Independent Living With Mark Bates Ltd

More Than 25 Years Experience

Mark Bates Ltd is proud to be an award winning, family run business, that has built its foundations on looking after customers and providing unparalleled levels of service. 

More than 25 years ago, we began with Mobility Scooter and Powerchair insurance, a policy which is still one of the most popular purchases, but is now supported by a range of options. Each cover is meticulously designed to provide the most comprehensive cover available, giving total peace of mind and supported from start to finish at our head office in Grantham, Lincolnshire.

Supporting Your Independence

Personal Care Assistants

Our PCA policy offers protection for individuals working as a self-employed Personal Assistant and is often referred to as Carer Insurance or PA Insurance. In contrast to our Home Employment policy, this is offered to individuals that work as a Carer and a self-employed basis and isn’t appropriate for those employing someone. This protects the self-employed PA for Public Liability, Legal Expense, Personal Accidents and much more.

Direct Payments Insurance

We have been protecting and supporting individual employers for more than a decade. The policy we offer goes by many names including Carer Employment Insurance, Direct Payments Carer Insurance or simply Direct Payments Insurance.

You may receive Direct Payments, have a Health Budget or be funding a PA yourself. Whatever you need Employer Indemnity Insurance for we’ve got you covered.

Independent Living Group

As part of our continued support of individual employers and those people that help them, we have created the Independent Living Group (ILG). The ILG aims to bring together like-minded individuals to offer not only employment guidance and peer support, but a haven for people to share their experiences and interact with others.

ILG Support

It doesn’t matter what type of independent living insurance you are looking for, with every policy we offer you’ll receive proactive employment support. ILG offers employment advice and legal support tailored around the specific needs of individual employers of Personal Assistants.

Mobility Equipment

We offer a wide range of policies to protect almost all the mobility equipment you may require to live independently. From mobility scooter and powerchairs, to manual wheelchairs and also your accompanying in-home needs — we cover it all!

Our Values

Customer Excellence

We put our customers at the heart of everything we do. With a 5-star Trustpilot rating, we’re committed to delivering on our promises and building long-term loyalty through service that exceeds expectations.

People-First Culture

We foster a supportive and positive working environment where every individual is valued. By recognising strengths, understanding challenges, and investing in training and development, we help our team thrive.

Be Different

We believe insurance should work better. That’s why we design innovative, accessible products with real value—always with the customer’s best interests in mind.

Welcome To The Premier Club

As a very special thank you, all of our policy holders receive free access to the Premier Club Rewards, meaning huge savings on the biggest brands both on the high street and online as well as some great days out.

David Smith
helpful & cheerful lady
Jul 28, 2026
Mrs Dorothy James
Staff were helpful and explained everything clearly It was nice talking to a real person instead of a machine I found them to be understanding at a different time which meant a lot
Jul 28, 2026
Mondeoman
Ever so easy to renew my policy for my mobile scooter and a good price for the policy I need, also a very friendly company to talk to.
Jul 28, 2026
customer
Easy to phone,efficient, polite,and get this, SAME PRICE AS LAST YEAR,,,WOHOOO.😁🤗
Jul 28, 2026
Mrs Janet Fountain
Staff service and they are very helpful
Jul 28, 2026
Dorothy Hollinshead
Very Helpful, and you actually got to speak to a Person almost straight away.
Jul 28, 2026
Mrs Christine O'Connell
Very lovely lady I spoke to on the phone great help and very polite thank you for the service and support l received kind regards and thank you again.
Jul 28, 2026
M Dodd
Would gladly deal with the Comany again for all my mobility needs
Jul 28, 2026
Jennifer Rayment
Easy to contact. Easy to talk to.
Jul 28, 2026
Mr GRAHAM RICHARDS
Very good contact about my cover and all was just right for my purpose.
Jul 28, 2026
Mr Ron Ward
they was very helpfull
Jul 28, 2026
Grumpy nan
Excellent service. Would highly recommend
Jul 28, 2026
Rabia banu
Quick and Easy to deal with
Jul 28, 2026
Richard Secker
quick and informative response
Jul 28, 2026
Audrey Turner
Straightforward. No hassle or pressure selling which would have resulted in my refusal to buy. Quick to respond and very understanding when we thought we had lost the scooter key and needed to claim. Equally quick and helpful when we cancelled the claim because the missing key turned up.the following day. We felt bad for wasting their time but we're not made to feel that way at all.
Jul 28, 2026
SANDRA QUINCE
Everything went smoothly hopefully we will get good service in the future Thanks
Jul 28, 2026
micky.quick
got what you want, when you want it.
Jul 28, 2026
Gillian Plater
Very friendly and professional
Jul 28, 2026
Stephen Bevis
Very professional service received. Quick and easy to renew my insurance policy, catered for the disabled.
Jul 27, 2026
Bryan
A phone call as I’d missed a signature very helpful and pleasant, no hard sell or trying to get me to buy a policy
Jul 27, 2026