Claims
Scan van growth plans criticised
A claims management firm using mobile 'scan vans' to target people who may have been exposed to asbe...
View from the Top - Unlocking the staff potential
Much senior management time is dedicated to devising or refining business strategies. What often rec...
Fraud proposals need careful review
Government proposals for an offence of fraud are unsatisfactory and need careful review, according t...
Call for more positivity
Insurers have to make minimising opportunities for fraud their main priority and stop believing that...
Claim value in 'lost litigations'
Patricia Dixon v Clement Jones (Court of Appeal - 8 July 2004) The defendant firm of solicitors adm...
Industry slammed over supply chain insurance fraud
Tackling supplier fraud is being largely ignored in the insurance industry, according to Joe Pendell...
See you in court
The City of Westminster's Jason Goodwin believes local authorities must take a firmer line when it comes to spurious claims and be willing to fight it out in the courts
Fitch upgrades Mapfre
Fitch Ratings has upgraded Mapfre's long-term rating to 'A+' from 'A' and its €275m debentures due 11 July 2011 to 'A+' from 'A'. At the same time the agency has assigned an insurer financial strength (IFS) rating of 'AA-' to Mapfre Mutualidad, the…
Insurers face extra costs after NHS recovery scheme plan announced
Health Minister Rosie Winterton today published a consultation on the draft Regulations for the new, expanded NHS Injury Costs Recovery scheme. The consultation period will run from 24 September to 17 December 2004.
Liability Claims Management - Brave new world
Strategic Focus 2004
Major Loss Claims - Damage limitation
Strategic Focus 2004
Case Management - The road to recovery
Strategic Focus 2004
Trial separation?
Insurers and solicitors have enjoyed a successful marriage for years. But commercial pressures are seeing a rise in fixed-fee agreements, fast-tracking and in-house litigators, and cracks are starting to appear in the relationship for the first time,…
Fraud - State of play
Strategic Focus 2004
Why a claims standard?
According to Harry Roberts, representing the Chartered Institute of Loss Adjusters, the insurance in...
Green shoots
Rehabilitation
Outsourcing - A leap of faith?
Strategic Focus 2004
Sponsor Directory - Company contact details
Strategic Focus 2004
Fraud pilot rolled out
An anti-fraud service has been launched for small and medium-sized personal lines insurers that lack...
Conflicting Voices: How claims policy has lost its clarity
Jonathan Clark of the Faculty of Claims was very clear about the claims sector's problem: "There hav...
Professional Indemnity - Law and order
Strategic Focus 2004
SVB results take hit from provision
Lloyd's insurer SVB Holdings has announced a £117.5m loss in its 2004 interim results for the first half of 2004.
Eversheds teams with Spanish reinsurance and insurance specialist.
International law firm Eversheds’ Spanish associate firm, Lupicinio Eversheds, has teamed up with Spanish reinsurance and insurance specialists Gervás, Salas & Asociados.
What the papers said this week
The Daily Telegraph Three leading credit ratings agencies have warned that reinsurers will have to ...