Employers’ and Public Liability Insurance
In certain circumstances, contractors working through Limited Companies are required by law to carry Employers’ Liability Insurances depending on their individual circumstances. However, to ensure you are able to fulfil your substitution clause of your contract, NES Group requires you to maintain an appropriate Employers’ Liability Insurance Policy. For further details view the Insurance Glossary.
Whilst Public Liability Insurance is not a statutory requirement, NES Group requires you to maintain an appropriate policy to cover you for your legal liability for accidents to persons you may interact with at the client’s workplace or members of the public as a result of your business activities. It also covers for damage to property. For further details view the Insurance Glossary.
Professional Indemnity Insurance
Professional Indemnity Insurance protects your business against its legal liability for losses suffered by clients as a result of any negligent advice you give or mistakes made in your work. As a freelance contractor providing services in a professional capacity, the majority of NES Group clients require contractors to maintain Professional Indemnity Insurance of at least £1million for each and every claim. It is therefore a condition of your contract with NES Group to hold a Professional Indemnity Insurance policy, preferable with ‘Run Off Cover’ . The NES Group Commercial Department is able to provide you with specific advice in regard to the need for Professional Indemnity Insurance. For further details view the Insurance Glossary.
We can help you!
If you need Employers Liability , Public Liability and/or Professional Indemnity , NES is able to introduce you to the Professional Liability Plan.
Professional Liability Plan
NES Group recognises that arranging and maintaining liability insurances is a hassle for most of us. We have worked with an insurance broker for several years to develop a ‘PAY AS YOU GO’ policy which is both comprehensive in it coverage and as well as being competitive – with premiums starting from as little as £6.50 per week (new prices valid from 1st March 2008).
Professional Liability Plan (PLP) covers the three insurance policies you are required to maintain as part of your contract with NES Group – namely Employers Liability, Public Liability and Professional Indemnity. The policy also includes ‘Run Off Cover’. By joining the PLP, we are to provide clients with the necessary evidence that you meet their insurance requirements, without the need to bother you.
The PLP is exclusive to NES Group contractors and you only pay for each week you are on assignment through NES Group. This avoids the need to make a one-off payment for an annual policy.
Offshore Insurance
The PLP Insurance Broker, Addison Haynes, is able to provide you with a Employers Liability, Public Liability and Professional Indemnity policy to cover offshore activities.
Rail Insurance
If your activities are of a ‘non-safety critical’ nature, the PLP normally satisfies the requirements of clients. If you are in a ‘safety critical’ role, please contact the PLP Insurance Broker, Addison Haynes who will be able to advise you.
Price Reduction
Due to the ongoing success of Professional Liability Plan we’re delighted to advise that further reductions in cost are available from 1st March 2008. This means that over the last 10 months the cost of the Plan has reduced by more than a massive 30%.
So, if you’re already member of the Plan you will see a reduction in the premium you are paying from the week ending 8th March 2008. No action is required by you to benefit from these reductions.
So how do I join the PLP?
The process of applying for the PLP is simple and involves only the completion of a single Declaration Form. The signed form should be returned to the NES Group Insurance Administrator by email insuranceadmin@nes.co.uk or by fax 0161 942 4094. On acceptance of the provision of cover, you will receive an Insurance Certificate direct from the broker.
The NES Group Contractors Payment Department will then deduct the relevant premiums from the payments we make to you and show these on the invoices we raise on your behalf.
Click HERE to download the Joining Details and a Declaration Form.
Who provides the PLP?
Disclaimer: NES Group does not warrant or represent and is not responsible for the quality, fitness for purpose or otherwise of the insurance advice provided by any insurance service provider. NES Group does not accept any liability for the advice or acts or omission of any insurance service provider.
The PLP is underwritten by ACE European Group Limited, administered by Dallas Kirkland (Professions) Ltd and arranged by Addison Haynes Limited, all of whom are authorised and regulated by the Financial Services Authority.
You can contact Addison Haynes by email on enquiries@addisonhaynes.co.uk or by calling them on 01477 535404. They will be pleased to help you with any technical details of the PLP, insurance requirements for your assignment with NES Group and assistance with completing the Declaration Form.
A copy of the ‘Certificate of Insurance’ and Terms and Conditions of the PLP Policy are available by clicking HERE [818kb PDF].
What if I already maintain my own insurance policy?
It is recognised that some contractors maintain their own insurance policies. In order that we can verify that this insurance covers the requirements of the client, you are required to complete the 'Evidence of Insurance Form' [PDF] with your Insurance Broker. Please complete this form as soon as possible and return to the NES Group Insurance Administrator. If you have only Public and/or Employers Liability, then you need only complete Part One of the Evidence of Insurance Form, return this to NES Group, and then purchase only Option 3 of the PLP using the Declaration_Form [PDF].