About Us

Our commitment to excellence drives us to stay at the forefront of regulatory updates, innovative practices, and customer satisfaction.

Ten and twelve year new home warranty policies and latent defects insurance for all types of residential and commercial developments.

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Innovating Construction Warranty Solutions

Checkmate has been a leading brand in the structural warranty sector since it’s launch in 2010 and is a leading industry expert in the provision of ten year and twelve year latent defects insurance and new home warranty policies. Heading up the team at Checkmate are leading professionals from both the warranty insurance sector and chartered building surveyors and engineers.

Innovation and creativity led to the development of LDI Tech system which has transformed the underwriting and technical auditing process throughout the construction phase of a project. LDI Tech allows site operatives to record their work with digital reports which is loaded in to the Checkmate system via bespoke web portal for the Checkmate Technical Audit team to review. LDI Tech was developed in 2015 and has now become the leading Latent Defect insurance underwriting and auditing software of its kind. 

Chartered Expertise in Building Consultancy

The first and only UK warranty provider to become a Chartered Building Consultancy under the Chartered Institute Of Building scheme and Checkmate is a Company Partner of the Chartered Association of Building Engineers. These accreditations recognise the level of commitment to improving build quality through a codes of professional ethics and a robust business leadership structure. Half of Checkmate’s senior team are Fellows of the Chartered Institute Of Builders in their own right and all of Checkmate’s surveyors already hold a professional qualification or are part of structured programme to achieve the same.

Many of Checkmate’s other team members hold professional qualifications in their own disciplines, be that insurance underwriting, insurance claims and also in IT.  

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Checkmate Warranty Estimate

Every development is different and therefore Checkmate assess every scheme’s individual characteristics to ensure a fair and accurate cost is provided.

We can usually provide an indicative cost of what a warranty would be for your next development within 24 hours and very often the same day. Please click on the link below to get started.

Our Team

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Shaun Woodward

Head of IT

David Graham

Head of Surveying

Rachel Liddle

Head of Underwriting

Janine Armstrong

Head of Checkmate

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