Salon Insurance

The nature of the hair and beauty business is to provide a service to people and if they are not happy with your work or you make a mistake, they may make a claim against you for financial compensation. Insurance quotes for hairdressing salons or beauty salon cover should always include indemnity insurance. This means that if you are found to be liable to pay compensation, your hair salon policy will cover the amount plus any legal costs. The types of things that could go wrong include a client getting a serious nail infection after a manicure or pedicure, or experiencing hair loss or a violent skin reaction following a treatment. Which is why indemnity insurance for salons as part of hair salon insurance is absolutely vital.

No its not. Public liability insurance relates to harm or damage to a person's property whilst they are on your premises. This includes circumstances such as a client slipping on a wet floor and being injured, their clothes being ruined by things like hair dye and theft of a their belongings.

Performance Direct will always look very carefully at the market and make sure that your public liability insurance is exactly tailored to the services that you offer, as we don't want paying liability insurance for things that you don't provide. For example, beauty therapist insurance, as part of salon insurance, can include treatments such as cosmetic tattooing or microdermabrasion. If these are not on your service menu, there is no point in them being included in your hair and beauty salon cover.

Insurance quotes for hairdressing salons should include protection against property damage, such as due to fire or flooding. We take great care to ensure that the full value of your professional equipment and furniture is covered, as well as things like telephones and computers, product stocks and the cash you normally hold on the premises. We will also factor in cover as part of your hair salon's policy or your salon's insurance for beauty in the event of burglary, or if money or assets are stolen from you by a client or an employee.

Hair salons insurance, insurance for beauty salons or beauty therapist insurance can also include protection against business interruption. For example, if there is a power cut that lasts for some time, you won't be able to operate your business. Your hairdresser insurance policy will cover the amount of income you lose as a result.

Yes we will – and much more. We have vast experience of finding the ideal hair salon insurance or beauty salon cover and we match this with a very personal and straightforward service. Our friendly team will make the process quick and simple for you, and will suggest the very best policy for your business and your budget. With Performance Direct, indemnity insurance for salons, liability insurance and all the insurance cover you need are in the safest hands.

Now that Performance Direct has given you the peace of mind you want concerning insurance quotes for hairdressing salons and insurance for beauty salons, we thought you might like to read some interesting facts about the industry.

For many centuries, women aspired to have pale complexions. This was a sign that they were wealthy, as poor women worked outdoors and were therefore suntanned. Ways of making the skin look pale included applying pastes made of wheat, honey, eggs and lentils amongst other things, applying chalk and rubbing on white lead. Rouge was then used to add back some colour, with the finished effect often very unnatural and sometimes rather comical.

Here are some other interesting facts. Hair drying was originally done using an adapted vacuum cleaner. The first proper hair dryer was a hood type and was invented by Alexandre Godefrey, a French stylist, in 1890. The first handheld dryer came on the market in the 1920s.

In 1907, a chemist called Eugene Schueller developed the first commercial hair dye, which he called Aureole. He changed the name to L'Oreal and founded the famous company in 1909.