196501-284051 FOI Insurance

Short Description
Commercial Liability Insurance Policies
Reference number
FOI196501-284051
Date
14/10/2022
Request

Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, you are requested to please provide the following:
1. Copies of all commercial Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead (RBWM) public liability insurance policy certificates with what is covered, policy numbers, providers and underwriters held by RBWM. In particular, making sure anything regarding ‘pollution liability’, ‘policy enhancement’ and ‘schedules of exclusions’ documents in relation to the commercial public liability insurance policy held by RBWM

2. Copies of the ‘certificate of indemnity’ from RBWM that may include the public insurance provider and underwriters, confirming that any injuries, damages or adverse health effects directly or indirectly arising out of, resulting from or contributed to by electromagnetic fields, electromagnetic radiation, electromagnetism, radio waves or noise, wireless RF radiation, microwave radiation, non-ionising radiation emitting devices and equipment.

The request above, being the first of three, will form part of a set of requested documents under the Freedom of Information Act on how RBWM has provided, or not as the case may be:-

A duty of care to its residence with the granting of planning permissions for the deployment of 4G and 5G radio masts across the Royal borough when not taking into consideration on-going scientific evidence of the harmful nature of electromagnetic radiation. Separate request will be made in the following weeks.

Not holding/facilitating or leading any council workshops or providing information of safety to its residences on the proliferation of 4G and 5G radio masts near to residential properties, schools, or public buildings. Separate request will be made in the following weeks.

How RBWM has researched and communicated with other local authorities who have taken a more risk averse set of decisions requesting Public Health England and Mobile Operators to provide further information before any further 4G and 5G planning permissions are granted. Separate request will be made in the following weeks.

Response