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Post by rosegriffintwidell on Jun 29, 2015 6:24:09 GMT
What a game that was? We wrote to 3 insurance companies asking for quotes. None replied. We then contacted the company which insured the Wilderness Trust but it appears that they only offered some sort of blanket insurance cover.
Eventually Stephen Metcalfe put us in touch with the Corporation of London, who put us in touch with the Epping Forest Management, who put us in touch with the Farmers Union and the Small Woods Association (SWA). The SWA put us in touch with two separate potential insurers - one has come back (The Beech Tree) with a comprehensive quote to suit our needs and we are waiting to hear from the other (Royal Arbour Products).
Basic public liability insurance is £154 but rises to £174 if any volunteers are likely to use chain saws - not nearly such an horrendous quote as we were expecting |
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Post by fisherman on Jul 10, 2015 8:57:03 GMT
It is good that you found an insurer which specialises in that type of product. It saves a lot of hassle if anything were to go wrong in the future. The price looks very competitive. Are you likely to have volunteers using chain saws?
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Post by rosegriffintwidell on Jul 14, 2015 17:08:01 GMT
Certainly not to start with (if we are able to buy it). At the moment there is a blanket tree protection order over the woods so no trees can be cut down - so that means no thinning out.
We have looked around with Basildon Council and the Wilderness Foundation and neither thinks that much needs to be done. However, there are some hanging branches I think we ought to get down. Let's wait and see if we buy it and then think about getting rid of the hanging branches.
We can then take further advice from the experts as to whether thinning out is necessary - which will require changes to the tree protection orders.
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