--- title: "Hutch Underwriting Preparing to Launch Tradie Cover" description: "Hutch to launch a Trade Pack, proving tradies insurance cover, in the next few months as they expand their Construction Insurance product offerings" type: blog version: 1 version_id: "3047fa79-c6fd-4cc3-a087-470fa14d2f7e" generated_at: "2026-06-09T00:54:02.482Z" author: "Kim Beavis" date_published: "2023-08-17T05:58:00.000Z" date_modified: "2025-06-04T00:34:58.938Z" language: en reading_time: "2 min" word_count: 291 keywords: ["Media Coverage"] url: "https://hutchunderwriting.com.au/blog/hutch-underwriting-preparing-to-launch-tradie-cover" --- # Hutch Underwriting Preparing to Launch Tradie Cover > Hutch to launch a Trade Pack, proving tradies insurance cover, in the next few months as they expand their Construction Insurance product offerings ## Key Takeaways - Media Coverage 1 min read # Hutch Underwriting Preparing to Launch Tradie Cover [Kim Beavis](https://hutchunderwriting.com.au/blog/author/kim-beavis) : 17/08/2023 3:58:00 PM [Announcements](https://hutchunderwriting.com.au/blog/tag/announcements) [Construction](https://hutchunderwriting.com.au/blog/tag/construction) [Trades](https://hutchunderwriting.com.au/blog/tag/trades) Source: InsuranceNews. Published August 17, 2023 Hutch Underwriting will launch a Trade Pack in the next few months as the business continues to grow since its [launch](/blog/new-strata-policy-addresses-increasing-cyber-risk-for-australians) last year, CEO [Robin Johnson](/robin-johnson) said. “We’re going to launch it in the second-half of this year. Trade Pack is aimed at tradies,” he told [insuranceNEWS.com.au](https://www.insurancenews.com.au/the-broker/hutch-underwriting-preparing-to-launch-tradie-cover). “So before the end of the year we will have Trade Pack up and running and that will be on Sunrise.” The underwriting agency became a Lloyd’s coverholder in August last year and launched soon after in November it's first offering, a [strata](/strata-insurance) product, followed by [construction](/construction-insurance) in June this year. The two products are also on the Ebix-owned Sunrise Exchange platform. Mr Johnson says professional indemnity is next on the list for the underwriting agency. > “We are growing quickly and the team is expanding. There are nine of us already and we expect to double that next year. > > “We’ve spent millions on technology to deliver better service to brokers and I think it’s really coming good as a consequence.” ## Media Coverage - [](https://hutchunderwriting.com.au/blog/cost-blowouts-contract-traps-keeping-construction-projects-insurable) 1 min read #### [Cost blowouts & contract traps: Keeping construction projects insurable](https://hutchunderwriting.com.au/blog/cost-blowouts-contract-traps-keeping-construction-projects-insurable) [Kim Beavis](https://hutchunderwriting.com.au/blog/author/kim-beavis) : 12/01/2026 2:25:54 PM [Construction](https://hutchunderwriting.com.au/blog/tag/construction) [Trades](https://hutchunderwriting.com.au/blog/tag/trades) [Broker Resources](https://hutchunderwriting.com.au/blog/tag/broker-resources) [Read More](https://hutchunderwriting.com.au/blog/cost-blowouts-contract-traps-keeping-construction-projects-insurable) [](https://hutchunderwriting.com.au/blog/5-reasons-brokers-are-turning-to-packaged-solutions-for-sme-trade-clients) 1 min read #### [5 Reasons Brokers Are Turning to Packaged Solutions for SME Trade Clients](https://hutchunderwriting.com.au/blog/5-reasons-brokers-are-turning-to-packaged-solutions-for-sme-trade-clients) [Kim Beavis](https://hutchunderwriting.com.au/blog/author/kim-beavis) : 07/05/2025 6:00:00 AM [Trades](https://hutchunderwriting.com.au/blog/tag/trades) [Trade Pack](https://hutchunderwriting.com.au/blog/tag/trade-pack) [Read More](https://hutchunderwriting.com.au/blog/5-reasons-brokers-are-turning-to-packaged-solutions-for-sme-trade-clients) [](https://hutchunderwriting.com.au/blog/construction-and-strata-insurance-challenges) 1 min read #### [Construction and strata insurance challenges](https://hutchunderwriting.com.au/blog/construction-and-strata-insurance-challenges) [Robin Johnson](https://hutchunderwriting.com.au/blog/author/robin-johnson) : 20/06/2023 4:47:00 PM Source: IB Talk hosted by: Daniel Wood, Editor, Insurance Business Australia. Published June 16, 2023 [Podcast](https://hutchunderwriting.com.au/blog/tag/podcast) [Construction](https://hutchunderwriting.com.au/blog/tag/construction) [Read More](https://hutchunderwriting.com.au/blog/construction-and-strata-insurance-challenges) --- ## About This Content **Source:** [Hutch Underwriting Preparing to Launch Tradie Cover](https://hutchunderwriting.com.au/blog/hutch-underwriting-preparing-to-launch-tradie-cover) **Author:** Kim Beavis **Published:** August 17, 2023 *This content is provided for informational purposes. Please visit the original source for the most up-to-date information.*