Facing the blame
Under the Corporate Manslaughter Act, companies can be held accountable if a management failing has resulted in serious injury or death. Sarah Hills discusses its impact on the health & safety standards of UK PLC and what it means for the insurance industry
Despite the fact that the Corporate Manslaughter Act (CMA) has attracted plenty of publicity and warnings from both the industry and other sectors, you would be forgiven for regarding it as just another piece of legislation. Fundamentally, the new law will not have an immediate and spectacular effect on the insurance industry, as the Health & Safety Executive (HSE) register shows that there were only 11 cases brought involving a fatality during or after 2006, one of which was in 2007.
However
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