For over 25 years Allied Westminster has been a pioneer in the insurance industry. We began by designing specialist insurance management software and moved on to create niche insurance products for use by Village Halls in the United Kingdom. As a result, Allied Westminster has become the largest provider of Village Hall insurance in Britain, with over 96% of clients renewing with us every year. We take pride in being innovators and leading the field. Allied Westminster was: • 1st to design a purpose-built policy (VillageGuard®) to meet the needs of rural Village Halls. More Village Halls now use VillageGuard® than any other policy. • 1st to offer premium discounts to Village Halls with ‘Hallmark’ and ‘Keystone’ accreditation. • 1st to offer an online property rebuild valuation service, indemnified by the insurer and providing free additional cover and the removal of Averaging. • 1st to provide £5,000 cover for defibrillators, free of charge and with no excess Where we lead, others follow and some of these features can now be found on competitors’ products. Allied Westminster focuses on village and rural community insurance in order to remove urban and suburban risk profiles and provide better value for its clients. We seek to provide the proper levels of cover needed by Halls and Trustees, at competitive premiums coupled with unbeatable customer support in the event of a claim. In July 2018 Allied Westminster became the principal financial supporter of ACRE's Advice Service for Village Halls, helping ACRE to deliver key information to around 10,000 Village Halls via the ‘ACRE Network’. We are authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), registration number 308386.
