Do MM know more than we do or are they covering all angles?

[Kiddleywinks]

Morten Michel are offering two new types of insurance:
One for a 'childcare staff placement agency'
This is for a system that holds childminders details, charges parents a fee for putting parents in touch with minders, but parent pays minder direct.
(Sounds similar to the FIS but with a fee for parents)

and one for a 'Childcarer Employment Business'
This is where the business (Agency) employs the minder with a written contract in place and therefore is responsible for the minders actions

I'm not criticising MM, they are first and foremost an insurance company after all, but do they know more than us or just covering all their bases?

[hectors house]

I guess they just want to cover all options - are they still going to do insurance for us independents though as I can find my own work?

[Kiddleywinks]

Yes we can still get insurance, these are in addition

[bunyip]

They're doing nothing new. They've already spent months publishing views in support of the agency model, because there's money in it for them.

The only surprising thing is that anybody is surprised.