New evidence from the International Agency for Research on Cancer shows that exposure to mild steel welding fumes can cause lung cancer and kidney cancer. In response, the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) strengthened its enforcement expectations concerning Local Exhaust Ventilation and Respiratory Protective Equipment (RPE). Policyholders need to act now to ensure they assess the risks of welding fumes to employees and the general public, and act on them in accordance with the HSE’s new guidance. Click here for more advice. We are here to help.
Professional indemnity insurance has to keep up with the current job market as job titles change, new roles appear, and people change jobs more often than they used to. Today we are witnessing the rapid appearance of new roles such as GDPR consultant, cyber-security adviser, blogger and on-boarding manager.
According to the 2018 Edelman Trust Barometer, the UK’s population is suffering from “stagnant distrust” of others. The barometer also cited search engines and social media platforms as drivers of distrust. Within this evolving social landscape, insurance industry giant Aviva is proactively publishing facts to establish itself as an insurance company that should be trusted. Its headline statistic of accepting 96% of claims in 2017 is important to Aviva, and other insurance providers have shared similar data.
According to Alliance Insurance’s report on plant theft losses from January 2015 to February 2018, the theft of plant machinery from construction sites in the UK is on the rise. In the research, the eight items most often mentioned in claims were as follows:
This is important to insurance policyholders who use welding equipment, particularly those with employers’ liability cover, because failing to implement appropriate controls could result in an increased risk of future claims.
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