Claims
QBE side-steps asbestos case
Australian insurer QBE has sought to distance itself from the asbestos-related legal action launche...
ISO launches web PI service
Claims software and services provider ISO this week launched its first web-based personal injury cl...
NFU broker exit leaves Country alone
NFU Mutual has insisted that its insurance broking network, Country Mutual, remains an important pa...
UK loss adjuster expands in Nigeria as pilot combats fraud
Kent-based forensic loss adjuster Prontac plans to open an office in Lagos, Nigeria later this mont...
TAG calls for protocol talks on ATE premiums
Insurers' legal representatives last week conceded in submissions to the High Court that the Englis...
Wurtt UK denies cutbacks
Wurtt UK, the London market operation of German insurer Wurttembergische, has denied press reports ...
Platinum set to spin off
The long-awaited flotation of Bermuda's Platinum Holdings, the spin-off of US (re)insurer St Paul's...
London market needs to mandate change
Marcus Alcock reports from the Xchanging Insurance Market conference, which was held in Brighton this week. The overwhelming message was of the need for change.
Garwyn expands in UK
Liability adjuster Garwyn has opened two new UK offices to cope with an increase in business and st...
Two defect to Accenture
Mark Robertson and Helen Brown are to join consultant Accenture's insurance practice from rivals Ca...
Retailers asked to focus on anti-fraud initiative
Retailers are being asked to focus on a new anti-fraud initiative - Don't Stand 4 Fraud - which aim...
SVB Underwriting makes application to Lloyd's
SVB Underwriting has made an application to Lloyd's for permission to effect a minority buy-out of ...
The cost of justice
The continuing squeeze by insurers on solicitors' fees for personal injury work is not in the interests of the injured party, argues Graham Ford. The introduction of scale fees, however, could turn the market around.
NAII continues to fight federal insurance regulation in US
The chairman of the National Association of Independent Insurers (NAII) of the US, Tony Nicely, has r...
MMT to set up London market project forum
MMT Management Consulting is to set up a forum for London market insurers that use or are intereste...
Legally bound?
The introduction of conditional fee agreements has meant insurers are now more closely involved in the way clients pay their lawyers. Veronica Cowan takes a trip through the courts and examines some of the cases that have set precedents in this sector.
Hidden treasure
There is hidden value in claims, but many insurers are struggling to make the changes necessary to successfully extract these nuggets. Stephen Lathrope advises companies to address these failings and get digging for buried treasure.
Spinning around
The surge in liability claims has in turn brought the role of loss adjusters into sharper focus, as Hugo Cranmore reports.
Bicma is holding a series of debates on rehabilitation.
Rehabilitation body Bicma is holding a series of debates on the present and future state of rehabili...
A drain on profits
With £1bn each year disappearing down the household drain because of fraud, insurers need to find water-tight ways of evaluating claims - while keeping customers happy, says Richard Adams.
Appointment at DWF
North-west law firm DWF has five new partners. Employment specialist Andrea Wild has become a partn...
Continuity firm launches new crisis package
Business continuity solutions provider Office-Shadow this week launched a new crisis management pac...
Appointment at Watershed Claims Services
Richard Yelland, formerly of Axa, has joined Brighouse-based liability specialists Watershed Claims...
Small business - big crisis
With employers' liability premiums reaching sky-high levels, the small business sector is going into crisis mode. David Bishop calls for the government to act now to tackle this unsustainable situation before it is too late.