Tag: Event Insurance
Event Insurance – Last Minute Life Savers
Do you need to insure your event on a Friday afternoon or Saturday morning? Or need a call back out of office hours, a policy issued by return or a claim handled without delay? Then look no further, we are open five and a half days a week and operate extended hours to ensure availability [...]
What’s national mourning got to do with events?
National Mourning is something which not a lot of people think about when organising events but as recent events have shown you really can’t be to careful when it comes to such difficult matters. On 5th March 2013, Hugo Chavez (president of Venezuela from 1999 until his recent death) lost a two-year battle with cancer [...]
Increasingly affected by adverse weather, Julie’s Bicycle survey finds UK festivals consider weather now an essential part of planning process
With 57% of festivals claiming weather worse than last year, 77% list extreme conditions as essential part of contingency planning to prevent the loss in ticket and bar sales, and poor audience experience seen this summer. After starting the year facing a severe drought, the UK’s summer 2012 turned out to be the wettest on [...]
Dreaming of a white Christmas?
Who’s dreaming of a white Christmas? For many people it is the idea of a perfect Christmas, but not everyone! Event Organisers won’t welcome the snow and adverse weather as the risk of events being cancelled will be increased due to access to venues, travel delays to name but two potential pitfalls. Last year the [...]
End of the hosepipe ban not such good news for the Events Industry!
After unprecedented rainfall, the wettest on record in April and an ominous outlook for the rest of June, many of the water companies are reconsidering the hosepipe bans, which came into effect just two months ago when long term droughts were a major concern. Whilst this may be great news for homeowners looking to fill [...]
Organisers of Diamond Jubilee street parties urged to get insurance
Organisers of Diamond Jubilee street parties are being asked to consider taking out public liability insurance – while one council wants people to check if their bunting is suitable. Councils in the Black Country and Staffordshire are trying to reduce bureaucracy for the celebrations surrounding the Queen’s 60 years on the throne. But patriotic people [...]
An outbreak of a horse disease could threaten some summer events
Guernsey’s summer events could be adversely affected if an outbreak of a horse disease is not contained, according to one horse event organiser. Horse owners have been advised to isolate their animals after a case of Strangles was confirmed on Monday. Jim Jamouneau, from the Royal Guernsey Agricultural and Horticultural Society and the Guernsey Race [...]
The medium is the mossage
Natural media company CURB created a world first in unique green signage for Hiscox Insurance by putting together a bespoke sign—made entirely of moss—for the firm’s Sloane Square HQ. The entirely sustainable mossage, located at the building’s entrance, announced how Hiscox had turned carbon neutral last year and attracted plenty of attention from both employees [...]
Protect against those big problems for small events
Insuring an event is always part of the project plan but it doesn’t always become part of the project. If a budget is being squeezed some organisers, particularly for smaller events, take the risk of a short cut by deciding not to insure, or under insuring. Some insurers will offer early booking discounts as a [...]
Understanding Event Risk Management
Dr Rob Harris, an innovative leader in international events education, co-author of ‘Event Management’, one of the most widely used texts dealing with the area in the UK, will be visiting London in January to lead a short course on event management at the University of Westminster. Ahead of the festive party season, with many [...]
Lincoln Christmas Market Cancelled
The Lincoln Christmas Market has been cancelled due to the severe weather conditions in the city and the wider region. Snow has fallen in Lincolnshire and across the country for most of the week, with more snow predicted into the weekend. The market normally attracts more than 160,000 people to the city from across the [...]
Tatton Park Food Festival Down £50,000 Due To Surprise Motorway Closure
Organisers of a food festival at Tatton Park are threatening legal action claiming a surprise motorway closure cost them £50,000. The North West Food Lovers’ Festival had been planned to come the weekend after the closure of the M56 to rebuild the Bowdon View bridge. But the work unexpectedly went on a for a third [...]
Event organiser slams accident investigations
West Berkshire Council has not disclosed the cost of a lengthy probe into a charity fun day accident last year WEST Berkshire Council has said it is unable to disclose how much a lengthy probe into a charity fun day accident has cost the taxpayer. For almost a year, the council pursued its investigation into [...]
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