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Public liability and product liability cover built for food trucks and trailers, covering the gas equipment and pitch trading risks a fixed kitchen doesnโ€™t have.

Public liability and product liability cover built for food trucks and trailers, covering the gas equipment and pitch trading risks a fixed kitchen doesnโ€™t have.

Vehicle & equipment
Pitch liability
Food served
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Cover for food trucks across the UK

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What is food truck insurance?

Food truck insurance is a combination of covers built around cooking and selling food from a mobile unit, public liability for injury or damage, product liability for the food you serve, and cover for your cooking equipment.

Your food truck insurance covers the business risk. If your unit is towed, the trailer is insured as your equipment and the vehicle towing it needs motor cover that allows for a commercial trailer. If it drives itself, it needs its own motor policy as well.

The right food truck cover depends on:

Type of pitch or event trading
Whether you have a fixed base too
Market and event contracts
Number of trading days per year
Number of staff
Equipment value
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Cover built for how food trucks actually trade

Cover built for how food trucks actually trade

Most food truck traders combine public liability, product liability and employersโ€™ liability, then add cover for equipment and events.

Most food truck traders combine public liability, product liability and employersโ€™ liability, then add cover for equipment and events.

Public Liability

Public Liability

Covers claims if your food truck injures someone or damages property at a pitch or event.


Product Liability

Product Liability

Covers claims if food youโ€™ve served causes illness or a reaction.


Employersโ€™ Liability

Employersโ€™ Liability

A legal requirement once you employ any staff, even casual help.


Equipment in Transit

Equipment in Transit

Covers cooking equipment while itโ€™s being transported between pitches.


Business Interruption

Business Interruption

Helps with lost income if an insured event stops you trading.


Personal Accident

Personal Accident

Covers loss of income if an injury stops you working.


Getting your food truck cover right

Getting your food truck cover right

A pitch and a fixed premises carry different risks, make sure your cover reflects how you actually trade.

A pitch and a fixed premises carry different risks, make sure your cover reflects how you actually trade.

Review your pitches

Think about the locations and events you trade from most.

Review your equipment

Consider your gas equipment, generators and what itโ€™s worth.

Review your permissions

Pitch and market permissions are separate from your insurance.

Review your contracts

Check what venues and event organisers require of you.

Review regularly

Revisit your cover as your trading calendar changes.

Every food truck trades differently

Every food truck trades differently

Cover depends on where you trade, whether you own the vehicle, and what events or pitches you attend.

Cover depends on where you trade, whether you own the vehicle, and what events or pitches you attend.

A fixed weekly pitch, festival trading and one-off events all carry different risks, tell us how you work and weโ€™ll match your cover to it.

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Why choose Insurance Revolution for food truck insurance?

Trading from a pitch or event brings its own risks, we make sure your cover keeps up.

Access to 20+ UK insurers
Support from experienced UK advisers
Cover for pitch and event trading
Options for single events or full-time trading
Equipment in transit cover
Help for sole traders and larger teams

Trading at a one-off festival or event?

Trading at a one-off festival or event?

Single-event cover is available if youโ€™re not trading full-time, so youโ€™re not paying for a year-round policy.

Single-event cover is available if youโ€™re not trading full-time, so youโ€™re not paying for a year-round policy.

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How to get food truck insurance

How to get food truck insurance

Getting food truck insurance takes four steps: tell us about your business, choose your covers, compare specialist insurers, then get covered, often the same day.

Getting food truck insurance takes four steps: tell us about your business, choose your covers, compare specialist insurers, then get covered, often the same day.

1

Tell us about your business

How and where you trade, and how often.

2

Choose your covers

Public liability, product liability and any extras.

3

We compare specialist insurers

We search our panel of 20+ UK insurers.

4

Get covered and trading

Receive your documents, usually the same day.

Weโ€™re with you all the way

UK-based specialist advisers
Access to specialist insurers
No obligation, just expert help

Does your food truck need motor insurance?

Does your food truck need motor insurance?

If it is towed, no. The trailer is insured as your equipment, and the vehicle towing it needs motor cover that allows for a commercial trailer. If it drives itself, a converted van or horsebox, it needs its own motor policy as well as your liability and equipment cover. A standard motor policy will not cover the catering fit-out, so tell us what has been installed.

If it is towed, no. The trailer is insured as your equipment, and the vehicle towing it needs motor cover that allows for a commercial trailer. If it drives itself, a converted van or horsebox, it needs its own motor policy as well as your liability and equipment cover. A standard motor policy will not cover the catering fit-out, so tell us what has been installed.

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Trusted by thousands of businesses across the UK

Trusted by thousands of businesses across the UK

From everyday business insurance to complex specialist cover, our customers trust Insurance Revolution to find the right protection and provide expert support when it matters.

From everyday business insurance to complex specialist cover, our customers trust Insurance Revolution to find the right protection and provide expert support when it matters.

Food truck insurance guides

Food truck insurance guides

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Trading pitches, LPG and a vehicle your whole business depends on.

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Food truck insurance FAQs

Food truck insurance FAQs

Straight answers on cover, gas equipment, pitches and cost.

Straight answers on cover, gas equipment, pitches and cost.

Food truck insurance is a combination of covers built around cooking and selling food from a mobile unit: public liability for injury or damage, product liability for the food you serve, and cover for your cooking equipment.

Still have questions?

Our advisers are here to help you find the right solution.

Related venues we cover

Related venues we cover

Food trucks share mobile trading and food risks with these businesses. Each has its own cover needs.

Food trucks share mobile trading and food risks with these businesses. Each has its own cover needs.

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