Event Assured to offer protection after 2007 show was cancelled
The CLA Game Fair has chosen Event Assured as their insurer to protect against disruptions including bad weather conditions and infectious diseases including Foot & Mouth.
RK Harrison is the broker for the game fair.
The CLA Game Fair Director David Hough said: “We are looking forward to celebrating our 50th anniversary. Our event is the highlight of the year for many visitors and our exhibitors rely on the business generated at our annual event. Therefore this insurance will provide the CLA, our exhibitors and visitors with the confidence that they will be financially safe in the unlikely event of our show being disrupted again. Following the unprecedented cancellation of the 2007 show we have worked diligently with both our broker and the insurance industry to find the right cover. This has taken into account the unreliability of the British summer as well as the increasing cases of infectious diseases, which can restrict the public’s access to the countryside in a matter of hours.”
RK Harrison’s Stuart Rootham said: “Finding the right cover for an event of this scale needed the expertise and experience of an event industry specialist. In a whole market competitive tender, the team at Event Assured were the only insurer able to cover the entire revenue for all the elements we needed. Their price was within budget but above all, it was their specialist knowledge that made them the perfect choice for the CLA Game Fair 2008.”
Event Assured director Rob Bentley said: “The CLA Game Fair is one of the UK’s most prestigious outdoor events, attracting more than 130,000 visitors each year and 900 exhibitors over a three day period. To cancel or change such an event at short notice places great strain on the organiser’s relationships with all those involved but more significantly, the financial costs can be overwhelming. The purchase of the right insurance protects the organiser’s business in such circumstances.”
