Making Music insurance scheme with Ecclesiastical       The Making Music insurance scheme for members is provided by the Ecclesiastical Insurance Group (EIG). Please note that all queries relating to insurance should be directed to Ecclesiastical directly. Insurance enquiries Ecclesiastical may be contacted by - phoning 0845 777 3322, then selecting option 3. - emailing insurance@makingmusic.org.uk - Click here to download a summary of the cover available under the scheme. Insurance renewal Making Music will continue to renew your insurance with Ecclesiastical together with your membership renewal instructions and payment. This takes place in late October/November, with a return date of early December. Your group makes a single payment to include membership, insurance and any performing right royalties, and Making Music does the rest. Throughout the year if you have any additional insurance requirements these should be handled by Ecclesiastical directly. You can do this by using the contact details as set out above. Employers' liability Employers' Liability insurance (with a limit of indemnity of £10 million any one occurrence) is now included as standard in all policies even where the group has only volunteers, for outlined below. If your group has employees (note, this does not include freelancers), it is a requirement of the Employers' Liability (Compulsory Insurance) Act 1969 that you effect this cover. Whilst not a legal requirement, Ecclesiastical now recommends strongly that groups effect Employers' Liability insurance even where they have only volunteers as opposed to employees. For this reason Employers' Liability has now been included as standard. It is usual for authorised volunteers acting for a group to be regarded as employees for the purposes of insurance; this is because society increasingly regards volunteers in the same light as employees. For example, the Health & Safety Executive now regards volunteers as employees, and persons who make use of volunteers as employers. The same level of training, information and advice must be given to both employees and volunteers.        For any queries regarding your membership of Making Music please contact us on 020 7422 8280.        For insurance related questions please call Ecclesiastical directly on 0845 7773322 and select option 3.      For general enquiries please email info@makingmusic.org.uk    For insurance enquiries please email Ecclesiastical direct at insurance@makingmusic.org.uk   © 2003 Making Music All rights reserved and reproduction of any part is not allowed without the written permission of Making Music.