Can you insure against Health and Safety prosecution?
Can you insure against Health and Safety prosecution? That’s been a common question with a $3 million fine hanging over an organisation. Can’t we just get insurance?
Video excerpt from the June 2015 Health & Safety Seminar presented by Andrew Swensen with support from CrestClean.
Can you insure against Health and Safety prosecution?
That’s been a common question with a $3 million fine hanging over an organisation. Can’t we just get insurance? The answer is you cannot insure against prosecution. No one will offer it to you because it’s actually illegal to have it. It is a criminal offence.
Can you insure against Health and Safety prosecution?
That’s been a common question with a $3 million fine hanging over an organisation. Can’t we just get insurance?
The answer is you cannot insure against prosecution. No one will offer it to you because it’s actually illegal to have it. It is a criminal offence.
With the Health and Safety and Employment Act as it stands, and the new Health and Safety Act, they are criminal offences.
You can’t insure against a criminal offence otherwise I would go and rob a bank and insure against what would happen as a result.
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Introducing Andrew Swensen from Swensen & Associates Ltd
Swensen & Associates Ltd was established in January 2013, by Andrew Swensen, after it was identified that small to medium sized businesses lacked readily available access to professional advice and support in regards to Safety, Environmental and Quality Management Systems.
The breadth of industry and workplace experience available within Swensen & Associates Ltd allows them to provide a tailored solution that is cost effective and efficient.
Andrew Swensen holds a Diploma of Health and Safety Management from NZ Institute of Management, in addition to other qualifications and competencies. Andrew has extensive contract consulting, leadership and executive management experience across many industries and business services.
Major Projects and Contract Involvement extend to New Zealand Post, Siemens, Chorus, Auckland Transport and many others.
