Energy and Climate Change written question – answered at on 12 January 2009.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change which insurance companies insure nuclear installations owned by the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority; in what country or countries they are based; and what criteria were applied in their selection.
The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority arranges insurance for its nuclear installations with the following insurers:
Type of insurance | Insurer | Domicile |
All Risks including Machinery Breakdown and Business Interruption | Rutherford Indemnity Ltd. | Guernsey |
Construction All Risks | Rutherford Indemnity Ltd. | Guernsey |
Nuclear Site Liability | Rutherford Indemnity Ltd. | Guernsey |
Nuclear Marine Transit Liability | Rutherford Indemnity Ltd. | Guernsey |
Liability Package | Rutherford Indemnity Ltd. | Guernsey |
Primary Public/Products Liability | CNA Insurance Company (Europe) Ltd. | UK |
Excess General Public/Products Liability | QBE Insurance Group Ltd. | UK |
AIG UK Ltd. | UK | |
Radiation Liability | Rutherford Indemnity Ltd. | Guernsey |
Employers' Liability | AIG UK Ltd | UK |
Motor Accidental Damage, Fire and Theft | Rutherford Indemnity Ltd. | Guernsey |
UK Motor Third Party Liability | Royal and Sun Alliance Insurance plc | UK |
Group Sickness | Rutherford Indemnity Ltd. | Guernsey |
Group Life | Rutherford Indemnity Ltd. | Guernsey |
Personal Accident and Travel | Royal and Sun Alliance Insurance plc | UK |
Marine Package | Rutherford Indemnity Ltd. | Guernsey |
Third Party Airside Liability | Lloyd's underwriters | UK |
Rutherford Indemnity Ltd. is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority. The key criteria that the NDA uses in assessing potential insurers is value for money.
Yes2 people think so
No2 people think not
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