Author: Tom Wood | Date: 09/03/2021
Categories: General
Accountants have been at the coalface of the Covid-19 business support initiatives, having to brief and advise clients, for many months, on the various Government support schemes that have been established to support them. But could any of this advice come back to bite accountants and what insurance is required, if it does? If recent guidance from the Institute of Read More…
Author: Tom Wood | Date: 02/03/2021
Categories: General
The need for construction-sector directors and managers to be able to mount a defence in court and protect their personal assets, as well as their business’s bottom-line, should a health and safety breach occur, has been highlighted through a recent case. Both a company director and a project manager have found themselves with suspended custodial prison sentences and court costs Read More…
Author: Tom Wood | Date: 16/02/2021
The impacts of a hardening insurance market, along with a waning insurer appetite for the provision of professional indemnity insurance to the construction sector, are creating a situation that is forcing many architects’ practices to close their doors. Whilst some insurers have stopped offering any form of professional indemnity insurance to professions associated with the construction industry, others are increasing Read More…
Author: Tom Wood | Date: 08/02/2021
As Britain prepares for a major rollout of various Covid-19 vaccines, over what is likely to be the course of several months, medical practices should make sure they stay abreast of what the regulators expect of them and have the right insurances in place, to cover any incidents or lapses in health and safety processes that could occur at a Read More…