So you decide to buy a safe to secure your valuables but how do you know which one to get? The Association of Insurance Surveyors have introduced their AiS Approved Safe Scheme. The aim is to make buying a safe simpler for everyone: the insurance underwriter, the safe supplier and the customer.
When a European standard for rating and testing cash safes was brought in some years ago it was hoped this would make choosing a safe easier. Safes would be tested against a performance standard and a resistance grade awarded, from 0 to VI. Policy holders would then be advised to install a safe of a certain grade. However problems arose when it was claimed that not all test houses were applying the same standards thus obtaining an advantage over competitors.
With the AiS Approved Safe scheme, manufacturers and suppliers are invited to submit their test certificates to the AiS Scrutiny Panel. If the safe passes they can claim to be AiS Approved and be included on list of approved safes.
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