Autumn update: what’s new in Risk Management Solutions?

Keep reading to find out the latest from our experts - we’ve also gathered all our new and updated guidance and resources to support you with your risk management strategies, including our Loss Prevention Standards which cover a wealth of topics and industry areas.

New Risk Management Guidance – Lithium-ion Batteries

As the world is transitioning from the use of fossil fuels to renewable forms of energy, there's an accelerated dependence on the use of lithium-ion batteries. Our new Lithium-ion Risk Management Guidance is now available, providing details of best practice risk management from vehicle chargers to batteries in storage and transit. This guidance will continue to evolve and be added to as new research and standards become available.

Loss Prevention Standards (LPS)

We continue to produce new LPS documents to support you and your business stay ahead of emerging risks:

• New Rioting and Civil Unrest LPS
• New Construction All Risks (CAR) - Lithium-ion Batteries LPS
• New Mass Timber - Construction (RIBA Stages 4 to 6) LPS
• New Damaged, Returned or Recycled Rechargeable Batteries LPS
• Updated Unoccupied Property LPS

Our Solar Panel LPS series is also now available in German.

Mobile learning

Our latest mobile learning courses on Lithium-ion Batteries – Risk Management and Understanding the Risks From Underinsurance are now live.

• The Lithium-ion Batteries – Risk Management course is an introduction-level course that takes you through the risks posed by lithium-ion batteries and the core risk management principles customers may need to think about.
• Understanding the Risks from Underinsurance is an introduction course aimed at customers or those new to insurance.

Further information on Safety Culture Training can be found here.

Risk Management Articles

Take a look at the latest articles on our website to read and share with your clients and brokers:
 

• Watch: Autumn risk management guidance - we discuss how seasonal-related risks could impact your business during the months ahead and highlight some important advice to help keep you as safe as possible.
• Aviva wins ‘Partner of the Year’ at the SafetyCulture Awards (UKIMEA) - we’re pleased to share that Aviva has recently been recognised at the UKIMEA (UK, India, Middle East, Africa) SafetyCulture Awards ceremony for “Partner of the Year 2024” citing our “long-term commitment to continuous improvement”. 
• Commercial motor collision? Why it’s important to let us know straight away - if you or your employees are involved in a motor incident, it’s important that we're contacted straight away – even if it wasn’t your fault or the damage was minimal. A delay can have significant knock-on effects, many of which aren't always understood.
• A Solicitor’s Balancing Act: Personal Privacy versus Professional Integrity - the education of employees on the proper boundaries between professional and private conduct has always been important for legal businesses, but it’s become an issue requiring extra consideration.
• Wind turbines – life extension for obsolete technology - wind turbines have been through significant evolution over the past 30 years. Whilst new technological developments bring agreed benefits – what’s the answer for those older generation wind turbines, and how can we tackle the problem of wastage?
• New International Electric Vehicle Charge Point product - as the renewable energy sector continues to see rapid growth in the UK and globally, we’re focused on developing innovative insurance solutions that support this industry acceleration.

Escape of Water Joint Code of Practice (EOW JCoP)

This Joint Code of Practice replaces the CIREG 5^th ed. Escape of Water (Construction) document. With Escape of Water (EoW) events continuing to be at a high frequency, the objective of this Code is to help reduce losses associated with EoW events and subsequent project delays during both the pre-construction (design, tender and procurement) and construction phases. It outlines ways in which the industry can tackle the root causes of the EoW problem and ways to mitigate the effects, should an incident occur.

Although the focus of this document is on construction, contractors all risk (CAR), it has been created with the finished asset and associated property risk in mind. To ensure the document is relevant and can be fully complied with the document has been endorsed by the Construction Insurance Risk Engineers Group (CIREG), London Engineering Group (LEG) and Chartered Institute of Plumbing and Heating Engineering (CIPHE).

The most notable features of the Code include:

• Tightening up the requirements of developers, designers and contractors to focus on risk minimisation through design
• Mandating the incorporation and operation of Active Automatic Flow Monitoring Shutoff (AAFMS) devices in specific areas of the water system on high-rise (5+ storey) projects, where higher severity losses have been apparent
• Additional considerations and requirements for modular bathrooms, irrigation, attenuation and other systems
• Guidance to require the use of a Water Emergency Response Plan (WERP) and provide guidance on the content of this

To access this document please click here.

What's coming up?

• New Aviva Risk Training Solutions (ARTS) platform
• Translated Loss Prevention Standards
• Launch of Aviva Risk Insight Portal