Claims
Appointment at Remploy
Clare Ginders has been appointed by disability organisation Remploy to spearhead the launch and deve...
What price peace of mind?
Commercial Travel Insurance
Insurers dismayed by DWP asbestos summit decision
The government has ruled out creating an insurance fund of last resort to compensate victims of meso...
Liquidators prevent insurers' subrograted claim
St Paul Travelers Insurance Company v (1) Dargan and Edwards (as joint liquidators of Ballast plc) and (2) Mott MacDonald (Chancery Division - 15 December 2006)
Fraud focus: Fraud and public policy
Insurers face claims from two distinct legal entities, namely policyholders and third parties. Fraud...
Look on the bright side
Legal Report
Allianz rehab pledge
Allianz Cornhill is planning to employ more specialist staff to help co-ordinate rehabilitation serv...
Garwyn mulls more closures
Loss adjuster Garwyn is set to close its second and third offices this year and make up to 30 employ...
AIG makes aggressive moves into PI market
Insurance giant AIG is making an aggressive push into the solicitors' professional indemnity market,...
Loss assessors need to seek new horizons
It was interesting to see the article on the three loss assessors in the Claims Supplement (Post Sup...
Appointment at Allianz Cornhill Legal Protection
Allianz Cornhill Legal Protection has appointed Sue Powell as before-the-event claims handler. Ms Po...
Saga miscalculation
In last week's Post Direct Excellence misrepresented the performance of the over 50s insurance provi...
CILA rolls out website
The Chartered Institute of Loss Adjusters was due to launch its new website today at www.cila.co.uk....
Petition kicks off campaign
The British Lung Foundation has launched the Action Mesothelioma Campaign, calling for better care a...
Pleural plaques payment U-turn mooted
A successful pleural plaques test case could result in damages rising for the condition, in marked c...
ABI's anti-fraud push focuses on Midlands
The Association of British Insurers is set to launch an anti-fraud campaign in the East Midlands thi...
Back-to-work launch
A new national network of rehabilitation services, aimed at enabling people to remain in work or to ...
Clinicare boosts Groupama
Groupama UK has reported that premium income totalled EUR605m (£407.4m), an increase of 20% compared...
Claimant lawyer network receives Law Soceity waiver
LawAlliance, the UK-wide network of specialist personal injury claimant lawyers, has received a special waiver from The Law Society boosting the benefits to claimants and LawAlliance members using the InterResolve Bodily Injury Claims Scheme.
RenRe funds 'Wall of Wind' hurricane damage research
Florida International University's International Hurricane Research Center (IHRC) and WeatherPredict Consulting, a US affiliate of Bermudian reinsurer Renaissance Re have announced they are to develop new wind damage research under the banner …
Claimant lawyer hails plaques payout
Field Fisher Waterhouse has won £26,000 damages for a client who suffers from pleural plaques, which according to the Court of Appeal should not be compensated in English Law.
Inspirational leadership
With only one in 10 employees currently believing their manager provides inspirational leadership, Jo Causon explores the core credentials needed to energise and excite today's workforce
Claimants regroup after court blow
After last week's landmark judgment in their favour, insurers are claiming more than a simple victory over industrial deafness. As Tanya Powley discovers, defendants believe their success has undermined the prospects of wider actions from the claimant…