Claims
Action needed to drive out the uninsured.
Mr Rodgers is correct and I was referring to RTA certificates (PM, 15 February, p16). Like him, I kn...
Global investigation.
Royal & Sun Alliance is investigating the apparent fraudulent use of the name Globe Indemnity Compan...
PI Direct launches new broker division.
Professional indemnity underwriter PI Direct has launched a new broker-only operation PI Brokerlink ...
Devitt: scooter deal.
Devitt Insurance Services has won the contract from Yamaha to provide free third-party cover on newl...
Water risk a clear one.
Darby v National Trust Court of Appeal 29 January 2001 The claimant, her husband and childre...
Matthew Thomas Gough (by his mother & litigation friend Karen Gough)
Queens Bench Division 2 February 2001 The claimant, an eight-year-old schoolboy, fell from a ba...
Bermuda in clash with UK on reporting.
The Bermuda government has rejected half the proposals by the UK government to extend (re)insurance ...
Westminster goes to AGF.
Allianz's transport arm, AGF MAT, has bought London-based Westminster Aviation Insurance Group. A...
Legal & General profits up
Legal & General reported pre-tax operating profit on an achieved basis of £678m for 2000, up 4%, toda...
SBJ name change.
SBJ Stephenson's professional indemnity division has been renamed SBJ Professional, reflecting the t...
Appointment at Langleys Solicitors.
North Yorkshire and Lincolnshire-based Langleys Solicitors has recruited Simon Gibson as senior soli...
... a fraud product specialist.
Gabrielle Ashley, SCORE product manager at Crawford, is passionate about beating fraud. Jane Bernstein spent a day with Gabrielle and discovered how her commitment to the fraud management solutions product she designed and the team being built up to…
Appeal for ATE sanity.
I was interested to note the article Definitive ruling sought (Post Magazine, 15 February, p1) and t...
Animal magic.
Vets fees vary wildly between practices and it has been suggested that pet insurance gives vets a licence to charge higher rates. While many argue that a level playing field is needed, where all pets are covered, 87% of cats and dogs remain uninsured,…
Insurers explore the cost of rehabilitation.
Insurers and insurance lawyers, all members of the Bodily Injury Claim Managers Association, last we...
Underwriters get wake-up call.
Wake up. Wake up. To the twentieth century. The words of a punk band in the 1970s (the Vibrators, as...
Source of the problem.
A recent asbestos exposure claim was thrown out of court as the judge ruled it could not be proved from which of several sources the illness was contracted. Andrew McDougall considers whether the case is typical and assesses its chances of being…
Judith Fairchild.
(Suing on her own behalf & on behalf of the estate of dependents of Arthur Eric Fairchild, deceased)...
GISC: broker fears spark OFT letter.
As a principle, Post Magazine will not publish anonymous letters. However, this week, we break with ...
Rising claims calls for rehab.
The rise in personal injury liability claims is now beginning to show through in insurer's financial...
Taking the strain.
Work-related stress claims are climbing and although few claimants win such cases at the moment, insurers are taking the threat seriously and argue that employers should too, says Jane Bernstein.
Pensions by post.
Over-the-counter pension contributions will be possible at the Post Office from 1 April, after it si...
What the Papers Say.
The Times In a simpler age, an insurance premium was something payable each week to a man who kno...
Talk to the specialists for industry expertise.
This week, Post Magazine and its popular electronic news and information service Post Online launche...