Naturesave is the home of green insurance with over 30 years’ experience in protecting people and the planet. Take out insurance with us and you are supporting our charity, the Naturesave Trust, to which we have donated well over £1 million, thanks to our loyal customers.
Our service is driven by strong ethics and we work hard to provide insurance solutions that ensure you get the cover that is right for you. Great service also means owning a problem, so we handle our claims in-house. Based in Totnes, Devon, we insure homes, businesses, social enterprises and charities across the country. We’re also at the forefront of creating change within our industry and unlocking the enormous potential insurers have, to rapidly tackle the climate and nature crisis.
Naturesave is the home of green insurance with over 30 years’ experience in protecting people and the planet. Take out insurance with us and you are supporting our charity the Naturesave Trust, to which we have donated well over £1 million, thanks to our loyal customers.. We are also at the forefront of creating change within our industry and unlocking the enormous potential insurers have, to rapidly tackle the climate and nature crisis.
Our home insurance protects people and the planet. Experts in eco homes & non-standard construction
We’re passionate about insuring ethical businesses and run a free program to help clients operate more sustainably
We are an experienced renewable energy insurance specialist covering projects large or small
We understand and support charities, social enterprises and all types of non-profits organisations
Our travel insurance is a recommended Best Buy, by Ethical Consumer and top rated by Good With Money. Get your instant quote today or add travel onto your current policy with us…
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‘We have had a strong relationship with Naturesave for many years and their service has always been exemplary, proactively assisting our insurance and claims requirements’
Business Insurance Customer
Eric Adatia, Finance Director
‘The best insurance company I’ve ever dealt with, even when I had a claim. Every time I’ve called Naturesave, I’ve spoken to one of two people, so it takes no time to get to the point of my call: no automated menus, and no need to explain the same thing every time you call.’
Mick, Home Insurance Customer
‘Excellent suite of documents on insurance for charities; Thank you, Naturesave. Also the best insurance company we have ever dealt with – always real people, always helpful, always fair.’
Veronica, Charity Insurance Customer
‘A specialist renewable energy insurance broker that truly supports and works for community renewable energy organisations. We cannot commend them highly enough’
Gill, Exeter Community Energy Ltd
‘I have been insured with this amazing insurance company for years. Whenever you call you get straight through to people who care, know who you are and most of all get things done with speed.’
Amanda, Home Insurance Customer
‘Not many companies ‘do their bit’ for the environment, but Naturesave do that on top of being an efficient, customer-centred and professional insurance company. I’m very pleased with their level of service and would recommend to everyone.’
Daryl, Home Insurance Customer
A grant has been used to fund an eco-fashion festival designed by young people to inspire clothing mending, upcycling, and reduce waste....
A grant has been used to fund an eco-fashion festival designed by young people to inspire clothing mending, upcycling, and reduce waste....
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The grant from the Naturesave Trust supports water testing and monitoring for data generation...
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The grant from the Naturesave Trust has supported the training of River Detectives to monitor water quality...
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The grant from the Naturesave Trust has funded reusable medication bags for homeless patients in Cornwall...
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We were very proud to have been involved with the #Q4ClimateNature. We're calling on all organisations to get involved and sign the open letter by Business Stand up and Business Declares - calling on all UK professionals (business...
The grant from the Naturesave Trust has funded a scheme to reduce plastic and reuse materials...
The grant from the Naturesave Trust has funded reusable cups for the Festival....
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The grant from the Naturesave Trust has funded the shipment of refurbished tools to disabled communities in Malawi...
The grant from the Naturesave Trust has funded sessions for women on recycling and repairing textiles...
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The grant from the Naturesave Trust has funded the shipment of refurbished tools to disabled communities in Malawi...
The grant from the Naturesave Trust has funded the purchase of IT equipment to hep run the charity....
The grant from the Naturesave Trust will support the development of upcycling hubs for vulnerable people....
Since Naturesave Insurance was founded, a core component of our campaign work is to support our business community to a more sustainable future, and lower their exposure to risk. The large majority of our commercial client-base are...
When it comes to our historic tackling of the climate and nature crisis, Einstein’s quote of “Insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results” has never been more apt. The UK’s Net Zero Strategy requires...
The grant from the Naturesave Trust will enable the Firth of Forth Lobster Hatchery the chance to obtain a more efficient and cost-effective lobster rearing-system....
The grant from the Naturesave Trust directly supported the purchase of an electric cargo bike to deliver freshly baked bread to to residents of Sevenoaks....
As a member of Business Declare’s Naturesave will be attending The Big One this Friday, 21st April, alongside more than 200 supporting organisations — including Greenpeace, Friends of the Earth and PCS Union to...
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Naturesave was founded to use the insurance industry as a means for sustainable development. One of the key ways we have delivered this is via our Naturesave Trust funded business support programme. Originally called the...
Naturesave has won the Feefo Gold Trusted Service Award, an independent seal of excellence, which recognises businesses that consistently deliver a world-class customer experience. Feefo established the Trusted Service Awards in...
Have a read of our interview with ChatGPT, the artificial intelligence that has been designed to converse with people in real time. Unsurprisingly, we decided to chat to it about ethical insurance. Our interviewer is Nick Oldridge,...
The war in Ukraine. The energy crisis. Rampant inflation. Political instability. Yet another COP summit… The chaos we currently face may not inspire you to have a positive outlook. But there is some real hope....
Here’s to Naturesave 2:0 The Naturesave mission, to make a real difference, has found a new home within the Benefact Group, a charity-owned family of financial services companies that donate all available profits to good causes....
The grant from the Naturesave Trust will directly support the costs of publishing the Atlas, making this information available for use by amateurs and experts alike, for the benefit of wild plants....
When some of the world’s top climate scientists, who clearly are not comfortable protesting, start taking the law into their own hands and with Extinction Rebellion shifting their focus to insurance, maybe it is time for our industry...
The IPCC Working Group III, sixth assessment report – Climate Change 2022: Mitigation of Climate Change has now been published. In this blog we explain what it is, why it matters and what the key environmental players have to say...
Confused by climate jargon? We have a quick explainer on all you need to know about going net-zero. Why do we need to reach Net-Zero Emissions? Scientists have been warning of the threat of climate change for some time now, with...
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In declaring a climate emergency Naturesave are proud to be joining Business Declares and the fast-growing network of businesses who acknowledge the Climate and Ecological Emergency....
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The Naturesave Trust funds a wide variety of projects covering renewable energy, nature conservation, sustainable food and social welfare. Another key area of funding is recycling and repair, in this update we highlight some...
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Need to contact us? Call 01803 864390 9-5pm Monday-Friday Will my home insurance policy be affected by Covid-19? If you are now working from home this will be automatically be covered...
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Naturesave’s long running tree planting policy to fight climate change For every customer who switches their insurance to Naturesave, we plant them a tree. For many years we planted a tree for every home insurance customer who...
Naturesave Trust funded project brings together cutting edge bee conservation with community solar farms. The Solar Bee Project is an initiative funded by the Naturesave Trust that aims to protect honey bees from the deadly varroa mite...
Time to think electric? With climate change now reframed to what it really is, an emergency, and with ever increasing awareness of traffic pollution, there never has been a stronger reason to consider an electric car. The reason why...
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If you have been watching the wonderful Blue Planet then you may well share in the shock and frustration of millions of viewers, at the damage plastic pollution is causing to our oceans. In response we have put together a list of...
Howad Ltd, a client of Naturesave since 2009, is the ecologically principled company behind the award-winning internationally renowned incognito® range of 100% natural and 100% effective mosquito and other insect repellent products....
From 20th March 2017, the Odgen rate of discount has been reduced from 2.5% to -0.75%. The discount rate reflects the level of investment return that a person can expect to achieve by investing their compensation. By changing the rate...
The Living Wage Foundation has today accredited Naturesave as a Living Wage employer. This commitment to the Living Wage will see everyone working at Naturesave, regardless of whether they are direct employees or third-party contracted...
A decade ago the idea of locally owned, community organisations generating their own renewable heat and power, seemed like an idealistic pipe dream. Today community energy groups now generate enough capacity to power 130,000 homes,...
Sebastian Cox – Award Winning Sustainably Focused Artisan, Craftsman, Woodworker and Designer Sebastian Cox and his Greenwich based team of designers and makers offer a range of attractive furniture and small household pieces...
Here at Naturesave, we thought we would offer you a simple climate change experiment, one that you can perform at home, and one that will clearly demonstrate what happens when the levels of greenhouse gasses in the atmosphere increase....
We are delighted to announce that following our recent office move we have now expanded our team to twelve. From our new headquarters in Totnes, we will continue to provide insurances services across UK, as the country’s leading green...
At the Global Light Rail awards earlier this year, one of this year’s winners was a light railway vehicle known as the Stourbridge Shuttle, linking Stourbridge town centre with National Rail services at Stourbridge Junction. You might...
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The Energy Storage Era Has Arrived .. But How Do You Insure Such A New Technology? Energy storage is set to be the solution to the one critical technical barrier that threatens to hold back our transition to a low carbon future....
Our new Environmental Impairment Liability Cover provides complete peace of mind for you and the environment during the construction and operational stage of your renewable energy project. At Naturesave, we understand that the...
The Naturesave Trust has been busy over the past couple of months, keeping in touch with all of our successful applicants and finding out about their progress and we are delighted to say that we have been able to release funding for...
The Naturesave Trust prides itself on helping fund various environmental, conservation and community renewable projects, but when we pledged funding and bought shares in Green Fox Community Energy for John Cleveland Community College...
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New Cyber Insurance Product Naturesave is now able to offer Cyber Protection Insurance for commercial enterprises. Our reliance on technology is growing all the time and the majority of businesses depend on computers, portable...
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Naturesave were delighted to be awarded The Queen’s Award for Enterprise in the Sustainable Development category in 2011. We are the only insurance company to have been awarded The Queen’s Award in the Sustainable...
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