Additional Services

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As well as providing tender management support we also offer an annual support service on a retained basis. Each service and support programme is tailored to meet the specific needs of the individual housing association we work with – this may be advising on specific projects and ventures, assistance with renewal and mid-term meetings and negotiations to assisting where additional support and resource is needed in the short to medium term.

Due to the diverse nature of the industry and the work we undertake, we offer a range of additional services completely tailored to the need of each individual client. Just some of the services available include:

Board Report: Provision of an annual board report based on the broker’s Renewal proposals and any additional activity worthy of comment.
Risk Map Insurance Guide: Provision of a report that links your strategic risk map with the Insurance programme in place, identifying insurable and uninsurable risks.
Support and advice as required: We will provide ad hoc advice and support for new ventures and projects including advice on new risks to be insured, the most efficient way to procure and arrange cover and costings for budgets and planning
Benchmarking: We advise on a wide range of potential risks not generally offered by the main cover insurance providers.

We know the sector likes to compare the approach to risk that others take and when faced with something unusual like to feel they are not alone. We have a great deal of experience in the risks that others have faced, cost of insurance, claims and lessons learned and we can share this knowledge with you these include environmental risks, private leased property covers, latent defects, right to light, legal indemnities etc.

And much more...

Total Cost of Risk: Your provider will offer alternative quotations for excess level options but will not generally consider the wider implications for you. We can assist in calculating the total impact of these changes in terms of financial and administrative cost.
Future Tenders: Where retained, we would include Insurance tender management every 3 or 5 years (or earlier, in the event of need), at no additional cost.
Merger due diligence work around the adequacy of the potential partner’s General insurance programme, insurance claims and optimum strategy for consolidating the two programmes
Review of Tenants Contents insurance facility and management of a competitive Tender process
Assistance in arranging cover for leased properties at substantially reduced annual expense.
Resolution of the legislative requirements for stair lifts need to be inspected
Housing association entering joint venture with contractor for maintenance. Issues to review included motor insurance, Employers liability and Directors and Officers liability and Public liability
Independent reviews of Captive self-insurance proposal
Housing association looking to purchase a development company. Review of target company’s current insurance arrangements required
JCT clauses review in conjunction with in-house development team and more recently JCT 6.5.1
Review of latent defects insurance options
Review of contracts for multimillion pound development programme and in particular environmental insurance
Review of right to light insurance proposal, chancel liability insurance
Various guides on insurance related matters including liability limits, volunteers using own cars, insurer ratings, development risks and Directors and Officers liability
Review of white goods warranty requirements in respect of market rent and outright sale portfolio
Review of environmental insurance for partial stock transfers
PFI Project review