Claims
Cloudy skies ahead?
The current climate of hefty compensation payouts has left many insurers in shock, while others believe the worst of the storm is over. Richard Adams warns that complacency is not an option.
What's at stake?
With less than a month to go before stakeholder pensions go on sale, Legal & General reports that 74...
Time's nearly up.
Fraudsters may be on borrowed time, following the introduction of simple fraud-busting initiatives, which look set to move the balance of power back in insurers' favour. Edward Murray investigates.
Law firms switch insurer at renewal.
This September's renewal season for solicitors' professional indemnity could see a number of law fir...
APIL calls for rescue package.
The Association of Personal Injury Lawyers has slammed the announcement that asbestosis victims seek...
Going down a storm.
Niche players are emerging to fill gaps left by the consolidation in the loss adjusting sector. Jane Bernstein reports on one specialist firm that has benefited from an influx of work on the back of the recent storms.
HAVS damages judged to be on shaky ground.
The recent dismissal of the claimant's appeal in the case of Allen and others v British Rail Enginee...
Fraud scheme delay.
Technical problems are holding up industry attempts to clamp down on fraud, with several insurers ha...
GE Frankona Re invests in Underwriting Direct
GE Frankona Re, the European operations of GE Employers Re, is to pay £200 000 ($295 000) for a 25% s...
Legal shake-up.
A new court ruling on vibration white finger sets precedents that will impact on liability claims for other industrial diseases. Mariel Irvine explains.
No ATE retreat claims industry body.
Contrary to Post Magazine's front page headline last week, there has been no "climbdown" by the Foru...
Commercial insanity.
Maggie Litster, commercial director at Groupama Insurances, examines the sorry state of the UK commercial sector and considers what action is needed to prevent any long-term damage.
What the Papers Say.
The Express Space chiefs at NASA have pulled the plug on a space shuttle replacement nicknamed th...
Chester Street payouts fall short.
Payouts to victims of asbestos-related diseases covered by liquidated insurer Chester Street Insuran...
Paving the road to recovery.(2)
Rehabilitation has enormous potential to save money and livelihoods, but it must be done effectively and efficiently. For insurers to pick up the pieces after an accident, all parties must be open to consensual methods of claims handling, says Steve…
Broker set to acquire.
Leeds-based commercial insurance broker Henderson is looking to make several acquisitions after year...
Paving the road to recovery.(1)
Insurers agree that rehabilitation is the way forward concerning personal injury claims, but are they prepared to put their money where their mouths are? David Worsfold finds out.
Rates won't bomb.
Despite this week's terrorist explosion outside the BBC London headquarters, it is unlikely insurers...
ABI: recoverability protocol in reach.
The Association of British Insurers said, this week, it believed a new protocol on the recoverabilit...
Britannic to axe 2000 jobs
Britannic confirmed this morning it is to axe 2000 jobs from its direct sales force under plans to re...
FOIL in ATE climb down.
The Forum of Insurance Lawyers appears to have backed down in its battle against the after-the-event...
A moving animal problem is cultivating risk.
Many sectors of the insurance industry are nervously watching the development of the foot and mouth ...
Appointment at Property & Casualty Services.
Property & Casualty Services has made Nicola Ingram vocational rehabilitation case manager. She will...
MAFF considers livestock cover.
Insurers have scoffed at the idea of a compulsory insurance scheme for farmers in the wake of the fo...