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 […]
Health & Safety Madness! – Property Owners Liability News
Further to the recent case of WPC Kelly Jones, who tripped on a kerb during a call out to a garage and subsequently tried to claim £50,000 for an injured ankle, (she subsequently dropped the claim due to pressure from the public and even comments from the then Home Secretary, Theresa May of ‘frivolous’ claims […]
Britain’s Hardest… Cat! Pet Insurance Blog
If the same rules applied to cats as they do for dogs, Shiny would be dead. As it stands, he’s on a feline par with Charlie Bronson as being Britain’s most dangerous. Charlie is locked up in the maximum security Wakefield Prison, ‘cat A’ if you’ll excuse the pun. Shiny on the other hand is […]
A Dying Trade – Motor Trade Insurance News
A recent exhibition at The Wharf in Tavistock, Devon entitled ‘Not 24 Hours’ highlighted the work of photographer Andrew Parker, who has spent several years capturing images of a dying phenomenon within the motor trade. Indeed, when I first set out in insurance nearly twenty years ago, on a motor trade insurance proposal form one […]
Building Collapses On BMW – Unoccupied Property Insurance
A story caught my eye in the Manchester Evening News the other day where a disused furniture store in Little Underbank, Stockport had inadvertently collapsed, crushing a neighbour’s car. This got me to thinking about the implications with regard to unoccupied property insurance. It is understood that the owner of the car, a BMW […]
Not All Bad – Employers Liability Insurance Blog Update!
My recent blog with regard to a survey carried out by a popular energy drink manufacturer must have come as a bit of a shock to many employers, if the figures were to be believed, as to the proportion of office workers who enjoy a bit of a snooze at work and the amount of […]
Many Caravans Destroyed By Fire – Caravan Insurance News
An investigation has been launched by police after a number of caravans were destroyed in a fire at Charlton’s Caravan Storage, between Ellington and Lynemouth, Northumberland just over a week ago. Explosions could be heard and thick, black plumes of smoke seen for miles around as gas cylinders exploded and fire crews battled to bring […]
Increasing Rent Arrears – Rent Guarantee Insurance
According to the National Landlords Association, the second quarter of 2013 has seen 39% of their members (who participated in their survey) having experienced some rental arrears from their tenants over the previous twelve months, rising to 45% of landlords who let to tenants in receipt of Local Housing Allowance, the arrears averaging out at […]
Asleep On The Job! Employers Liability Insurance Blog
I read something quite disturbing recently about a survey carried out by a well known, so called ‘energy drink’ manufacturer. Whilst this article technically has nothing to do with employers liability insurance, it may be of some interest to employers in general.