Medtech & healthcare insurance
Medtech- eHealth
- Telehealth
- Life sciences
- Diagnostics
- Healthtech
- Femtech
- NHS software
- Supplements View more
- Medical malpractice and bodily harm
- Directors’ and officers’ insurance
- Cyber insurance
- Professional indemnity insurance
- Product liability insurance
- Management liability insurance
- Public liability insurance
- Intellectual property insurance View more
We insure the world’s innovators
Insurance for healthtech, life sciences, telehealth and diagnostics that protects your ideas as much as your business and its assets.
We have worked with Superscript since 2020 when Unmind was just a small start up. Since then, Ella and the medtech team have tailored our policies each year as we have grown as a business. Their claims systems seem efficient, they have re-negotiated terms for us each policy year that have been extremely comprehensive and competitive, and regularly check in with us to make sure they are updated with changes in our business activities. Their team always appear happy to help!
Unmind
Medtech including femtech
Traditional healthcare
Life sciences
What insurance do medtech businesses need?
Ella Henderson, Senior Account Manager
As businesses in the healthtech and medtech space continue to see huge growth, their exposure in terms of risk also increases. It's important we work closely to identify the risks to cover and help medtech businesses understand what they need from their insurance policy.
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Benefit from a custom-built digital journey that makes buying and managing your insurance frictionless, intuitive and transparent.
- Save time by collaborating with your your team and Superscript account manager using our digital application forms
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Insurance for NHS contracts
Winning a contract with the NHS can start an exciting growth trajectory for your medtech business. But it’s also a complex and often protracted process.
One of the key ingredients to a successful tender is insurance. So what are the most common covers you’ll need to have in place, and what can you do to cut costs when you’re funding is already stretched?
Superscript has been fantastic in helping Hertility secure business insurance for the next year. With the very complex coverage requirements for biotech, Zara was able to secure Hertility a great insurance deal, with the requested coverage. The whole process and thorough and seamless.
Hertility
Medtech insurance FAQs
Does medical malpractice insurance cover bodily harm?
Bodily harm arising from cyber events, faulty technology or system outages in the medtech field is a relatively new area for insurance to cover. Indeed, most professional indemnity products traditionally exclude claims of bodily harm.
However, Superscript has been able to arrange medical malpractice insurance that covers bodily harm for some of Europe’s biggest medtech companies.
Is my medtech insurance premium tax deductible?
Yes, the cost of your annual policy counts as an allowable business expense and can be written off against your taxable profit.
What medtech products are covered by product liability insurance?
This could include, but is not limited to, tangible medical technology products, including wearable technology and self-monitoring healthcare devices, including cover for devices failing to perform as intended and those exported anywhere in the world.
If a product is supposed to be ingested, it would require regulatory approval before insurers would consider covering it.
How does cyber insurance cover the medtech sector?
Superscript’s medtech insurance product features cyber cover that is tailored specifically to the cyber risks that medical technology businesses face.
In addition to liability coverage for data breaches, our innovative insurance can extend to cover GDPR penalties and ransomware attacks. It can also cover things like restoration of data and loss of profits due to a data breach.
In 2020, the healthcare industry was the largest target for ransomware demands. This trend is predicted to continue.
We offer a cybercrime extension that will reimburse up to £100,000 in financial losses caused by funds transfer fraud (social engineering), phone hacking, botnet attack and cryptojacking.
Does intellectual property cover include patent infringement?
In some cases, we can extend IP cover to include infringement of a patent.
Do I need public liability insurance if my business is office-based?
Even if you’re mainly office-based, going to events and visiting clients will increase your risk exposure, making public liability insurance crucial for almost every business in the medtech space.
Does directors' and officers' insurance only cover large companies?
In short, no. D&O insurance covers directors for risks they may face personally for the management of the company, irrespective of whether it’s a large publicly-traded company or a startup with a few employees. This cover is increasingly becoming an investor requirement.
Are medtech businesses covered by medical malpractice policies?
Traditional medical malpractice policies often do not cover practitioners for work done via a telemedicine platform as it would fall outside the scope of their usual services. As such, medical technology companies operating at the cutting edge of the market might consider specialist, tailor-made medtech cover.
What are the benefits of intellectual property (IP) insurance?
Beyond the cover provided by the insurance, the process of sourcing this insurance has the added benefit of being a very good risk management exercise on competitor monitoring and analysis as well as understanding your Freedom to Operate.
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Protected by the FSCS
If you are a business with an annual turnover under £1m, charity with an annual income under £1m, or trust with net assets under £1m, then you will be entitled to compensation from the FSCS in the unlikely event we cannot meet our obligations. Full details and further information on the scheme are available at www.fscs.org.uk.
