Axa UK is giving contractors body cameras to film footage of remediation work carried out on buildings containing flammable cladding, insulation and other defects, such as missing fire breaks.

Dougie Barnett, director of customer risk management at Axa Commercial, said: “We decided to use this cutting-edge technology to record evidence of the remediation work and securely store it in the cloud for reference.

“Our business resilience team has been capturing videos of commercial risks in this way 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 are funding this initiative to protect our customers and ensure the work is carried out to the required standard using the correct materials. 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.”

Investigations made since the Grenfell Tower tragedy in 2017 uncovered defects in thousands of buildings across the UK which now require remediation.

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