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!
We know that our listener demographic includes Bursars, Estates Managers, Operations Managers, Health & Safety Managers and School Business Managers amongst others, so we’re going to talk about the topics with you in mind…just considering how you’re likely to be actively involved with the insurance process.
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!
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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
