Body cameras to prove flammable cladding repairs

Contractors will be supplied with Motorola Solutions VT100 body cameras when responding to incidents. The video can be live-streamed if required, so contractors can liaise directly with Axa risk engineers.

All records are stored securely in the cloud, ensuring material captured cannot be edited or tampered with. This technology is trusted by the UK’s emergency services and law enforcement organisations across the globe.

Dougie Barnett, Axa commercial director of customer risk management, explained: “Our business resilience team has been capturing videos of commercial risks [using body cameras] for the past three years for underwriters to review, so it made sense to extend this practice to these building remediations.

“It means underwriters can clearly see what’s been done when they assess risk and provide a quote with confidence, both now and in the future.”

He added: “We’ll also have evidence of how protection systems such as sprinklers and alarms are installed, with this weekly video capture supplementing our regular visits to individual sites.

“When the work is completed, it should result in the remediated buildings being an improved risk, which will have a positive impact on policy premiums, so it’s important for everyone involved in the process to have a clear view of what’s happening.”

Axa UK is funding this initiative.

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