Marketline Business Insurance Review

Marketline insurance broker: at a glance

Marketline is an insurance broker that arranges business insurance for market traders. This includes liability cover for risks traders face while providing or selling services or goods at markets, exhibitions, festivals and other public events.

Cover options include public liability insurance and product liability insurance. Policies can be arranged online or over the phone.

Marketline insurance pros and cons

Pros

Get a quote and buy cover online or over the phone.
View your policy documents online.
Customer service available over the phone and by email.

Cons

Claims can’t be made online.
No phone support after 5.30pm on weekdays or at all on the weekend.
Only covers market traders.

Marketline insurance key features

Specialises in cover for traders selling at markets, festivals and other events
You can call customer services to get a quote, make a claim or buy cover
Includes public and product liability insurance, plus option for employers’ liability cover.

Marketline insurance full review

As an insurance broker, Marketline works with insurers and suppliers to offer cover to individuals who sell services or goods at markets and events. It offers public liability cover through Allianz and is part of Clear Insurance Management Ltd, an independent insurance broker.
If you’re not in the trade sector, or are looking for a comprehensive choice of business insurance, you may need to look elsewhere.

What types of business insurance does Marketline offer?

Marketline provides liability insurance for traders at indoor and outdoor markets, festivals, exhibitions and other events. The cover on offer includes:

Public liability insurance (up to £10 million): This covers costs if your business activities cause injury to a member of the public or damage to their property.
Product liability insurance: This provides cover for compensation and legal costs if a product you sell is faulty and injures or harms people or their property. This is included in its public liability insurance and is not standalone cover.
Employers’ liability insurance (up to £10 million): This pays compensation to permanent and temporary employees if they are injured, become ill or die due to their work on your stall and make a claim. It also covers related legal fees. This is an optional add-on to a public liability insurance policy, for an extra premium.

Marketline insurance features

Professions and trades covered

Marketline cover is for individual stallholders and traders who sell goods and services at events attended by the general public. These might include indoor or outdoor events, such as:

market stalls
festivals
car boot sales
craft fairs
exhibitions

It offers quotes for three types of liability cover through Allianz. Having a level of public liability cover is usually a condition of events that are attended by the general public.

Marketline’s standard offering is for individual traders, but if you’re organising an event there is a number you can call to get a quote for this different type of cover.

Phone support

You can call customer services about your cover or to get a quote. Lines are open Monday to Friday, from 9am to 5.30pm, but not on weekends or public holidays.

Making a claim

You need to call Allianz in order to make a claim on your policy. It is not possible to make a claim online.

Customer reviews

Marketline doesn’t feature on the main review sites. However, Clear Insurance Management Ltd has a Trustpilot rating of 4.2 out of 5 stars, based on over 1,500 reviews, as at 23 December 2025.

Bear in mind that the rating is for Clear Insurance Management Ltd as a brand, rather than for any of its specific business offerings.

How to choose the right business insurance

The insurance you choose needs to be right for the risks your business could face. While there are many policy options available, some businesses must have certain types of cover in order to operate:

It is a legal requirement to have employers’ liability insurance if you employ anyone in the UK who isn’t part of your close family. It is also needed if you employ family and your business is incorporated as a limited company. This includes part-time staff and unpaid volunteers.
Governing bodies or regulators can require professional indemnity cover to be in place for certain occupations, such as solicitors and accountants. This offers protection if you provide knowledge, skills or advice found to be negligent and causes loss or damage to a client.
You may need a particular level of public liability insurance to carry out some work, such as selling at public events.
Motor insurance is needed if vehicles are used as part of your work (other than commuting).

An independent business insurance broker should be able to help if you’re not sure what insurance you need.

How to get Marketline insurance

You can get a quote from Marketline over the phone or online, via its website.

You will need to provide information about yourself and your business, which will include:

your name and address
your contact information
policy start date
your business structure (sole trader, partnership or limited company)

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