Motor Insurance

MoT Every Two Years is a Bad Idea, Says RAC Survey

Drivers have serious concerns about the Government’s plans to change the compulsory MOT from every year to every two years to reduce the cost of living, says the RAC, with many believing it will lead […]

Lloyd's/London Market

Insuring Gas/Oil Exploration? New Mobile Rig Safety Unit Deployed

Rick Parish, the founder and former chairman of Marine & Offshore Group (M&O Group) ­recently announced that his company Aquarius Global has launched a new mobile safety training system that is set to raise the standards and […]

Emerging Risk

Those `Green’ Lithium Batteries Are a Major Shipping Fire Risk

Some insights on Marine risk from Allianz Global; Lithium-ion (Li-ion) batteries are increasingly impacting shipping safety as demonstrated by a number of fires on vessels such as roll-on roll-off (ro-ro) car carriers and container ships. Given the many […]

News

Poor Construction Site Security Led to Child’s Death

Latest case from the HSE is heartbreaking; A civil engineering firm has been fined £600K for safety breaches after a seven-year-old child became trapped and suffocated on a construction site. Seven-year-old Conley Thompson went missing […]

Insurance claims

Is The Time Right For Insurers to Invest in Repair Centres?

Everyone in the insurance sector knows that car repairs are becoming more expensive, plus supply chain issues are delaying sourcing of parts. As this research highlights, the repair network itself is under strain – is […]

Insurance claims

Fatal Accident Involving Mobile Elevating Platform

The latest case from the HSE; A Lincolnshire based manufacturing company that specialises in lifting and handling equipment has been fined after an employee died after falling with a work platform onto the M25 motorway. […]

Insurance claims

Carlsberg Fined £3m After Fatality On Site

The latest from the HSE; Carlsberg has been fined £3 million after a contractor died and another was seriously injured following an ammonia gas leak at one of its breweries. The incident happened at Carlsberg’s […]