Cov Chairman Sharp in The Times
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Topic: Cov Chairman Sharp in The Times
Posted By: Kimbo
Subject: Cov Chairman Sharp in The Times
Date Posted: 25 Mar 2020 at 12:00
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Lengthy article on Championship/roots woes here: https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/rfus-empty-words-wont-save-clubs-gvzh2xh7g?shareToken=4522fbd8df6daa06c90042eb3d74b7de%20" rel="nofollow - https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/rfus-empty-words-wont-save-clubs-gvzh2xh7g?shareToken=4522fbd8df6daa06c90042eb3d74b7de
Sorry, can't sort a link on the trouserfone so copy & paste to view Edit: it linked anyway! Edit edit: looks like they've now put it behind the paywall. Bu99er.
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Posted By: marigold
Date Posted: 25 Mar 2020 at 12:11
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I struggle with Chairman Sharp comparing Coventry to 'your average club, all the income they get is subs from players and bar takings' Coventry have a large full time playing, coaching, medical, s and c and admin staff. 80% of the wages of those employees will now be picked up by the government ie you and me. This is not 'your average club' The 97% of rugby that sits outside of the top two leagues is where the RFU should be sending/spending support, not to clubs who each season deliberately run at a loss even though they get more than half a million pounds each per year subsidy from the RFU. |
Posted By: gerg_861
Date Posted: 28 Mar 2020 at 15:03
| Saw that Coventry is taking advice in terms of taking action against their insurer, who are trying to avoid paying out even though the club had the appropriate coverage for disruption due to disease. I hope they win, I get a bit sick of the "Heads I win Tails you lose" nature of the insurance industry. |
Posted By: Raider999
Date Posted: 28 Mar 2020 at 17:48
Yes I agree, it seems the insurance industry is happy to take your premium but will do everything they can to weasel out of paying claims. Motor Insurance is different, they insist you take your car to an 'approved repairer' who take longer to repair it and charge a lot more than an independent. They also give your contact details to ambulance chasers who continually ring you to remind you together you haven't made a personal injury claim - again inflating the cost. I have just renewed mine - I was given a quote 10% above last year's premium despite no changes in circumstances. I rang up to ask why and was asked how much I was looking to pay? I replied something similar to last year and ended up with a reduction of 5% on last year's premium! ------------- RAID ON |
gerg_861 wrote:Posted By: Shamrose
Date Posted: 29 Mar 2020 at 16:34
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I have worked in the Insurance sector for 35 years and we are moving into fantasyland if people truely believe a Business Interrpution policy will cover a pandemic They usually cover a % of the proft of a business following a physical peril such as fire, flood, storm damage etc. You can pay to extend this to cover some diseases but they will be named diseases and as covid-19 is new it would not be listed and therefore not covered, simple as that i am afraid Although we are all rugby supporters Coventry like many clubs is also a business so the same rules apply to them as it does to everybody else |
Posted By: Member728
Date Posted: 29 Mar 2020 at 17:12
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Shamrose Interestingly ours company says under Business Interruption Insurance Module
Infectious Disease ( 90 day indemnity limit ) but does not name any ! |
Posted By: Kimbo
Date Posted: 29 Mar 2020 at 17:15
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And Cov's specifically excludes Sars and Ebola.
Nothing else. ------------- Our Club |
Posted By: Runitback
Date Posted: 29 Mar 2020 at 17:20
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Well said Marigold ------------- Run with it |
Posted By: gerg_861
Date Posted: 29 Mar 2020 at 19:08
Eminent law firms (for example Pinsent-Masons) are of the opinion that insurance companies could have a lot to answer for depending on the policy description, but in particular any triggers for notifiable disease. I think that much will depend in wording, but that a blanket dismissal in this relatively unprecedented (words chosen on purpose) circumstance may be premature.
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Posted By: castleparknight
Date Posted: 30 Mar 2020 at 14:49
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Covid - 19 is sadly a SARS strain so what happens now? ------------- Onward and Upwards C'mon Donny! |
Posted By: Kimbo
Date Posted: 30 Mar 2020 at 17:18
Moot, really. Yes, it's genetically related to Sars, but we're genetically related to an avocado. Neither are 'the same as'. However, I agree, the law is going to have a lot to chew on. ------------- Our Club |
Posted By: isleonian
Date Posted: 01 Apr 2020 at 15:20
| Let's hope for major long running High Court litigation perhaps ending up in the Supreme Court (PS: will the ECJ still be available?). |