Contingency
With 30+ years in the industry, our market leading team have the experience, knowledge and expertise to provide brokers and their clients with best-in-class solutions.
What Sets Us Apart
- Our solution-led approach combined with strong technical expertise.
- Our broad risk appetite with the ability to deploy substantial capacity.
- Our commitment to broker service and building long-term relationships.
Range of Coverage
We provide primary and excess cover across a broad range of areas, including:
- Advertising agents — commercial advertisers package,
death and disgrace. - Event cancellation — major events; sports; trade shows;
conferences and exhibitions; music and theatre. - Event liability — public liability and employers’ liability
(excluding U.S. market). - Film production — film producers indemnity, property and
cast buy backs. - Non appearance — music tours, theatre, key speakers,
confidential life and judicial delay. - Prize indemnity — probability games, games of skill, games of chance, over redemption.
- Transmission cover for live virtual events — event organisers if a transmission failure disrupts or cancels a virtual event.
- Weather — pluvius, prize promotions, cost containment,
income stabilisation.
Primary Clients, Sectors and Territories
Worldwide coverage across numerous sectors including, but not limited to:
- Advertisers.
- Broadcasters.
- Event organisers.
- Media companies.
- Promotion agencies.
- Sponsors.
Maximum Line Sizes
- Event cancellation — US$25 million for standard events, US$60 million for major events.
- Non-appearance — US$10 million.
- Terrorism and Political Violence for events – US$25 million for standard events, US$60 million for major events.
- Transmission cover for live virtual events — US$5 million.
- Prize indemnity — US$5 million.
- Weather — US$5 million.
- Advertising agents — US$5 million.
- Film productions — US$15 million.
- Event liability — £25 million for public liability, £10 million for employers’ liability.
Contacts
Chris Rackliffe
Vice President, Head of Contingency and Accident and Health
Claire Atley
Senior Underwriter, Contingency
Tom Stoyle
Senior Underwriter, Contingency
Tom Dobinson
Underwriter, Contingency
Timothy Rolph
Underwriter, Contingency
Alexandra O’Meara
Underwriter, Contingency
Maria Jefferies
Underwriting Data Analyst
Claims
Shauna Lambe
Deputy First Party Claims Manager
Arch IQ Contingency
We provide event cancellation and liability solutions via Arch IQ®, our instant quote and bind platform, for a wide range of UK and European regional events, including conferences and exhibitions, fairs and fêtes, music events and sports events.
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Risk Appetite
Chris Rackliffe, Head of Contingency and Accident & Health, Claire Atley, Senior Underwriter and Tom Stoyle, Senior Underwriter at Arch Insurance International share our main areas of focus, our key territories in which we underwrite business, plus our approach to doing business with our broker partners.
Latest Insights
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Rugby World Cup: All Eyes on the Contingency Market
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Resurgence of Events: In Conversation with Claire Atley
In conversation with Claire Atley, Senior Contingency Underwriter, we speak about building a new team and portfolio of business from the ground up, the resurgence of the events sector — particularly touring bands – and the entrepreneurial mindset that drives Arch’s approach to underwriting contingency risks.Learn More -
Back on the Road: In Conversation with Tom Stoyle
Tom Stoyle, Senior Contingency Underwriter, discusses how the events industry has bounced back from the pandemic, the team’s ambitions and how Arch is positioning itself in the market and supporting its insureds as the risk landscape continues to evolve.Learn More
Our Brand Promise
Pursuing Better Together encapsulates how we do business at Arch Insurance. It is an approach that is based on collaboration, responsiveness and a genuine commitment to continually raising the bar.
It is our promise to our brokers, colleagues and other partners to:
- Listen, share insights and work together to deliver informed solutions.
- Build trusting, respectful and responsive relationships.
- Understand your goals and explore possibilities together.