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Opinion: Robust Inspections Needed to Assess Construction Site Fire Risk

26 April 2019 // 0 Comments

In this article, Richard Forrest Smith, CEO, ECIC, takes a look at the fire risks inherent in the construction sector, the number of causes involved and how insurers can A [...]

Swiss Insurer Baloise Tries Out Anti-Hailstone Aircraft

22 August 2018 // 0 Comments

Yes, we could hail this pilot scheme, with a dash of blue sky thinking, as a case of every cloud having a silver lining. But frankly those puns just wouldn’t fly [...]

Call for Tighter Regulation of Comparison Websites in Construction Sector

18 July 2018 // 0 Comments

Government officials have thanked an insurance industry leader for raising concerns about the effects of price comparison websites in the UK construction industry. But [...]

Grenfell: Research Highlights Poor Lab Test Regime on Building Materials

25 April 2018 // 0 Comments

Research conducted on behalf of the insurance industry in the wake of the Grenfell Tower fire has exposed the utter inadequacy of the laboratory tests currently used to check [...]

LexisNexis Rolls-Out Telematics App Platform for Insurers & Brokers

25 January 2018 // 0 Comments

In a major development for the global telematics market, insurance providers building their own customer facing websites, apps and notifications for telematics programmes can [...]