have the guarantee insured for a small one off fee. (other companies require an annual payment.

The Guarantee Protection Insurance Company Ltd is an independent insurance Company and is not connected to Shaw Preservation Limited.

Other companies offer back up guarantees which usually only cover chemical failure and not operative failure, our guarantee covers ANY kind of failure.

We are regulated by the FSA (Financial Services Authority). Out of 2500 remedial companies in the UK, we are 1 of only 20 that has been approved.

WHEN LOOKING FOR INSURANCE GUARANTEES CHECK BELOW.

Insurance protection covering wood boring beetle, wood rot, rising dampness	GPI Insurance	“Insurance backed guarantees from manufacturers”
Actual insurance period	20 years	Usually 1 year (renewable yearly)
Regularly vetted by FSA	Yes	Never
Access to Ombudsman	Yes	No
Approved by Office of Fair Trading	Yes	No
Insurance certificates given for each property	Yes	No
Insurance premium applied (as required by law for genuine insurances) NO VAT	Yes	No
Over £3,000,000 in assets reserved for claims	Yes	No
Automatic free assignment of insurance on sale of property	Yes	Rarely
Protects against contractor failure FOR ANY REASON	Yes	Rarely

(Copied from GPI Literature, Structural waterproofing insurances are for 5 or 10 years. )