DCMS Provide Clarity on Cancellation Insurance

DCMS answers questions on Live Events Reinsurance Scheme

In last week’s #WeMakeEvents Zoom call, We Make Events were joined by Ariel Sommer, Head of Covid-19 Programmes for DCMS, who addressed several concerns regarding the Live Events Reinsurance Scheme.

The key points he outlined were:

• The scheme runs until 30 September 2022 for events initially scheduled to take place by then.
  
• It is available to all eligible events across the UK (not just England).
  
• Eligible policies (ie ones that have non-Covid cover as well) must be bound no less than eight weeks before the scheduled start date of the event, but all eligible costs linked to the event can be backdated.
  
• Policyholders need not be just event organisers. They can be individuals such as artists or supply chain organisations, as long as they are looking to cover their costs directly linked to an eligible event.

Click below to read the FAQs sheet that Ariel shared with WeMakeEvents. 

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