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Insurance Market Continues to Harden with Capacity Dropping

By Maria Gonzalez | 09/03/2021
Need more capacity as the market is hardening?

As the market continues to harden one of the responses of many insurers is to reduce their capacity limit available on risks. Some insurers reduce their capacity from $20M to…

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Employment Practice Liability under Management Liability Cover

By Maria Gonzalez | 05/03/2021
Employment Practice Liability (EPL)

Employment issues have become a key concern for business owners. This is because employers can be held liable for the decisions they make regarding employment, promotion and dismissal, the procedures…

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Risk Management | Why is Professional Indemnity Insurance so important?

By Maria Gonzalez | 25/02/2021
Why you need professional Indemnity(Two People discussing the paper in front of them)

Risk Management for when you get it wrong. If your business provides professional advice or services to clients, then you’re most probably aware of Professional Indemnity Insurance. Professional Negligence –…

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Steadfast SCTP is the leading platform for General Liability

By Maria Gonzalez | 18/02/2021
SCTP Platform (robotic arm touching a heart)

Berkley Insurance Australia joined the Steadfast SCTP over 12 months ago now and the take-up from brokers has been better than expected. The SCTP is an online automated underwriting platform…

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Product Liability Exposures for Online Retailers

By Maria Gonzalez | 04/02/2021
Product Liability Exposures for Online Retailers (women checking the product she had brought online)

Online retailing is a growing trend which has substantially increased since the COVID-19 pandemic.  With easy access for consumers via online marketplaces such as Amazon and eBay, reduced overheads, and…

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Meet Our Team | Jamie Rojas, IT Infrastructure Manager

By Maria Gonzalez | 28/01/2021

Jamie started his passion for technology at a young age when he spent his spare time helping family and friends with their computer problems, even getting paid for it.  Not…

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Risk Management | Employee Theft and how to avoid it

By Maria Gonzalez | 18/01/2021
Employee Theft

Here’s some great risk management tips that all businesses need Surely the thought has flashed across the minds of most business owners at one time or another. What would I…

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Stuck in a lift with an Underwriter | Valerie Keown

By Maria Gonzalez | 14/01/2021
underwriter Valerie Keown

Our expert team of local underwriters are experienced and knowledgeable resources for our brokers. They may have risk superpowers however they are also human. Let’s take you on a behind…

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Insurance Legalities | Your questions answered

By Maria Gonzalez | 07/01/2021
Insurance Legality Q&A

Q 1: In the case of a partnership entity named “Brian Johnson and John Johnson”, is it ok to express the partnership entity name as “Brian and John Johnson”? A:…

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Are all sub-contractors covered in a public liability policy?

By Maria Gonzalez | 04/01/2021

A sub-contractor is an independent third party who provides a service on behalf of an Insured.  Sub-contractors generally specialise on one particular service, and an Insured may engage several different…

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