I have just spoken to PetPlan who I insure my dogs with and they have told me they no longer cover for any breeding related issues. I.e birthing complications, c-section etc.

The cost of a c-section is approx £1000-1500 depending on if it is out of hours or not. As a first time breeder should I be looking to get extra cover for the breeding period? If so any recommendations? OR alternatively should I look to get a completely new policy and move away from PetPlan? Again, if so, any recommendations.

FYI I have only ever insured with PetPlan and have nothing but good experiences with them so my preference is to stay with them and get additional cover but I'm happy to take people's advice on this.

In addition to this should I be looking to take out insurance for the puppies? My vet is offering a £55 per puppy offer which we will almost certainly be using anyway and it covers:
4 weeks free insurance
Free health check
Microchip
1st Vaccine – DHP
Wormer / Flea – Panicue
2nd DHP 10 weeks
3rd L4 12 weeks

Agria/The Kennel Club has policies that covers breeding related issues.

As for your vet's offer, I bet you almost anything that the insurance will be with PetPlan, which you can get yourself anyway and earn yourself some points with their breeder scheme. My last litter ended up giving me £30 worth of vouchers (10 policies activated and 2 new owners took out a year's policy). Unless you are keeping all the pups until 12 weeks (which would really only be for the very tiniest breeds), there would be little point in paying for all the vaccinations. My large pups go unvaccinated just before 8 weeks and the new owners get both vaccinations done -to ensure they can use the same vaccine for first and second vacc (I do not do Lepto 4, or should I say my vet doesn't). My toy pups go fully vaccinated at 10-12 weeks.

Microchipping I do myself thankfully. Worming needs to be done regularly from 2-3 weeks of age so I'd check if your vet really does cover this. Finally I'd never flea treat any animal, especially not a puppy, that hasn't got fleas.

A few things to think about.