The simple answer is, if you are getting married, yes! You insure your car, firstly because you have to by law, but secondly, the consequences of an accident or self inflicted damage could wipe out you investment, and that investment could be 瞿20000. The same goes for your home. You would not get a mortgage unless you insured the house for its value or rebuilding cost. The same goes for its contents in a lesser way. The bottom line is if you are going to be spending the 瞿20000 which the average wedding cost in 2010 you would be mad not to have some form of wedding insurance.
Once the euphoria of proposing and agreeing to getting married has died down, the serious business of actually planning the event will get under way. These days it is usually a joint effort between the families. The old way of the bride's family paying for everything has gone out of the window. So somebody will need to make the decision about wedding insurance and the level of cover that is required. Obviously the amount that you are expecting to spend on your wedding will influence the level of cover you will need, but it is still sensible to have a look at what is at risk and whether you already have some of the things covered already under existing insurance policies.
People are using credit and debit cards more and more for even the most mundane of payments because of the convenience, but moreover because of the protection that is afforded by the card companies to customers making purchases using their cards. This means that if you intend to pay for any services for example using your card, you may already have that service covered for failure by the card company's card protection. This is now enshrined in section 75 of the Consumer Credit Act.
There is even a facility called `chargeback` that you can use, this means that for any purchases under 瞿100, the Visa or Mastercard company will try to get back the payment from the retailer. This amount restriction does not apply if you paid by debit card.
You should also check with your household contents insurer if you have one whether or not they have the facility to offer increased cover for your wedding. Some companies will increase cover for a month before and a month after the date of the wedding for someone in the household getting married. This will cover the wedding gifts and any presents bought specifically for the wedding.
You will still want cover for the main components of the wedding insurance like cancellation in the event of illness or death of a main participant, unforeseen unavailability of the venue for example, but it can reduce the cost of your premium if you can establish that you already have some of the other aspects covered by other insurance policies.
Make sure that you have all your documents to hand well before the date, because in the event of a claim you do not want to have to start hunting around for contact details and the like.