Insurers in the firing line over cancelled events
Share This has left events companies in a jam. After no shows in 2020, they cannot afford to risk their remaining cash preparing for events in 2021 with no idea what the New Year will bring. Artists such as Celine Dion have already cancelled tours for the year ahead. And so several events companies have teamed up with insurer Hiscox and a clutch of brokers to lobby for help. The Let Live Thrive campaign, which is also backed by a flock of MPs and peers, has written to Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden urging the Government to provide contingency insurance. This would mean that if any events w...