Business Insurance and Accident Prevention
This course is designed to help you understand how to manage and prevent accidents in the workplace.
The course looks at legislation relating to accidents at work, and the procedures organisations can use to prevent accidents in the workplace. The course also covers the purpose of business insurance and the ways that organisational procedures can help to reduce risk and insurance premiums.
At the end of the course, you will understand how to effectively prevent accidents at work, and understand the value of business insurance to a company.
This is an online course and takes between 6-10 hours to complete.
You can log-in online and complete your course at your own pace, at any time.
Course Topics...
The Reasons for Business Insurance
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This section introduces the concept of business insurance, and looks at reasons why businesses might buy insurance as well as situations in which companies are required to have insurance.
Types of Insurance Cover
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This section examines different types of insurance and different levels of cover available, and looks at how to calculate whether a business has an appropriate level of insurance cover.
What is a Broker?
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This section introduces the use of insurance brokers by businesses, and explains the reasons why companies might choose to use an insurance broker rather than buying direct from insurance companies.
Legal Requirements for Insurance
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This section describes the legal requirements surrounding business insurance, and explains the situations in which businesses are legally obliged to take out insurance policies.
Common Business Risks
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This section looks at a range of business risks which are common to a wide variety of businesses.
Liability and Professional Indemnity Cover
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This section explains the concepts of liability and professional indemnity, and looks at situations in which businesses might consider purchasing insurance to protect against these risks.
Protecting Members of Staff With Insurance
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This section discusses the different ways companies can insure staff members, and discusses the reasons why a business might choose to do this.
Losses and Claims
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This section details the procedures for making insurance claims, and explains how companies can claim on insurance policies if they have suffered a loss. It also examines the steps businesses can take following a loss to prevent similar events happening again.
Reducing Risks and Premiums
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This section introduces some methods by which companies can help to reduce their insurance premiums, including the introduction of security and management systems and the payment of excesses.
Accidents at Work
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This section explains common procedures for dealing with accidents in the workplace, and looks at how accidents can be classified and what action can be taken to prevent them recurring.
Accident Prevention
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This section introduces the basic principles of accident prevention, and examines different procedures and methods by which accidents in the workplace can be prevented.
Accident Awareness
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This section explains the vital part that plays in effective workplace health and safety, and emphasises the importance of ensuring that all staff are aware of health and safety issues.
A Safe Working Environment
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This section introduces the reasons for ensuring a safe environment in the workplace, and looks at the potential benefits to businesses of maintaining good health and safety procedures.
An Accomplished Safety Culture
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This section examines the concept of a "safety culture" in the workplace, and looks at the benefits of developing this as well as the elements required to maintain a safety culture at work.
Compliance & Non-Compliance
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This section looks at businesses' responsibilities under health and safety legislation, and looks at the main requirements for health and safety as well as common non-compliance issues and their implications.
