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    Understand pet insurance

    The risks and considerations for veterinarians when sharing clinical records with pet insurance companies.
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    Guild’s guide to a risk free holiday season.

    Discover the importance of securing homes and cars during the holiday season, a time marked by increased risk of thefts and burglaries. It provides practical advice on safeguarding personal property, ...
  • Astro turf and early learning

    Looking after artificial turf

    Artificial turf or grass is, understandably, commonly used in early learning services. This turf can look lush and green all year round without watering or cutting. However, it isn’t necessarily...
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    Employment disputes in early learning services.

    Employment related disputes are an increasing trend in early learning claims reported to Guild Insurance. These claims indicate that some employers may not be aware of their obligations and the law...

  • Is the right name on your policy?

    Is your business's legal entity name correctly listed on your insurance policy? Avoid financial risks and uninsured liabilities by ensuring your policy covers the right name. Learn more with Guild Ins...
  • Family with two children walking through an airport terminal, carrying suitcases and backpacks, preparing to travel together.

    Travelling with kids.

    Travelling with children is a great opportunity to spend quality time together and create shared memories. However, it does require some extra planning to ensure you&rsq...

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    Lithium-ion battery safety

    Lithium-ion batteries are the batteries used in many of our household items. They’re becoming incredibly common, and for good reason – they can be small and affordable yet also have a l...

  • Informed consent

    Importance of Informed Consent

    Guild Insurance’s vast experience in managing claims made against health practitioners has highlighted that many practitioners don’t meet all their informed consent requirements.
  • Are you prepared for a power outage?

    Are you prepared for a power outage?

    Power outages are unfortunately becoming a somewhat common occurrence in parts of Australia. The threat of heatwaves, and therefore higher than usual demands on power, means that power outages are a r...
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    Why every business needs an asset register

    When considering an insurance policy, it’s easy for many of us to think “it’ll never happen to me”.  However, the vast experience of Guild Insurance tells us ‘it&...

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    Property maintenance - could your property cause an injury?

    Guild Insurance sees many insurance claims which have come about due to poor maintenance of a property.  In too many of these cases, the poor state of the building or its grounds is obvious an...

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    Understanding social media risks

    Social media is an ever increasing form of communication for many people in both their personal and professional lives.
  • Child standing on chair

    Common workplace errors and injuries in early learning centres

    No employee wants to be injured at work. And no employer wants their staff to be injured at work. Guild Insurance knows that employees and employers have the best of intentions when it comes to wor...

  • Early Learning Break-Ins

    Break-in and thefts in Early Learning

    Break-in and the theft of items can have a devastating impact on an early learning service. Not only can missing goods and property damage make running the business challenging, but people’s ...

  • The impact of communication on claims

    It would be understandable for dental prosthetists, and any other health professionals for that matter, to assume that the majority of patient complaints stem from poor or unexpected clinical outco...

  • Learning from chiropractic claims

    Guild Insurance spends a significant amount of time analysing the chiropractic claims reported to us. This analysis helps us to understand what patients complain about, factors which might make som...

  • Managing complaints against Dietitians

    Receiving a complaint is an unexpected part of running any business. No business is immune from receiving a complaint, regardless of how successful it is or how customer focused staff are. There ca...

  • Sun protection measures for early learning centres

    Sun protection measures for early learning services.

    It wouldn’t surprise most Australians to hear that, according to the Cancer Council, Australia has one of the highest rates of ski...

  • Client Record Keeping for Dietitians

    Client record keeping is unfortunately one of those dreaded risk management topics. Guild Insurance understands that it isn’t the most interesting of topics for health profes...

  • Managing the risk of mould

    There are many parts of Australia that experience high humidity. For some people who love the heat, these can be great places to live and work. However, unfortunately, these humid environments aren...

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