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Context
The CII has published the findings of a specialist roundtable that explored how the insurance market can help address workplace injuries across film, television and theatre production. The Workplace injury in UK entertainment production Roundtable summary report builds on the professional body’s partnership with the Injury Prevention Consultancy (IPC) formed in May of this year, and its support for the forthcoming IPC Impact of Injury 2026 (IOI26) research programme.
Key points to note and next actions
- Held in June, the roundtable convened underwriters, brokers, claims professionals and researchers specialising in entertainment insurance, to examine the gap between the high levels of workplace injury identified by IPC research, and the comparatively low volume of related insurance claims.
- The discussion was informed by findings from IPC’s Impact of Injury 2024 (IOI24) report, which found that 76% of screen performers and 85% of theatre performers had sustained workplace injuries during their careers.
- Roundtable participants agreed that cast injury claims remain relatively uncommon compared with other entertainment insurance claims, despite the prevalence of injuries reported by performers.
- Several ways in which the insurance sector could help drive change were identified, including using better injury data to inform underwriting decisions, recognising credible safety certification or training when assessing risk, and working collectively so that no single insurer is commercially disadvantaged for asking rigorous safety questions.