World specialist insurer Hiscox has appointed Harriet Turner to steer new sexual molestation legal responsibility (SML) cowl in its London Market enterprise.
The brand new providing will present protection for claims associated to sexual misconduct throughout the office.
Turner’s expertise encompasses numerous roles together with underwriting at Beazley and managing totally different lessons of enterprise together with employment practices legal responsibility and personal administrators and officers.
The SML cowl is designed to deal with the particular dangers of sexual misconduct allegations for workers, providing a safeguard for world “massive organisations” throughout numerous sectors, together with however not restricted to well being, social care, leisure and monetary companies.
The protection extends to the prices related to authorized proceedings and any monetary settlements or damages awarded throughout the coverage interval.
Moreover, Hiscox has partnered with Management Dangers, a worldwide danger consultancy, to offer extra companies to SML shoppers. These companies embrace evaluations of the organisation’s danger administration and compliance methods earlier than the coverage is sure, with suggestions for any essential enhancements.
Turner is scheduled to start out her new function throughout the Hiscox London Market Basic Legal responsibility staff in September 2025, working from the London workplace.
Hiscox London Market’s casualty divisional director Colin Buchanan stated: “Increasing into sexual molestation legal responsibility broadens out our current legal responsibility providing and responds to an growing demand for one of these cowl from shoppers and brokers.
“We stay up for welcoming Harriet to the staff, whose background in underwriting legal responsibility merchandise will set up Hiscox as a go-to marketplace for sexual molestation legal responsibility safety.”
In June, Hiscox rolled out a brand new Cargo API resolution to facilitate the underwriting course of for small cargo and inventory all through dangers.
