Request

We are submitting this Freedom of Information request to your Organisation in order to obtain information regarding whether you have any current insurances in force. Please could you therefore respond to the following: -

• Please confirm the name, position and contact details (telephone number and email address) of the person responsible for arranging and administering the Authority’s insurances.

• Which classes of commercial insurance do the Authority currently procure? When are these policies due for renewal?

• How much does the Authority spend annually on its insurance premium?

• Please confirm the name of the Authority’s current insurance broker/advisor (if applicable).

• When was the contract for insurance broking services last reviewed/tendered?

• When will the current contract for insurance brokerage services expire? Is this subject to a potential extension?

Response

o Please confirm the name, position, and contact details (telephone number and email address) of the person responsible for arranging and administering the Authority’s insurances.

a Michael Curry - Head of Financial Operations Michael.curry@nhs.net

Please note that Michael does not consent for his details to be used for marketing and sales purposes.

o Which classes of commercial insurance do the Authority currently procure? When are these policies due for renewal?

a In line with Managing Public Money issued by HM Treasury the NHSBSA does not procure commercial insurance. Instead, the NHSBSA is a member of the Risk Pooling Schemes for Trusts (RPST) which is administered by NHS Resolution, an arm’s length body of the Department of Health and Social Care, on behalf of the NHS.

Cover provided under RPST consists of:

Liabilities to Third Parties Scheme (Employers’ Liability, Public Liability, Products Liability, Professional Indemnity) and,

Property Expenses Scheme (Property Damage Expense, Business Interruption Expense, Money Expense, Goods in Transit Expense, Engineering Expense, Fidelity Guarantee Expense, Contract Works Expense).

The membership renewal for the above is 01 April 2023.

o How much does the Authority spend annually on its insurance premium?

a £134,454

o Please confirm the name of the Authority’s current insurance broker/advisor (if applicable).

a Not applicable

o When was the contract for insurance broking services last reviewed/tendered?

a Not applicable

o When will the current contract for insurance brokerage services expire? Is this subject to a potential extension?

a Not applicable

Please note that this request and our response is published on our Freedom of Information disclosure log at:

https://opendata.nhsbsa.net/dataset/foi-24410

Data Queries

If you have any queries regarding the data provided, or if you plan on publishing the data please contact nhsbsa.foirequests@nhs.net ensuring you quote the above reference. This is important to ensure that the figures are not misunderstood or misrepresented.

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The information supplied to you continues to be protected by the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 and is subject to NHSBSA copyright. This information is licenced under the terms of the Open Government Licence detailed at: http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/

Should you wish to re-use the information you must include the following statement: “NHSBSA Copyright 2022” This information is licenced under the terms of the Open Government Licence:

http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/

Failure to do so is a breach of the terms of the licence.

Information you receive which is not subject to NHSBSA Copyright continues to be protected by the copyright of the person, or organisation, from which the information originated. Please obtain their permission before reproducing any third party (non NHSBSA Copyright) information.