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This month, we are delighted to announce the introduction of our brand new bespoke policy option.  We have been working extremely hard over the past few months to develop a ne

Typing photography insurance into Google can be a minefield. It’s often confusing for photographers, too much hard sell and not enough information.

After reading an article in a national paper recently exploring the blurring lines between photography and art, it got us thinking.

We spotted some amazing photography this week, hot off the back of Red Bull’s ‘Illume’ photo contest.

I’m sure most people will be familiar with the story that has flooded the national press recently, of a bride’s father who tragically choked to death at his daughter’s wedding reception.

Just wanted to end the week by sharing this fantastic photo with you. It was the Guild of Photographers’ Image of the Month back in March and we think it’s brilliant.

Another case of a ‘wedding fail’ going viral happened at the end of last week, thanks to the power of YouTube.

Traveling is an amazing adventure – especially when those once-in-a-lifetime moments are captured on camera.

Did you see our director Peter giving advice on ePHOTOzine this month? Peter often encounters photographers who are prone to letting their professional pride come before a financial fall.

Another week brings another unfortunate case of an internet site being shut down as a result of copyright quibbles.

Recently, we were lucky enough to speak to renowned photographer, Damien Lovegrove, at a special Guild of Photographers event which we were sponsoring.

We’ve noticed an increasing amount of video offerings being published on the internet.

Our photography newsletter now has almost 5000 subscribers, signed up to receive industry updates and great insurance offers from us.

Confused about your photographers insurance? Have you looked at dozens of confusing policies that all look the same?  Don’t panic, we’re here to help.

This week marked the start of one of the most popular sporting events of the year here in the UK, Wimbledon.

Shock and sadness filled the hearts of many in the photography industry earlier this month when the UK’s premier imaging show Focus on Imaging closed its doors after 24 years.

Photography insurance is often seen as a pain, but not half as painful as loosing hundreds, or even thousands of pounds due to not taking out a policy.

Following our latest blog which highlighted the dying trend of printing off pictures, we stumbled across some research by Samsung which has been all over the news this morning.

In this blog, we thought it would be useful to highlight our top tips for photographers to take into account AFTER taking photographs.

We were shocked this week when we read that an American newspaper has taken the decision to get rid of its entire photography team and replace them with…iPhones!