---
title: "Get insurance funds balance"
method: GET
path: "/v1/insurance/shipsurance/balance"
tags: ["insurance"]
deprecated: true
---

# Get insurance funds balance

`GET /v1/insurance/shipsurance/balance`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.shipengine.com`
- URL: `https://api.shipengine.com/v1/insurance/shipsurance/balance`
- Auth: API key in header `API-Key`

> **Deprecated.**

Retrieve the balance of your Shipsurance account.

## Response `200`

The request was a success.

- GetInsuranceBalanceResponseBody: A monetary value, such as the price of a shipping label, the insured value of a package, or an account balance.
  - `currency` string, required: The currencies that are supported by ShipEngine are the ones that specified by ISO 4217: https://www.iso.org/iso-4217-currency-codes.html
  - `amount` number, required: The monetary amount, in the specified currency.

## Other responses

- `400`: The request contained errors.
- `500`: An error occurred on ShipStation API's side. > This error will automatically be reported to our engineers.

## Changes

- **2026-10-22** `e998dffc42be`: 6 warning
  - added the new `bring_your_own_label_not_supported` enum value to the `errors/items/error_code` response property for the response status `400`
  - added the new `bring_your_own_label_not_supported` enum value to the `errors/items/error_code` response property for the response status `500`
  - added the new `multiple_sales_orders` enum value to the `errors/items/error_code` response property for the response status `400`
  - added the new `multiple_sales_orders` enum value to the `errors/items/error_code` response property for the response status `500`
  - …2 more
- **2026-10-09** `020f57d6f5b8`: 3 breaking, 17 info
  - the `allOf[subschema #1: monetary_value]/currency` response's property type changed from no type to `string` for status `200`
  - the `errors/items/` response's property type changed from no type to `object` for status `400`
  - the `errors/items/` response's property type changed from no type to `object` for status `500`
  - added the optional property `errors/items/carrier_code` to the response with the `400` status
  - …16 more
- …earlier changes not shown

[Operation history](https://skmtc.dev/shipstation/apis/shipengine-api/changes/v1/insurance/shipsurance/balance/get.md)

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