Episode 8 - The Link Between Health & Safety Compliance and Insurance

Join us for Episode 8 of The Safer Schools Podcast as we welcome special guest Emma Butcher, Head of Product – Education for Towergate (one of the largest independent insurance brokers in the UK!), to discuss the link between Health & Safety Compliance and insurance, including:

• The insurance life-cycle and how this links back to the type of Health & Safety Management issues that we see within schools
• The Risk Profiling exercise – what information is likely to be required and why it's imperative that Estates and Health & Safety staff are involved
• Insurer surveys – what to expect and how to prepare, and the difference between Risk Requirements and Recommendations
• Adverse events and claims – what to report to insurers and the importance of robust accident/incident/near miss reporting and recording procedures; and
• Guidance documents and useful templates available that can assist you with all of the above!

So, if you’re responsible for overseeing insurance, H&S, or estates compliance in a school, then this is the episode for you!

Let’s start a conversation on how we can make our schools safer!

 

Questions, comments, suggestions for topics? This is your Podcast too...

Drop an email to: info@pearsonwebb.co.uk

 

We've provided links below to the various guidance documents and other resources referred to in this episode:

• Template Accident/Incident/Near Miss Investigation Form: https://www.pearsonwebb.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/Accident-Incident-Near-Miss-Occupational-Disease-Investigation-Form.docx
• Health & Safety Executive (HSE) guidance document HSG245 Investigating Accidents and Incidents: A Workbook for Employers, Unions, Safety Representatives and Safety Professionals: https://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/hsg245.pdf
• Health & Safety Executive (HSE) information sheet EDIS1(rev3) Incident Reporting in Schools (Accidents, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences): Guidance for Employers: https://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/edis1.pdf
• Health & Safety Executive (HSE) guidance on RIDDOR 2013: https://www.hse.gov.uk/riddor/
• Towergate Insurance Brokers Education webpage: https://www.towergate.com/specialisms/education-insurance
• Contact details for our guest Emma Butcher:
  • Telephone: 07976 627 347
  • Email: emma.butcher@towergate.co.uk

Intro/outro music: Phello / No Signal / courtesy of www.epidemicsound.com
Intro/outro music voiceover: Eloise Pearson (aged 4 years)
Sound editing: Leo Sartain / Creative Director / rafikistudio.com