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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...
Reports: mixed reaction from business groups
Business groups gave a mixed reaction to the two liability reports published this week. David Frost...
HSE: Potters Bar report no aid to insurers.
The Health & Safety Commission's third progress report into the Potters Bar rail crash, released las...
Confederation of British Industry hosts seminar.
The Confederation of British Industry is hosting a breakfast seminar on environmental liability in p...
Raising the bar on claims management.
Recent research has shown that problems are brewing in the claims management market. With calls for higher standards, can businesses rise to the challenges ahead? Mark Huxley reports.
Law firm lines up to pick over TAG bones
Law firm Russell Jones & Walker, which acquired the Claims Direct brand when it went into receivers...
DWP and OFT give no clear solutions
This week, the Department of Work and Pensions and the Office of Fair Trading published their long-anticipated reports into employers' liability and liability insurance respectively. PM outlines the recommendations and reports on the feedback.
Effect of delay critical in scan case - Godfrey v Gloucestershire
(Queen's Bench Division - 24 March 2003) In this case, the court held that it is the effect of a c...
Appointment at Ace European Group
Ray Keogh has been made business development manager for Ace European Group. He has spent 11 years ...
Precedents set insurance pace.
Legal precedents can have a huge impact on insurance claims. Lynn Rouse asked several legal firms for those they saw as being at the top of the list.
14 years ago
Last week, the British Insurance Brokers' Association had a successful conference in Bournemouth wi...
Hamilton Fraser Insurance launches online package.
Broker network Hamilton Fraser Insurance Solutions has launched an online compliance package to help...
St Paul given appeal boost over Ladbroke Grove claim
St Paul has been given a substantial boost by the Court of Appeal in its battle for compensation fr...
Police career: injury payout
Herring v Ministry of Defence (Court of Appeal - 10 April 2003).
The NAIC urges Congress to take action
The National Association of Insurance Commissioners has urged Congress to take action in the enforc...
TAG: courts slash ATE premiums
Defendant insurers have been given a fillip by the Supreme Court Costs Office, following a ruling l...
Hatton test applied in stress case
Foumeny v University of Leeds; (Court of Appeal - 16 April 2003).
Appointment at DAS
Elaine Moore has been promoted to prospects manager for Bristol-based legal protection company DAS....
Slow burn for faster processing
Despite the technological advances that now allow insurance functions - such as claims - to be carried out online, the industry seems reluctant to leave behind its paper-based systems. However, Mira Butterworth believes change is happening - albeit…
Access to Justice 2000 and Greystoke Legal Services in joint venture
Legal expenses specialists Access to Justice 2000 and Greystoke Legal Services have combined their ...
Legal firms need to move with the times
Anyone entering law as a profession is aware they will have to continue to learn and adapt to chang...
Medical evidence under legal scrutiny
Recent legal reforms have seen the evolution of medical evidence service providers as a cost-effective and efficient way of gathering the medical information necessary for the resolution of personal injury claims. But Lynn Rouse asks whether insurers are…
UK court produces 'definitive' ruling on 'event'
The UK's Court of Appeal today upheld a Commercial Court (re)insurance judgment in a ruling that coul...