Things Left In Hotel Rooms In 2013 – Hotel Insurance Blog
They say ‘there’s nowt as queer as folk’. This is abundantly clear as far as hotel guests go if the reports are to be believed of items left behind by guests upon departure by a major UK hotel chain. Whilst most hotels have a disclaimer that items are left at their owners’ risk, comprehensive hotel […]
Today’s Cotton Wool Kids – Products Liability Blog
It is a sad fact of our age that with the advent of the video game, the kids of today will be missing out on an integral part of growing up which is accruing scars – the medals to show that you have actually learned not to pour water on your hands from a boiling […]
Landlord News – HMO Insurance
A landlord in Liverpool has been fined £10,000 for fire safety failings and running a student house of multiple occupation (HMO) without a licence. As a landlord it is essential that all legislation is complied with as in the event of a claim, any landlord insurance policy, including HMO insurance may be null and void.
London Beer Flood – Public Liability Blog
Further to my last blog about the Apollo Theatre, the Dominion Theatre on the junction of Oxford Street and Tottenham Court Rd. London was built in 1928-1929 on the former site of the Horse Shoe Brewery, which on Monday 17th October 1814 would have been in this day and age, the scene of a massive […]
Business Insurance and the Nativity!
It is a sad fact these days that the true meaning of Christmas is lost in the commercial frenzy that we take for granted so bearing this in mind, and working on the principle that ‘if you can’t beat them join them’, here’s a quick take on the nativity from a business insurance perspective!
Christmas Insurance Fraud – Santa Pulls One
My attention has been drawn to a fire within the grounds of Chessington World of Adventures and Zoo, where Santa’s Grotto has been consumed with flames. Now call me a cynic but I think Santa’s pulling a fast one here. This reeks of insurance fraud!
I Wouldn’t Shell Out For Them! – Product Liability News
Going back to a blog which I wrote recently on product liability insurance, another big firm is in the news. Apparently Marks and Spencer are recalling three of their seafood range as a purely precautionary measure in the run up to Christmas amidst fears that a relatively small number of recent food poisoning cases may […]
Residential Landlord Jailed – CC News
On the 22nd of November, Westminster Magistrates Court heard that Harpal Singh, 53, of North London had installed a boiler himself at a three bedroomed property which he owns on Montague Rd. Tottenham Hale, London, together with all the associated pipework. The boiler subsequently, probably not unsurprisingly, developed a gas leak which Singh attempted to […]
Quentin Investigates… Hotel California – Hotel Insurance
Hello again chaps! Sorry I haven’t been around for a while, I’ve been re-evaluating my empty shell of a life. You may recall when I started writing for CompareCrazy I had just had a bit of an acrimonious split from the other half and I moved temporarily into a hotel so I thought I’d write […]
The Audacity Of It! Theft Insurance Blog
Under any insurance policy which incorporates theft insurance, an insurer will rightly ask for certain preventative measures to be in place by the insured. For example if you have a high value car it may be a prerequisite that there is a tracker device fitted. If you are insuring a jeweller’s shop they will be […]