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Quality Accredited Boatyards to Receive Insurance Boost

(Insurance premium discount announced for QAB holders) Specialist Marine Trades & Boat Insurance providers IRCM have given the UK Inland Boating Sector a boost by announcing support for the Quality Accredited Boatyard Scheme (QAB). The scheme, which is managed by British Marine under licence from Visit England, assists holders of the accreditation demonstrate their commitment to boatyard excellence. This, in

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Recommended Cover: Commercial Legal Expenses

Commercial Legal Expenses Insurance is a low-cost cover that can help protect your bottom line in the event of legal disputes affecting your business that are not covered under the legal liabilities cover within your main Marina or Boatyard Insurance policy. Cover can extend to the pursuing of bad debts from customers, defending or pursuing property and contractual disputes and,

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Recommended Cover – Management Liability

Think limited company means limited liability? Think again: as a company director you are personally responsible for your decisions and actions in that capacity. This means the HSE and other government agencies can and will prosecute you or your managers in addition to prosecuting your business. Your business insurance won’t help you. It will look after the business but it

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Recommended Cover – Cyber Crime & Liability

The Government’s 2021 Cyber Security Breach Survey shows that 39% of UK businessesexperienced a cyber security breach or attack during the previous year. Some companies reported receiving multiple attacks on a daily basis. Whilst many business owners see only personal data as being of value, the fact is that theprevalent threat of ransomware makes all of a company’s data valuable.

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5 Reasons Why You Need to Talk to IRCM About Your Shipwrights Insurance

Question:  When is a £5,000,000 (or £10,000,000 for that matter) limit of Public Liability Insurance worth only £1,000,000? Answer:  When your insurance provider applies restrictive inner limits to your Shipwrights Insurance. We are seeing examples of this on a weekly basis when we receive enquiries from shipwrights for quotations of “comparative” third party liability cover.  So, where a shipwright may

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