Claims
NU hole highlights lack of investigation expertise
The alleged £1.5m fraud unveiled at Norwich Union illustrates a widespread lack of expertise in the...
Fraud squad
The industry has a tough task on its hands when it comes to assessing the honesty of policyholders' claims, says Jonathan Swift.
UK court defines 'event'
A test case related to Iraq's invasion of Kuwait in 1990 and the subsequent war (above), and backed...
Legal expenses launch
Midlands-based solicitors Blakemores has teamed up with Lloyd's insurer Euclidian to launch a new leg...
HSE fails to sidetrack claim - Thames Trains v Health & Safety
(Court of Appeal - 22 May 2003) On 5 October 1999, a serious rail accident occurred at Ladbroke Gr...
Roundabout case lacks direction - King v Department of the
(Court of Appeal - 3 May 2003) The claimant was injured when he drove his motorcycle at a safe spe...
What the papers said this week.
DAILY MAIL Financial services giant American Express is believed to be close to paying £300m for ...
Insurance industry incompetence wastes money
Insurance industry incompetence is wasting tens of millions of pounds in unnecessary litigation eve...
Calls to sanction the fraudsters.
John Baldock, UK director of investigation services at GAB Robins, called for the imposition of sanc...
Standards may curb failures
Supplier failure has been an all-too-common occurrence in the insurance sector recently. This may stem from a loss of experienced workers and the failure to develop vital forensic skills. Chris Wylde believes stricter standards could be the answer.
TAG: inevitable demise
Claims management companies have again been hitting the headlines after the recent redundancy-by-text-message story. With The Accident Group meeting the same fate as Claims Direct, Paul Shenton asks is this the inevitable end of an era?
Appointment at DLA
DLA has announced two new appointments. Sarah Hill has joined the fraud team in DLA's insurance gro...
Sparking a pollution revolution?
Stricter legislation has hugely increased the potential to be held liable for the costs of clearing up contaminated land, but few have insurance protection. However, once site identification and remediation notices gather momentum, demand will climb,…
ABI's fraud database needs insurer input.
Debra Weekes, head of financial crime prevention at the Association of British Insurers, emphasised ...
Capita move "no great surprise".
We have noted with interest the developments at Capita Insurance Services (PM, 5 June, p48), which f...
ABI targets crooked firms
Formal ties between the Inland Revenue and the Association of British Insurers to help combat comme...
Treasury wrong on travel.
The insurance industry's pleas for a level playing field have been ignored and the Treasury is now r...
FSA will help force insurer action on fraud.
Bob Still, claims manager at insurer MMA, said measures to combat fraud should not be viewed as a co...
PIA founder members meet
The meeting of the founder stakeholders of the Personal Injury Association took place at the Instit...
Stop the rot at the start, pledges PIA founder.
Andy Hoe, marketing director of the Blue Sky Group, a founding member of the fledgling Personal Inju...
Apil doors to be opened to defendant practitioners
The Association of Personal Injury Lawyers is considering allowing defendant practitioners to study...
Still pushing for EL reform
Mike Noonan responds to last week's government reports on the state of employers' liability insurance in the UK - are they agendas for action or an opportunity missed?
Industry acts over definition of fraud
The Association of British Insurers is working on a common definition of fraud to help the industry...
EL responses disappointing.
The long-awaited responses to the employers' liability crisis were finally released this week from t...