A success story in the leisure sector: from one claim a week to one a month
85% reduction in slips in a hotel’s bath tubs
Network Rail slips – £1m paid out in slips, trips and falls insurance claims according to BBC article
Below is a copy of an article published by the BBC on 8th August 2019 which discussed Network Rail slips accidents and resulting insurance claims: Paddington station: Commuter gets £27k for ‘possible pigeon poo slip’ By Thomas Mackintosh BBC News, London A commuter received £27,602 from Network Rail after “possibly slipping” on pigeon poo…
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The True Cost of Accidents – Research of 100+ Health & Safety Leaders Highlights the Real Price Tag
“Our insurance will cover us for that”… Well, actually, it won’t cover the vast majority of the costs. The HSE says that the true cost of an accident is £8 to £36 per £1 of insured costs. Essentially, insurance only covers a business for injury, ill health and damage. To illustrate this, the HSE uses…
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How You Can Get a Slip Test Funded by Your Insurance Company
I recently spoke at a real estate risk management conference to an audience of 60-70, hosted by Lockton – a leading broker. Part of my presentation discussed the “insurer carrot” and the “insurer stick” approaches to risk management. I was shocked that when I explained the concept of the “carrot”, very, very few people (under…
Read MoreWhy it’s a terrible idea to clean your poolside floor with pool water
Over my years in the leisure sector I’ve seen it time and time again: spooling water from the pool onto the poolside floor and scrubbing off because “it cleans” and/or “it sanitises”. Since I became aware of this fact, it’s put me off swimming in pools to say the least, but did you know…
Read MoreA haiku about yellow floor signs
Yellow floor signs. Why? Used for all the wrong reasons If only people knew
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Six floor safety maxims to live by – Part Two
Last week we discussed three of the six floor safety maxims to live by, giving you just a preview of how you can reduce risk and prevent accidents. As we touched on previously, these steps are not only designed to help you have fewer accidents and people getting hurt, but also to improve your claims…
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Six floor safety maxims to live by – Part One
Short and sweet, a maxim can help to get to the nitty gritty of a topic. So here are ours, for floor safety. There’s also some further context and explanation below each, but if you can only remember the six sayings, you’ll be in a much better place to achieve reduced risk, see fewer accidents…
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You rinse your dishes, so why don’t you rinse your floors?
Even those of us that have dishwashers, must occasionally put very stubbornly dirty plates into our sinks to soak – we know that in doing so, the washing up liquid and water has longer to spend breaking down the grease or burned food. But once we’ve allowed the plates to soak, what do we always…
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