Organising an event requires a certain mindset, and often a pretty thick skin to go with it. Whether you are planning a one off community event, or work in professional event management, you have to be prepared to take a lot on your shoulders. Ultimately, when it comes to the event going off smoothly, the […]
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In today’s litigious culture, it seems as if there is no such thing as an accident anymore – if someone gets hurt, the standard reaction is to find someone to blame, and from there make a claim for compensation. One of the main purposes of event insurance is to protect organisers from claims such as […]
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The Big Lunch is supported by the Eden Project to improve the well-being of people throughout the UK. For one day a year, a neighbourhood comes together and I can’t think of a more heart-warming idea in these gloomy times. Are you asking yourself the following question? “But surely it’s more hassle than it’s worth? […]
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As the summer is fast approaching, you’ll not be short of things to do. The pleasant weather opens doors to activities you wouldn’t dream of doing in the more rainy and miserable seasons. Trips to the zoo or theme parks are what the English summer is all about. However, more recently, music festivals have become […]
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If you are interested in obtaining event cancellation insurance cover for your event it is highly advisable to secure your policy as soon as possible, particularly if you are seeking cover for a specific occurrence causing cancellation of your event. Take the tube strikes for example; a client of ours took out a policy for […]
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November is fast approaching and if you haven’t already taken out insurance for your fireworks display then now may be the time to do so. We work with leading event insurers to provide an insurance policy that can cover firework displays where it is either the event organiser or a bona-fide sub-contractor releasing the fireworks, […]
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A lot of venues will state that in order to hold your event on their premises, you and any of your contractors must hold your own event public liability insurance up to a certain level of indemnity – most commonly £5,000,000. The reason behind this is that the venue’s liability insurance will not normally extend to […]
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Recently we placed insurance cover for a client who was putting on one of the largest Christmas winter wonderland events in the UK. The event consisted of many of the usual aspects which you would expect from an event such as this, but with a few unusual twists thrown in. Due to the unorthodox methods which […]
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Planning on organising an event this summer? Whether it be a music concert, outdoor party or just a small community fun day why not contact us to see if we can assist with your event insurance requirements. We can assist whatever type of event you are organising and with Spring and Summer being our busiest period of […]
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Many of our clients have asked, “Why do I need to take out events insurance for my event; what is it that I am being covered for?” to which we would reply by outlining the various types of cover available and the benefits applicable to each section. Many a time the question has been raised […]
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Imagine this, you spend your spare time organising an event which is very important to you – whether it be to raise money for a local charity, help raise awareness regarding a specific issue or even to just do something nice for the local community. You spend time and money putting on your event and it all […]
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When dealing with sports event insurance enquiries we are often asked if the participants can be covered for injuries which they pick up whilst participating in the event. Dependant on the nature of the event, we can look to cover this. If the event is low risk such as a walk, run/marathon or bike ride, then […]
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Within the events department here at David J Miller Insurance Brokers, customer service is one of our top priorities. We aim to provide the quickest and best service possible, with insurance policy documents guaranteed to be emailed out to you normally within 24 hours. Don’t like filling out proposal forms? For the small to medium scale […]
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If you are running an event overseas, then we may be able to assist in providing you with adequate events insurance cover. Below is a list of territories which some of our underwriters are able to consider providing cover for (subject to your actual company being based in the UK): EUROPE Austria Guernsey […]
Read MoreIf you are an event organiser you will no doubt be aware of the various cost implications applicable when organising an event. If you have been unlucky enough in the past to have suffered cancellation of an event due to an unforeseen circumstance and did not take any insurance out, then you will no doubt […]
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