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Asbestos and professional indemnity insurance

Series: RICS News Service ; 3 September 2003 (1)Publication details: 2003Subject(s): Summary: The new HSE "Control of asbestos at work regulations" 2002 also puts the spotlight on Professional Indemnity Insurance (PII) for asbestos claims. RICS has issued a new minimum policy wording, effective from July 2003. Included is an exclusion for asbestos and RICS has also negotiated a 'buy-back' facility for members, of cover for £250 000 in the aggregate. http://www.rics.org/ricscms/bin/show?class=Feature&template=/includes/showfeature.html&id=749. RICS asbestos web site, http://www.rics.org/asbestos.

The new HSE "Control of asbestos at work regulations" 2002 also puts the spotlight on Professional Indemnity Insurance (PII) for asbestos claims. RICS has issued a new minimum policy wording, effective from July 2003. Included is an exclusion for asbestos and RICS has also negotiated a 'buy-back' facility for members, of cover for £250 000 in the aggregate. http://www.rics.org/ricscms/bin/show?class=Feature&template=/includes/showfeature.html&id=749. RICS asbestos web site, http://www.rics.org/asbestos.