It is believed that none of the patrons from the beer garden participated in the rowdy behaviour. Having all people pay will discourage some potential trouble makers from attending and allows control of who gets through the gate providing an opportunity to refuse admission to obviously intoxicated people. Have a contingency plan in place to deal with such incidents. To some it may be the cool thing to do to start a rumble at a similar event. We will give you the good news first.
Losses appear to be very similar to four of the last six years.
It is still too early to tell the outcome of the three large claims which account for the spike in 96-97. While we are reasonably optimistic that they may be defensible, the costs to defend them will be substantial. We don 't know for sure but with decreased maintenance budgets for the past several years, it has been expected that there would be a deterioration in results. It means that the focus of our risk management efforts needs to be broadened to include more attention to property risks. The 1999 Canadian Risk Management Conference will be held in St. John 's Newfoundland from September 19-22.