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Cyber Insurance Readiness Kit: Proposal-Form Walkthrough, Evidence Workbook and Before-You-Sign Checklist (UK Small Business)
Cyber Insurance Readiness Kit: Proposal-Form Walkthrough, Evidence Workbook and Before-You-Sign Checklist (UK Small Business)
Where this fits in our suggested order
Our suggested order. Start wherever your question starts: each kit can be used on its own.
You are here: Stage 4 · When your cyber insurance proposal form arrives
Next in our suggested order: Stage 5 · Plan your first hour after an incident: First Hour After a Breach: Incident Response Plan Template, Runbook, Contact Sheet, Log and Tabletop Exercise (UK Small Business), £29
Product details
For UK small businesses and sole traders filling in a cyber insurance proposal form, first time or at renewal. Proposal forms ask detailed questions about how you run your IT. This kit helps you understand those questions and gather the evidence behind each answer. Then you check it all before anyone signs.
For business insurance in the UK, the Insurance Act 2015 says the buyer must make "a fair presentation of the risk" to the insurer. That duty is yours, and it covers material facts even where the form doesn't ask. The NCSC notes that gathering the information can take input from several people, including your IT provider.
Readiness only. Secordit Intelligence isn't an insurer or a broker. This kit can't tell you whether you'll be offered cover or on what terms. That's the insurer's decision, and your broker or insurer can answer questions about your policy. It's a set of templates. General information, not legal or insurance advice.
£29 · digital download (ZIP with PDF and Excel files).
What's inside
- Walkthrough of 14 question areas (PDF): what published proposal forms commonly ask about, from MFA and backups to payment fraud controls and past incidents, with what to have ready for each
- Evidence workbook (Excel): log each question from your form with your answer, the evidence, where it lives, who confirmed it and when
- Separate MFA checks for remote access, email, cloud services, admin access and online banking, because forms ask about them separately
- Backup restore-test record, a bank-detail change log and a renewal re-run tab
- Examples of accurate partial answers, for when the honest answer is "partly"
- "Before you sign the proposal" check (one page)
Who it's for
- UK small businesses and sole traders filling in a cyber insurance proposal form for the first time
- Anyone renewing who wants to re-check their answers
- Owners who'd rather gather the evidence once than answer from memory
How it works
- Click Get My Kit and check out. You'll receive a download link after payment.
- Get the actual form from your broker or insurer.
- Fill in the business details and people tabs.
- Work through the walkthrough and log each question with its evidence.
- Run the "Before you sign" check, then have the right person sign, and keep a copy.
It's self-serve. You work through the files yourself, with no calls or meetings with us.
FAQ
Will this get me cover?
No. It helps you answer accurately. The insurer decides whether to offer cover and on what terms.
Does it include a particular insurer's form?
No. Every insurer's form is different. The walkthrough describes the question areas we found on the ABI's list and five freely published forms, in our own words. Always answer the form your broker or insurer gives you.
I'm a sole trader. Does the fair presentation duty apply to me?
If you're buying the cover wholly or mainly for your business, it isn't a consumer contract, so the Insurance Act 2015 duty of fair presentation applies to you. Cover bought mainly for personal purposes follows the consumer rules instead. Ask your broker or insurer if you're unsure.
What format are the files?
PDF and Excel (.xlsx). The workbook is a standard .xlsx file (tested in LibreOffice Calc; it should also open in Excel and Google Sheets). The PDFs have printed tick boxes; the same checklist is an editable tab in the workbook.
Who's behind it
Secordit Intelligence was set up in February 2026 by Matthew Protheroe-Hill, its director. Before that, he co-founded Sencode Cyber Security and was a director there from 2019 to 2023. Qualification: BSc (Hons) Cyber Security & Networks (1st Class), Teesside University.
Everything in the download
A ZIP with 4 files: the Start here guide (PDF), the walkthrough of 14 question areas (PDF), the evidence workbook (Excel) and the "Before you sign the proposal" check (PDF).
The problem it helps with
Proposal forms ask detailed questions about how you run your IT. The duty to make a fair presentation of the risk is yours. This kit helps you gather the evidence once, rather than answer from memory.
Delivery
Digital download (ZIP with PDF and Excel files). You'll receive a download link after payment. No physical item, no shipping.
Ready to start? Use the Get My Kit button under the price at the top of this page.
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