Just an occupational hazard?

Martin Ball explains how much benefit engineering insurers andpro-active brokers are capable of bringing to their industrial clientswhen securing what is seen as the grudging necessity of health and safetyliability cover

Recent research by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) hasconfirmed the well-known adage that 'a safe business is a good business'.However, the HSE has gone even further by demonstrating the huge negativeimpact on companies that can arise from work-related ill-health andaccidents.

Its figures show that health and safety failures are costing Britain'semployers a colossal £6.5bn every year, with over 25m working days lostannually. In addition, more than 1m UK workers suffer from

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