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Stark asbestos risk in UK schools brought into focus

Jonathan Edwards - partner, head of Insurance & Risk, HCR Law

Jonathan Edwards, head of insurance and risk at HCR Law, warns insurers and brokers they need to move from passive monitoring to proactive risk mitigation in order to prevent hundreds of thousands of teachers and pupils dying as a result of asbestos present in UK schools.

A report published from the Joint Union Asbestos Committee claimed that hundreds of thousands of teachers and pupils will die as a result of asbestos present in UK schools.

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