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Rail professional opportunity
01/09/2011 | Channel:
Business Improvement
Are you a rail professional open to offers for new business? ITIC, a rail and transport sector specialist insurer, needs a network of rail specialists in the UK and overseas, to advise and consult on claims
International Transport Intermediaries Club (ITIC) is an insurance
association established in 1925, which insures 2000 different businesses
throughout the world and is recognised as the leading mutual provider
of professional indemnity insurance in its field. ITIC works closely
with transport professionals and their insurance brokers to provide
specialist guidance and advice on their risks in their working
environment, both in the United Kingdom and overseas.
ITIC has
concluded that many insurers do not understand the work that
professionals in the rail industry undertake. Often, these insurers do
not analyse the work of the professional working on a project and, as a
result, your premiums are increased unnecessarily.
ITIC's
insurance includes worldwide cover for bodily injury and property damage
as standard; this is of paramount importance to those working in the
rail industry and differentiates ITIC’s insurance from many traditional
underwriters who either exclude, or expect you to pay an additional
premium for this important element of cover.
ITIC makes four recommendations to professionals working in the rail industry:
1. Ask
your current insurers or brokers if they understand exactly what it is
that you do. For example, if you are a signalling systems design
engineer, your direct involvement in the day to day operational
environment is limited. You design a signalling system on a railway
network, but you are not necessarily the party who operates and
maintains it. Your liability is substantially less than the operator
and, therefore, you require an insurance that is adapted specifically to
cover your liabilities if you make an error in the design of the
system. However, the liabilities resulting from an error in the use of
the system you have designed fall under the
operator’s liability insurance programme.
2. Enquire
about a longer term, non-contract specific, business-wide, professional
indemnity policy. It is more expensive to buy insurance for each
individual contract or tender than buying an annual policy that covers
all your work.
3. Ask your insurance broker or underwriter
whether bodily injury or property damage cover is included in your
policy at no additional cost.
4. Ascertain whether your policy of insurance provides you with worldwide cover.
To express an obligation-free interest please contact Roger Lewis,
ITIC’s underwriting director:
ITIC
Tel: 020 7338 0150
Email: ITIC@thomasmiller.com
Web: www.itic-insure.com