356. Adding Value to the Company's Corporate Business Plan Through the Environmental, Health, and Safety (EH&S) Management System and the Operating Excellence Plan

2004 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Attias
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Health ◽  
Management System ◽  
Health And Safety ◽  
Business Plan ◽  
Environmental Health And Safety ◽  
Corporate Business

scholarly journals Insurance Against Liability to Pay Statutory Fines and Penalties

1996 ◽  
Vol 26 (4) ◽  
pp. 735
Author(s):  
Chris Jurgeleit
Keyword(s):  
Public Policy ◽  
Resource Management ◽  
Environmental Health ◽  
Consumer Protection ◽  
Health And Safety ◽  
Insurance Companies ◽  
Environmental Health And Safety ◽  
Standard Component ◽  
Protection Legislation ◽  
Corporate Business

Contracts of insurance which deliberately insure a person against liability to pay fines or penalties have long been regarded as being contrary to public policy and therefore unlawful and unenforceable. So entrenched is this view that these sorts of contracts have not been a standard part of insurance companies' offerings and the courts have not had to deal specifically with any one-off such contracts as might have existed. Several insurers are now offering, as a fairly standard component of their corporate/business/commercial packages, cover against liability for fines and penalties which may be imposed under certain pieces of recent legislation (particularly environmental, health and safety and consumer protection legislation). This article examines the principles underlying the view that fines and penalties insurances are unlawful, and discusses an alternative argument and its chances of success in the context of Resource Management Act offences.

Sign in / Sign up

Export Citation Format

Share Document