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Are we seeing the wood for the trees? The importance of balancing risks when greening our cities
A need for sustainability is driving future cityscapes that are significantly more ‘green’. Architects are increasingly incorporating...
Dave Reynolds
May 20, 2021


Can you ask employees if they’ve been vaccinated? Can employers require employees to be vaccinated?
With more than half of the UK population already vaccinated against Covid-19, questions are emerging around what information employers...
Nigel Raywood
Apr 30, 2021


Is insurance missing out on the value of near-misses?
Near-misses are a useful indicator of an incident about to happen. However, insurers usually only ever hear about the real misses!...
Nigel Raywood
Mar 16, 2021


Are heatwaves the next big thing we’re not thinking enough about?
In 2020 a significant threat passed by almost unnoticed, due in part to the distraction of the Covid-19 crisis. However, what we...
RiskSTOP
Feb 27, 2021


Is timber construction really all that bad?
The use of timber in building projects is on the way up and so a big question now facing insurers is, what does this mean for fire safety?
Dave Reynolds
Jan 25, 2021


Computational fluid dynamics and fire risk assessment
How often have risk engineers surveyed the same site for underwriters or brokers and produced significantly different fire scenarios?
RiskSTOP
Sep 24, 2020


Covid-19 return to work checklist
As businesses and other organisations across the UK cautiously reopen and people return to work, the prevention of a second wave of...
RiskSTOP
Jul 6, 2020


Covid-19 and employers’ liability risks
With home-working becoming the norm rather than the exception and the provision of PPE suddenly a universal issue, the Covid-19 crisis is...
RiskSTOP
May 5, 2020


Free guide to protecting mothballed premises
The Government has ordered an extensive list of different kinds of businesses and venues in the UK to close due to the Coronavirus...
RiskSTOP
Apr 6, 2020


Not all ‘green’ properties are good!
The illegal cultivation of cannabis in the UK has become a significant threat to properties following an explosion in the number of...
RiskSTOP
Feb 10, 2020


Soon may be the winter of our discontent
RiskSTOP Risk Management Consultant Nicola Seneviratne offers 19 risk management tips to help keep the property claims away this winter…...
RiskSTOP
Nov 21, 2019


What will it take to wake up to this sprinkler fiasco?
RiskSTOP Director Trevor Smith questions whether lessons have been learned from Grenfell… With the benefit of hindsight! It’s a phrase...
RiskSTOP
Aug 7, 2019


Insurance and the Greening of our Cities: Are we ready for the future?
RiskSTOP’s Head of Risk Engineering and Surveys, David Reynolds, explores the greening of our cities and offers a checklist for insurers...
RiskSTOP
Mar 8, 2018

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