The Activities Industry Mutual Newsletter - Autumn 2013
Andrew Gardiner, our Chairman, shares his views on developments over the past year The weather plays a big part in the activities sector and, together with fruit farms and vineyards, we’ve gloried in the long hot summer, particularly so having endured a cold winter and spring and the wet conditions prevailing last year, despite the continuing economic squeeze, most members of the mutual have enjoyed increased levels of turnover. At AIM we continue our growth path, the number of members now being
over 380, up from a figure of 340 last year. Many of the new members have been personally recommended to us by the current membership. Credit is due to my colleagues on the AIM board for their valuable input to the AIM success, for which I must express my gratitude. The presence of outdoors experts on the board within the mutual gives us an extra dimension that other insurance providers simply don’t have. My thanks are also due to the
CONTENTS 1-2 Chairman’s Statement 3-4 Adventure Plus: AIM member profile 5-6 Reflections on the Assessment and Management of Risk 7-8 Coasteering NGB: What is the National Coasteering Charter (NCC) 9 Reducing your business risks in a crisis: AIM offers crisis management service 10
Lessons Learned
11 Ministry of Justice Reforms for England & Wales 12 Weather Warning & Conference Calendar