As the owner or manager of a property management firm, you are responsible for meeting your obligations to commercial tenants. By meeting those obligations, you help your tenants’ businesses thrive as well as keep yourself safe from charges of negligence and insurance claims. Furthermore, as general legislative trends see more …
Beckett Investment Management Group has become the latest Suffolk business to throw its weight behind talented up and coming sportsmen and women from the county. The chartered financial planners have joined Pound Gates Chartered Insurance Brokers, Ensors Chartered Accountants, Ellisons Solicitors, Concertus and StrategiQ as sponsors of the hugely successful …
Shirley Mills is a Client Service Advisor, within our nursery team. She joined Pound Gates in August 2008. Shirley, what does your role involve? I’m one of two Client Service Advisors working the specialist day care nursery team at Pound Gates. It’s our job to make contact with nurseries with …
Every decision that directors and officers (D&O) of a company make has the potential to be scrutinised by clients, employees, shareholders and peers. These stakeholders may pursue legal action if they believe a decision adversely affects their best interests. The stakes are high – directors and officers risk losing their …
Craig Albon is a Claims Technician, who joined Pound Gates in May 2014. Craig, what does your role involve? My main focus is on handling and negotiating claims for many of our key clients and under our day care nursery scheme. I handle all classes of claims including property, business …
Even the most well prepared and well run business can be struck by disaster. In the last two years alone we have seen the total loss of two major UK self storage facilities due to fire. Events such as these are clearly devastating for the business affected but also for …
Chris Norton is a Client Executive, who joined Pound Gates in August 2016, and is as part of the Client Services team. Chris, what does your role involve? My role is within commercial insurance broking. When a client comes to us, I take time to understand their business, discuss their …
Between the variety of cyber-security concerns that companies faced throughout 2018 – including compliance with the recently debuted GDPR, high-profile data breaches and social media privacy scandals, to name a few – it’s no surprise that the European Confederation of Institutes of Internal Auditing’s (ECIIA) Risk in Focus 2019 report …
Employers’ Liability Insurance protects employers from claims of negligence made by employees who suffer injury or ill health due to their work. Unlike most other types of insurance, Employers’ Liability Insurance is compulsory. If you employ workers based in England, Scotland or Wales (including offshore installations or associated structures), your …
