We work with the Environment Agency, Projects for Nature and river catchment partnerships, alongside conservation charities, to allocate funds to nature restoration projects.
Projects for Nature connects businesses and other donors with nature recovery projects across England. Explore projects looking for funding at projectsfornature.com.
River catchment partnerships bring together local organisations, including rivers trusts, wildlife trusts, farming groups, water companies and environmental charities, to improve rivers and the landscapes around them.
Find out more at catchmentbasedapproach.org.
The chalk grassland of the South Downs is a rich habitat for bees and butterflies, but after decades of intensive farming it now covers just 4 per cent of the national park. Beelines works with landowners to create wildflower corridors across the downland, reconnecting isolated pockets of species-rich grassland so pollinators like the Adonis blue butterfly can flourish again.
There are now around 40 Beelines sites across the park, together supporting hundreds of species, from bees and wasps to butterflies and moths. Insure4Nature is proud to support this initiative led by the South Downs National Park Trust.
The Curlew is arguably the most pressing bird conservation priority in the UK, with nearly half the breeding population lost over the last 25 years. Insure4Nature is proud to support Wild Oxfordshire's Curlew Recovery Project, which works closely with farmers across a network of sites in the Upper Thames to improve breeding success among the Curlews that remain.
The results so far are encouraging. The project has protected 111 nests, and at least 61 chicks have hatched. Funding from Insure4Nature helps the partnership continue this work with farmers and give the species a better chance of recovery.
I4N has been working with the Adur & Ouse catchment Partnership and The Ouse and Adur Rivers Trust throughout the development of I4N. We are now working with OART to understand the mechanisms of how money will flow into live projects including The River Adur Adaption Project and how that money generates beneficial ecosystem outcomes over time.
This project will see Surrey Wildlife Trust support eight landowners in the Lingfield area to develop a scalable farm cluster governance model, thus enabling farmers to enter the natural capital markets collectively, and helping them access public and private funding opportunities.
Natural capital markets harness the power of markets and private investment to deliver nature-based solutions to environmental and social problems. These markets could include selling carbon units from woodland creation or biodiversity units from a habitat bank, among other options. Through entering these the markets, the farm cluster would be able to have a greater impact, thus accelerating nature’s recovery.
This project will take place on two high flood risk zones along the River Wey and will focus on Natural Flood Management (NFM) interventions that can be delivered at scale across river catchments.
NFM aims to restore the natural functions of rivers and water courses through techniques including creating storage ponds and installing leaky dams to help reduce flood risk downstream. As part of the project, we are working with seven farms located between Tilford and Guildford on the River Wey. We will be investigating the potential to secure private investment into delivering NFM interventions.
As our business grows, more funds will go directly into local restoration projects, ensuring your home insurance contributes to nature recovery in your region.
Money will be allocated based on clear plans in place with the Projects for Nature and catchment partnerships and by the number of policies being taken up in different regions of Britain.
* As a simple guide we estimate approximately 10% of your insurance premium will be invested in nature restoration projects. The remainder is taken up by government taxes, servicing your insurance policy and invested by the insurance companies to cover claims.
We hope at least £150k will be spent on 5-6 projects in 2025