When isn’t Employers’ Liability Insurance a legal requirement?
Employers' Liability Insurance is a legal requirement for the majority of businesses with staff, however there is an exception.
Rhino Trade Insurance teams up with Sterling Training & Assessment Services – One of the UK’s largest training and assessment providers for Gas Engineers.
At Rhino we are striving to ensure that tradesmen across the nation have the right level of insurance in place so they can work hard in the knowledge that they are covered. We have teamed up with numerous partners to educate and assist tradespeople in getting the right cover in place for their businesses so they can work protected and operate compliantly.

Sterling Training & Assessments have been helping gas engineers for over 20 years in gaining the valuable know how and skills required to become a member of the gas safe register. With a fantastic industry reputation, they have been helping thousands of tradespeople become certified and making sure the UK workforce is operating safely and maintaining the correct level of compliance.
By teaming up with Sterling we at Rhino are proud that we are supporting the gas and heating industry in achieving the necessary status and accreditation to work at a high standard.
Working closely with NICEIC Certification, Sterling offer the opportunity for apprentices and veterans alike to earn the legal accreditation of being a member of the Gas Safe Register via the Nationally Accredited Certification Scheme (ACS).
Employers' Liability Insurance is a legal requirement for the majority of businesses with staff, however there is an exception.
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