Medilink Midlands offers Patronage to leading organisations that champion the medtech and life sciences sector.
We are proud to highlight our Patron, Gallagher, whose commitment and expertise support our innovation programmes and events, fostering collaboration, knowledge sharing, and sector growth.
About
Gallagher is one of largest insurance brokers in the world, providing specialist insurance and risk-management solutions to the highly regulated, technically complex world of biotech, pharma, medtech, diagnostics and research.
Their teams in the midlands and London support organisations all over the UK throughout their lifecycle, from early-stage start-ups to global clinical research teams, offering cover for operational liabilities, clinical trials, crisis containment, and beyond. Whether you’re navigating R&D risk, intellectual property exposures or reputational threats, their specialist teams can help protect both your business and your mission.
Gallagher’s life sciences insurance solutions
Insurance for life science companies
Their life sciences teams bring deep technical expertise and sector insight to design insurance solutions that address the broad spectrum of risks faced by life sciences companies.
They help you navigate exposures such as:
- Directors & officers liability, especially through transitions like IPOs
- Product liability, recall and contamination risk
- Intellectual property risk and contract liability
- Cyber risk and data-privacy exposures
- Business continuity, supply-chain risk and medical malpractice
- Crisis resilience planning, from operational disruption to reputational threat
Their solutions are built around your stage of development, strategic goals and risk profile.
Insurance for life science start-ups
For early-stage life sciences companies, they understand that protecting innovation without draining budget is vital.
Their start-up-focused insurance package offers specialist cover including:
- Public and employers’ liability
- Directors & officers cover to safeguard leadership
- Cyber and privacy liability, to defend against data breach and cyber threats
- Key person cover for critical executives or founders
- Professional indemnity / Errors & omissions tailored to the life sciences field
- Asset protection, including physical lab equipment and intangible assets like IP
Insurance for clinical trials
Gallagher is one of the UK’s leading brokers for clinical trial insurance with over 30 years’ experience in structuring specialist cover. Their clinical trials insurance protects both the volunteers and the sponsor organisation by addressing the unique liabilities inherent in medical research. Key features include:
- Broad, regulatory-compliant coverage for legal liabilities arising from trial conduct
- Tailoring for all kinds of trials – from large-scale, interventional studies to small observational ones
- Rapid issuance as a result of which policy certificates can often be issued within 24 hours of required underwriting information
- In-house claims handling with a dedicated claims handler to guide you through the process
One of the broadest policy wordings in the market, giving you flexibility and strength in risk transfer.
Why choose Gallagher for insurance and risk management?
- Specialist depth and experience: Their life science team draws on over 30 years’ experience in the sector.
- Comprehensive solutions: They don’t believe in off-the-shelf insurance – every programme is built around your operations, risk profile and growth stage.
- Global reach with local expertise: They leverage a global network of underwriters and risk experts, but deliver grounded, UK-based advice.
- Risk management and advisory: Beyond insurance, their team supports crisis planning, clinical-trial compliance, cyber resilience, supply-chain resilience and continuity.
- Proven track record: They work with a wide variety of life sciences organisations, from biotech start-ups to pharmaceutical companies, medtech firms and research CROs.
You’re building the future of science – and they’re here to help you protect it. Whether you’re scaling up your lab, running a first clinical study, or charting your funding journey, their life sciences teams based in Birmingham and London have the specialist knowledge, cover and risk management expertise to support you.
Get in touch
If you would like to talk to them about your insurance and risk management needs, please contact [email protected] from their Birmingham branch. Alternatively, visit their website to find out more.
We hope that the above highlights just some of the sector-leading work being carried out by Gallagher, one of our valued Patrons.
More information on Medilink Midlands Patronage is available here.
