About us
The Booth Cover story
Booth Cover gets photo booth businesses around Australia insured. It was set up in 2016 by a photo booth operator and his insurance broker, who arranged his cover with insurers. Today Grace Insurance, a Joondalup, WA brokerage, looks after it.
Why Booth Cover started
The problem
Photo booth operators kept running into the same problem with the major insurers. Their staff didn't know what a photo booth business does, so operators were lumped in with photographers or with the amusement industry.
The policies
The policies they ended up with either didn't cover enough or couldn't be used at all. Operators also paid for parts of the cover they'd never need.
Early 2016
So in early 2016, an operator teamed up with the insurance broker he'd worked with for years. Together they built a policy around how photo booths are actually run. The broker was on hand to advise operators and make sure their businesses were properly protected.
Your DJ, photo and video work is covered too
Booth Cover public liability pays out when a guest gets injured at a job, or someone's property gets damaged, and it's found to be your fault. It also covers the DJ, photography and videography jobs you do, not only the booths.
Got another business on the side? Grace Insurance can work out a quote for that too.
Who runs Booth Cover today
Grace Insurance was founded in Perth back in 2015 by its director, Frans du Plessis. He's been a broker since 1992, and his qualifications are Fellow CIP, where CIP means Certified Insurance Professional, plus a Diploma in Broking. In its 2023 awards, NIBA, the brokers' national association, named him WA Broker of the Year.
Grace Insurance's company name is GeePeeVee Pty Ltd (ABN 63 133 156 742). Grace sets up your insurance with the authority of Community Broker Network Pty Ltd, the firm holding Australian Financial Services Licence (AFSL) 233750. That arrangement makes Grace a corporate authorised representative, number 1008568.
- Company
- GeePeeVee Pty Ltd
- ABN
- 63 133 156 742
- Licence holder
- Community Broker Network Pty Ltd
- AFSL
- 233750
- Corporate authorised representative
- 1008568
Our service promise
Booth Cover has signed up to NIBA's Code of Practice, the standard of service NIBA expects brokers to give the people they look after.
Email Frans
Want to complain about our service? Email Frans directly at frans@graceinsurance.com.au and he'll look into it.
Community Broker Network
If Frans can't sort it out, Community Broker Network, the licence holder, has a Complaints Officer you can contact.
AFCA
After that comes the Australian Financial Complaints Authority (AFCA), which looks at complaints a financial firm couldn't resolve itself. Phone numbers and addresses for both are on our terms page.
Our referral partners
These photo booth businesses send operators our way.
- The Booth Box
- Photobooth Emporium
- Photosnap
- The Wilkes Booth Co
- Red Robot
Talk to us about your booths
Phone 1800 556 777 from half past eight to five, Monday to Friday, WA time, and you'll get Grace Insurance. Or type your question into the form whenever it suits, and Grace will ring or email you about it.
- Phone1800 556 777Mon to Fri, 8:30am to 5:00pm AWST
- Emailinfo@
graceinsurance.com.au - Head officeUnit 14, 115 Grand BoulevardJoondalup WA 6027
Booth Cover is run from Grace Insurance's head office at Unit 14, 115 Grand Boulevard, Joondalup WA 6027. The office is open Monday to Friday, 8:30am to 5:00pm Perth time (AWST).