Tokio Marine HCC and Adrian Flux Launch UK Home Insurance for Humanoid Robots

Tokio Marine HCC International and specialist broker Adrian Flux have launched UK household insurance coverage for domestic humanoid robots, addressing a practical question for prospective owners: who pays when an expensive robot breaks, gets stolen or damages something in the home?

The companies announced the partnership on October 29, describing it as the UK's first domestic humanoid robot household insurance policy. It is available through Adrian Flux's home insurance offering and underwritten by Tokio Marine HCC International.

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• UK customers can arrange humanoid robot coverage through Adrian Flux as part of household insurance.
• The offering includes protection for the robot, damage it causes and personal liability, with emergency recovery or safe disablement following a malfunction.
• The broker lists a £5,000 limit for sudden damage to the home or insured belongings; premiums are quoted individually.

The launch treats a humanoid as both a valuable possession and a machine capable of causing physical damage. Tokio Marine HCC International says the cover addresses damage and theft, injury or property damage liability, and recovery or safe disablement after a sudden or unforeseen malfunction.

“A robot that costs thousands of pounds is not something you want sitting outside your insurance policy,” said Stuart Heath, the insurer's international distribution head.

Adrian Flux's product page provides more detail. The robot is specified on the home insurance policy, and available protection can include accidental damage, fire and attempted theft. The broker says theft replacement is on a new-for-old basis, using the same model or its newest equivalent. It also describes coverage for activities outside the home, such as carrying groceries.

The £5,000 figure applies to the FAQ's description of sudden damage to the home or insured belongings. The page separately describes personal liability and fire coverage; it does not present £5,000 as a single ceiling for every kind of claim. No standard premium is advertised, with pricing dependent on the customer's circumstances.

Dedicated humanoid insurance has precedents overseas. In October 2025, Humanoids Daily covered China Pacific Insurance’s Ji Zhi Bao product, designed to combine robot damage protection and third-party liability across production, sales, leasing and end-use. That offering addressed the commercial robotics market; the new UK policy focuses on household ownership. The companies’ UK-first claim should be read in that domestic-insurance context.

The announcement is a small but tangible step toward the services needed around home robots. Alongside purchase prices and delivery dates, owners will need answers about repairs, accidents and responsibility when software controls a machine moving among people and possessions. Insurance gives those questions a concrete place in the cost of ownership.