Run time: 12.25 mins

Description:

The incidence of cause-related art attacks has grown rapidly in recent years, predominantly perpetrated by environmental activists such as Just Stop Oil and Extinction Rebellion. The significant media attention from these attacks inevitably increases the likelihood of copycat incidents. As such, any event featuring high-profile artwork or artefacts, be it held by a heritage location or leisure gallery or by a high-net-worth individual at their home, is now potentially at risk of attack.

In this episode, we talk about what heritage and leisure organisations and private collectors can do when planning events to deter potential attackers, as well as explain how brokers can help to support their clients to ensure these pieces are preserved for future generations. 

Quote:

“From a broker perspective, it is about engaging with the customers, to highlight the potential risk of attack, to share with them some of the good practice, to liaise with insurers, so that where their clients are planning these events, they can start to have that conversation with insurers and get advice and support. We have an in-house team of risk surveyors [at Ecclesiastical] that can provide advice and support; we have a risk advice line that's open to our customers. So, brokers that have policies with us and their customers can access that information to provide helpful additional advice.”

Resources:

Protecting public artwork and exhibits

Heritage Risk Barometer - Crime and punishment: Heritage pays the price

Art and Private Client Insurance

Fine Art and Collections Insurance

Risk Advice Line 

David Parkinson’s LinkedIn Profile

Faith Kitchen’s LinkedIn Profile

About the Guest:

David Parkinson is the Risk Management Technical Services Manager for Ecclesiastical. In this role, he leads an in-house team of technical specialists providing customer support and risk insight, to help them manage the risks they face on a daily basis.

About the Host:

Faith Kitchen is Customer Segment Director at Ecclesiastical. Faith is responsible for developing and maintaining our products and propositions to meet the needs of our specialist target markets. She maintains relationships with a number of key bodies in the heritage, charity and education sector, to ensure we fully understand what is important to customers and can develop useful insight and thought leadership. Faith is a member of the Underwriting Leadership Team.

In her spare time she serves as a Charity Trustee and a School Governor.

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