August 2008

Insurance news …
A new report by actuaries Finity Consulting and Deutsche Bank is the latest sign that the pressure is increasing for premiums to rise at a faster rate. The global economy is slowing, inflation is growing and the rate of insurance claims is overtaking inflation. It would appear there is increasing evidence that rates do have to rise.

Recent court cases indicate …
that a security company may be held vicariously liable for criminal acts of its security guards where any act was sufficiently connected with authorised acts of the security company even outside its direct contractual obligation. For more information view this pdf

Wedding Insurance works well for venue agreements …
venues are becoming increasing aware of Wedding Protection Insurance, which means couples can now take out liability insurance to meet their obligations under their venue agreements. This compliments the venues own risk management and duty of care.