Insurance

Junior, Intermediate and Practitioner Members are required to have Professional Indemnity and Public Liability insurance.

Evidence of insurance must be shown when renewing membership.

Our members can obtain Practitioner Cover provided they have reached at least Certificate in Practical Shiatsu.

Cover includes, but is not limited to, Professional Indemnity, Public Liability, Products Liability, Libel and Slander.

This is Practitioner, not student, insurance and you can include - at no extra cost - therapies in which you are qualified, such as cranio-sacral, reiki, reflexology, other massage and shiatsu techniques e.g. Hara Shiatsu (chi nei tsang).

The proposal form is short and simple and the premiums reasonable. To apply for insurance simply activate your Zen Shiatsu Society Membership and tell us you are interested in insurance. When we send your Certificate of Membership we will enclose the Application form which you must send direct to the insurers.

If you are already a member you can use quote-and-buy (below), or you can give Towergate a call on 0113 3919 555 and they do it all for you. They cover shiatsu and a huge list of other therapies (I have to say the list of therapies you can get insured for is...amazing!)

Click here for quote-and-buy then
click on Complementary Therapists at the top on the left (under the word 'Homepage')
then on the Get a Quote button
then you just click on the Yes or No dots until reaching the question 'Are you a member of a Professional Association - please choose'.
Click on that and when the list comes up just press z on your keyboard.
Zen Shiatsu Society will appear in the drop-down list for membership organisations and this will trigger the discounted rates (from about £60)

Or you can call Towergate on 0113 3919 555 and they will talk you through.

Teachers can also purchase insurance to cover their liabilities in training.

Your Professional Liability Insurance provides cover for:

Professional Indemnity: cover for the risk of being sued for an error in your professional activities (getting it wrong!)

Public Liability: cover for your liability for the death of or injury to third parties or for loss or damage to their property (getting it very wrong?)

Product Liability: cover for your liability for injury loss or damage caused by products supplied (not many shiatsu people need this but its part of the package and might be useful one day...somehow...)

Libel and Slander: provides cover to defend you (court costs, legal fees etc) against allegations of defamation (accusations of professional misconduct etc)