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All Risks Insurance

Whether you have an Association Apiary, or just want to insure your own hives and equipment, the BBKA has negotiated competitive rates for members with Aston Lark Limited (formerly Buckland Harvester) to cover your beekeeping equipment.

Aston Lark Limited offer specialist cover - Contents Insurance (All Risks) - aimed at groups and organisations who are members of the British Beekeepers Association. Brochure

More details about the policy can be obtained on the website .

If you have already have a policy and want to contact Aston Lark Limited please get in touch with

Jackie Dunn 0161 834 1884 [email protected]

Claudia Nash 0161 830 1294 [email protected]

Please contact Aston Lark for full details of the cover available, including any exclusions and limitations that may apply.

Please note that insurance is provided through a third party supplier via Aston Lark. The all risks policy has been negotiated by Aston Lark Limited on behalf of BBKA members. Insurance applications and their outcomes are the decision of the underwriter over which neither the BBKA nor Aston Lark Limited have any influence. Should your apiary site or equipment be stored on an Environment Agency designated Flood Plain your application may be declined.

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