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09 October 2025
An overview of your insurance policy, what documentation you should have, how you can pay your premiums and other useful information.
What documents should I have?
- A policy booklet
This contains the Terms and Conditions of your policy. - A policy schedule
Separate pages with specific details for your church.
How do we pay premiums?
Every year you will be sent a policy renewal pack to tell you your premium is due. Premiums may be paid annually or by Direct Debit instalments.
If you are paying by Direct Debit and need to change your payment details, please complete a new Direct Debit Instalment Mandate which can be found here. and return it to us via email at directbusinessireland@ecclesiastical.com
When to notify us about activities or changes at your church
It is important that you let us know about certain activities and changes at your church. We can provide help and advice and in some cases we may need to charge an additional premium if there is a change to the risk we are insuring. Our check list below gives some examples of when you need to call us.
- During building works
- Community outreach projects such as night shelters, advice services or food banks
- When your church is closed or closing
- When your building becomes disused or unoccupied
- Accidents involving people
- Change of church correspondent
- Large events where attendance is likely to exceed 1,000 people.
- Overseas work or activities.
- Any hazardous or unusual events or activities such as firework displays, clay pigeon shooting, abseiling or sale of second-hand electrical goods.