Protect yourself with Willis and get 3 months of myhairdressers.com Free

We have teamed up with Willis Underwriting to offer a free three months subscription to myhairdressers.com when you sign up to an exclusive insurance policy designed for UK hairdressers. The offer also includes a box of 50 Colourstart patch tests, the best solution for allergy testing for colour treatments.

Colourstart is used by hairdressers to help identify those clients at risk of severe sensitivity to permanent hair colour.

All Professional Liability insurance policies for salons have treatment cover, however, most require salons to provide their clients with a skin allergy test 48 hours before a colour treatment, a procedure that involves placing a small amount of hair dye directly on the client’s arm or neck that cannot be washed off for two days. The bespoke insurance solution offered by Willis includes a box of 50 free Colourstart patch tests (allergy indicators in the form of temporary transfers) that can be posted to clients to apply at home 48 hours before coming in for their appointment.

“Clients prefer the clean, simple-to-use Colourstart product to the messy, impractical traditional alternative of manufacturers’ tests,” says Nick Plunkett, commercial director of Trichocare. “Colourstart is used when clients don’t have time to visit the salon 48 hours before every colour treatment for a standard test. Even if they have time for the visit, they dislike being asked not to wash for 48 hours. It’s archaic and unnecessary. With this new insurance product from Willis, backed by the Colourstart patch test, salons can improve the service they offer their clients while protecting themselves and their clients from damage caused by allergic skin reactions.”

Jo Locke, Product Development Manager, Willis UK & Ireland, said, “Salons that are not patch- testing run the risk of not being covered by their insurance if something goes wrong. Colourstart gives hairdressers peace of mind and, in combination with the Willis Underwriting salon product, business protection.”

With endorsement from leading colour expert, myhairdressers.com’s Tracy Hayes, all salons that sign up to the policy also receive a complimentary three-month subscription to myhairdressers.com, reiterating the importance of education to policy holders.

A short Colourstart information video featuring Tracy can be seen online here

Every policy bought includes:

• Exclusive wording from Willis Underwriting

• 50 free Colourstart tests (worth £43)

• Three months free subscription to www.myhairdressers.com

About Willis

Willis Group Holdings Limited is a leading global insurance broker, developing and delivering professional insurance, reinsurance, risk management, financial and human resource consulting and actuarial services to corporations, public entities and institutions around the world. Willis has more than 400 offices in nearly 120 countries, with a global team of approximately 20,000 Associates serving clients in some 190 countries. Additional information on Willis may be found at www.willis.com.

About Trichocare Diagnostics

Trichocare Diagnostics Ltd developed and now manufactures and supplies Colourstart. Trichocare also delivers specialist educational courses in science and safety designed to improve the training and skills of today’s hairdressers. The managing Director of Trichocare (Brian Plunkett MIT) is a Consultant Trichologist with practices in London and Bedfordshire and specializes in hair science and safety within hairdressing. www.trichocare.co.uk

About Colourstart

Colourstart is an award winning hair dye sensitivity test. The product is used by 3,500 salons through the UK, including Mark Leeson (current Fellowship for British Hairdressing’s UK Ambassador), Lisa Shepherd, (former British Hairdresser of the Year and is three time British Colourist of the Year amongst her 19 prestigious awards) and Nicky Clarke. www.colourstart.com

For more information contact Mark Butcher on +44 (0)1702 713 294 ext 222 or email mark.butcher@thehairgroup.com