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Personal Guarantee Insurance

Up to 80% protection available for personal assets pledged under a personal guarantee.

Invest in your business with confidence – Personal Guarantee Insurance covers your personal guarantees.

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What is a Personal Guarantee?

What is Personal Guarantee Insurance (PGI)?

Personal Guarantee Insurance (PGI) is business insurance that is designed to protect business owners/directors’ personal assets in the event that they must sign a personal guarantee when their business takes out a loan. 

When you, as a business owner or director, sign a personal guarantee, you’re putting your personal assets on the line, most notably your home. If your business can no longer repay the loan you took out, you, and potentially your family, could suffer as a result. 

This is where Personal Guarantee Insurance comes in. You’ll have cover for up to 80% of your loan amount, allowing you to invest in your business with confidence. 

There are many unforeseen circumstances that can have adverse effects on your business and your bottom line, many of which are out of your control, making it essential that you protect your assets and your family’s future. 

PGI can be tailored to each individual, so you can state the amount you want to insure, and you can choose how many directors you’d like to be noted on the policy. Purchasing this insurance policy will help to reduce the risk to your personal estate, leaving you to get on with running your business.

 

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The Benefits of Personal Guarantee Insurance

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Invest with confidence


Businesses need capital in order to succeed. PGI allows you to take out the loans you need to grow, all while protecting your personal assets.

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Protect up to 80% of your loan amount


Cover a significant sum and ensure that this bill doesn’t land at your feet if your business becomes insolvent.

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Secure your family’s future


Following insolvency, a demand made under the personal guarantee can have a detrimental impact on your personal assets. Don’t take the risk, find out about how Purbeck can help.

When you sign a Personal Guarantee, we understand that it’s more than your signature on the dotted line.

What you need to know about Personal Guarantee Insurance

Here’s everything you need to know about PGI before you decide to take out a policy.

Basic Criteria

Personal Guarantee Insurance is available for personal guarantees provided by directors of limited companies or partners of limited liability partnerships located in the United Kingdom.


Types of loan facilities

Personal Guarantee Insurance is available against Personal Guarantees provided against a wide range of business loans, including both secured loans and unsecured loans.


Secured loans

A secured loan is where the lender has taken security in the form of your company’s assets. They have a contractual right of recovery over your assets in the event that you cannot pay your debts. 

Secured loans include:

  • Asset finance
  • Commercial mortgages
  • Invoice finance
  • Qualifying peer to peer loans

Unsecured loans

An unsecured loan is where the personal guarantee and any associated charges over personal assets are the only security the lender has taken.

Unsecured loans include:

  • Credit cards
  • Overdrafts
  • Peer to peer loans
  • Short-term working capital loans

Scope of cover

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Notifiable Events

We are at your side and here to help.

Your business may at any time suffer from any one of a number of financial or trading difficulties. It is important that we are notified as soon as you become aware of any of these - we call them “notifiable events”.

You need to read your policy carefully to ensure you are aware of all such situations, some examples of notifiable events include:

  • You intend to meet with a licensed insolvency practitioner
  • You have default on the loan agreement with the lender
  • You have reason to believe that the business will enter an insolvency procedure

When you make us aware of a notifiable event we will introduce you to our Business Support Services.


Business Support Services

It is in our best interests to support you with any financial issues your business faces. We are committed to working with you to ensure that your business continues to be successful.

The Business Support Service may help you by introducing you to specialist companies in:

  • Business recovery
  • Cash flow management
  • Credit control management
  • Tax credit and deduction advice including R&D and Capital Allowances
  • Debt management
  • Financial restructuring
  • Invoice disputes

The Business Support Service is available to you and not just following a notifiable event. Purbeck receive no incentives for introducing you to these services. We believe they will help strengthen your business and they are businesses we trust.


Renewals

The annual renewal process is simple and straightforward, enabling you to focus on your business. By renewing your annual Personal Guarantee Insurance policy, you will ensure that the cover remains in place across the duration of the financial commitments.

45 days prior to renewal, you will be provided with an email link to renew your application. You will be asked to confirm your original application details and apply for renewal.

Please note, renewal of your policy will be subject to your circumstances at that time and the insurance may be subject to periodic change.


Policy Documentation

You will have the opportunity to review the Policy Summary and Key Facts Information prior to purchasing Personal Guarantee Insurance. These documents set out the significant features, exclusion and important information relating to the Policy.

If you wish to review the documentation before you apply, please follow the relevant links below:


Can I insure multiple personal guarantees?

We can include multiple guarantees on your Policy if you have two or more guarantees in place.


Can I have more than one Guarantor?

Where the Personal Guarantee has been signed by two or more directors "jointly & severally", we can include additional directors on your Policy.

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