When your business has its home within a commercial building, everything on the surface can seem peaceful until an unanticipated event emerges. Statistically, the number one unanticipated event is an escape of water (EOW). An EOW can result in an expensive loss, even if its origin is a seemingly innocuous leak. Many commercial properties include significant water features, from large […]
Author: Tom Wood | Date: 16/08/2024
Author: Tom Wood | Date: 26/07/2024
Having specific cover for your computer and electronic equipment may seem like a luxury, but after all, you can claim for loss and damage on your property insurance policy, can’t you? The answer to that is likely to be ‘no.’ Following major cyber-attacks in the past seven years, insurers and insureds often debated whether vague policy wordings actually provided cover for […]
Author: Tom Wood | Date: 05/07/2024
Take care over BT Redcare replacement
Categories: General
Businesses and individuals who have relied on BT’s Redcare alarm solution will be forced to change their security and fire alarm signalling system by 1 August 2025, when the BT option will be completely withdrawn. The BT Redcare system has often been recommended by insurers, as it runs on a standard BT analogue phone line, incorporating top-level Grade 4 British […]
Author: Tom Wood | Date: 21/06/2024
King Charles’ application to create a solar farm at Sandringham reflects more widespread efforts to reduce energy’s contribution to the carbon footprint of the UK’s built environment. With a legislative target of net zero by 2050 (compared to 1990) for greenhouse gas emissions, considering how to integrate sustainable energy and heating systems into business premises has never been higher up […]