Liability insurance all washed up

Posted on June 11^th 2010

The Health and Safety Executive scored a result last week that will cheer all business owners who pay for their liability insurance. The HSE released this press release:

'Bledar Shtylaa, who owns Blue Flag Hand Car Wash on Station Industrial Estate, Burnham-on-Crouch, was fined £2,500 at Chelmsford Magistrates Court.

'The court heard how he failed to produce a current Employers' Liability Compulsory Insurance (ELCI) certificate when a Health and Safety Executive (HSE) Health and Safety Awareness Officer visited the premises on 26 October 2009.

'All employers need to have an ELCI certificate and must show a copy straight away on request from a HSE official. Upon investigation, it became apparent that Mr Shtylaa had not purchased Employer Liability Insurance since November 2006 when he first started the business.

'Mr Shtylaa was ordered to pay a further £1,037 in costs.'

All law-abiding business owners will rejoice because every business owner who avoids paying their liability insurance causes higher premiums for everyone else.

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