Many people fail to realise the risks associated with being a key holder for an organisation. Company key holders are usually reliable, trustworthy and willing to be called out at any time of the day or night but there is a much  better alternative.

Not all keyholders are at risk from “Tiger” kidnappings (see this BBC News article) but it’s not uncommon for a keyholder to be greeted by patient criminals waiting for the keys, alarm codes and passwords to arrive.

Specific PROBLEMS & ISSUES when using internal Key Holders:

1. Uncomfortable being ‘on-call’ for Key Holder response duties
2. Being woken up in the middle of the night to attend alarm activations
3. Having to return to work outside of normal working hours
4. Leaving the family ‘home alone’
5. Loss of Police Response equals zero back up
6. Regular false alarms cause de-motivation
7. Risk of being attacked by intruders
8. Disturbed sleep patterns
9. Weekends ruined
10. Fatigue at work the next day, not as productive
11. Real risk of a slip, trip or fall turning into a crisis if working alone
12. Arriving for work late resulting in missed appointments/deadlines
13. Can’t relax and have a drink if ‘on-call’
14. Stranded on site waiting for an alarm engineer to fix or reset the alarm
15. A delayed response could invalidate any subsequent insurance claim
16. Procedure for ensuring a response during sickness/holiday cover
17. Untrained to confront and deal with intruders
18. Paying too much for business insurance

If you would like to know more about our professional Key Holding & Alarm Response services, call Brian or Lindsey free on 0800 783 1025 today and reduce your business insurance premium by 20%…