Legal
Solicitors launch personal injury iPhone application
Tool to provide instant access to PI solicitors
Debevoise advises AIG in $25bn debt reduction
Law firm lands AIG and AIA role
SRA recommends abolition of assigned risks pool
Solicitors’ body consults on the future of the ARP
Liberty appoints syndicate counsel
Legal expert Rachael Trist joins insurer
In the front row
Peter Whitehead discusses why the application of a front-loaded claims investigation process in most cases could result in settlement in less than 12 months of instruction by the insurer.
Agenda setting for Cutts
Incoming president of the Forum of Insurance Lawyers Dan Cutts talks to Lynn Rouse about becoming the voice of the wider public interest and counteracting the claimant lobby.
Credit hires firms dealt legal blow
CHOs may pay for unnecessary hire delays following County Court ruling
S&P, Moody’s and Fitch in Ohio lawsuit
Ohio’s attorney general has filed a suit against Standard & Poors, Moody’s and Fitch, claiming that the agencies provided misleading credit ratings that cost state funds hundreds of millions of dollars.
Smoker wins record payout
Florida judge awards ex-smoker $56.6m for medical expenses and $244m in punitive damages from maker of Marlboro cigarettes.
Ruling paves way for Katrina lawsuits against the US Army
Hurricane Katrina victims have been awarded damages in a lawsuit claiming a canal dredged by US Army engineers from New Orleans to the Gulf of Mexico destroyed a natural barrier to storm surge.
Fraud expert joins Browne Jacobson
Scott Bowers to head up counter fraud unit
Aon suit against JLT due to airline account
The move of a major Taiwanese airline account is at the centre of Aon's decision to sue Jardine Lloyd Thompson, Reinsurance has learned.
Equitas wins legal battle over Lloyd's claims
Randall & Quilter to consider next step