As a yoga teacher, it’s your job to help your students leave refreshed, relaxed, and reinvigorated. However, running a yoga studio may leave you feeling the exact opposite! There’s probably a lot on your mind, including worry about potentially costly claims and lawsuits.

In recent decades yoga has become one of New Zealand’s most popular forms of exercise, with figures showing its practice grew by more than 500 per cent from 2007 to 2017.

Being a massage therapist can be a rewarding yet challenging career, and there’s no doubt you’ve worked hard to build your business, so it only makes sense to protect it.

For certain types of individuals, when it comes to health and wellbeing activities, staying healthy, and maintaining an active lifestyle, not much of a push is needed to get them on their feet, out the door, and in the thick of it.

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There’s a great deal of responsibility and care required when you provide specialist advice and services for a living. No matter how professional you may be, all it takes is one dissatisfied client for you to potentially be dealing with a lawsuit or insurance claim. Fortunately, this is where Professional Indemnity insurance can provide protection when you need it most.

Caring for your patients may be your number one priority as a hypnotherapist. But while you help guide them to greater health and peace of mind, the risks of your job may always be on your mind.

Public Liability insurance covers legal fees and compensation costs if a customer, member of the public, or a supplier claims against you for injury or damage to their property as a result of your alleged negligent business activity. Having Public Liability insurance gives you peace of mind against potentially stressful, time-consuming and costly legal claims.

It’s important to understand the difference between Professional Indemnity and Public Liability insurance as the two types of cover can often cause confusion. Whilst both covers protect your business against legal action they offer different forms of protection.