Our Blog

Most tradies know about the common forms of insurance for a trade business, but there is more to business insurance than just public liability and tools… We recently surveyed all of our clients on a range of issues, and...

If you’re spending tens of thousands on materials and equipment each year, and even tax payments, you’re missing out if you don’t have the right credit card. Now before I go any further, I need to stress that this...

Most tradies and trade business owners know they need public liability insurance. But knowing you need it, and knowing why you need it, are two different things! So we’ve put together a top five on why you should be...

Could Google Ads help your trade business to get more business? You might be thinking “Trade Risk is an insurance broker, why are you talking to me about online advertising”? Well as a business that has spent well over...

No one wants to spend more than they have to on insurance, so doing a trade insurance comparison can be a great idea. But it’s not as simple as comparing prices and choosing the cheapest.  Not all insurance policies...

They’ve always been known as one of the higher earning trades, but how much do electricians really earn? For the last five years we’ve been putting together our hugely popular guide on tradie earnings, and as electrical contractors are...

This is our 2018 report. To view the current report please click here. We are pleased to release our 2018 report on that age old question – How much to tradies really earn? This is our fifth annual report,...

We are thrilled to once again be named a finalist in the Optus MyBusiness Awards for 2018. As with last year, we are finalists in the Customer Service Experience of the Year category. This is hot on the heels...

When it comes to business insurance for tradies, there’s no policy more popular than public liability insurance. Most self-employed tradies have it, and for many it’s a mandatory requirement for their licence or the contracts they’re working on. It...

For many plumbers, getting to the point of being your own boss in your own business is the ultimate goal. You’ve done the hard slog of your apprenticeship, you’ve spent a few years on wages honing your skills, and...