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Blog: How to defend cavity wall insulation claims
Liability insurers are seeing a dramatic increase in claims arising from allegedly defectively installed cavity wall insulation. Tom Corrigan, partner at DAC Beachcroft, asks whether there is cause for concern.
Analysis: Subsidence surge
Insurers and loss adjusters are using digital technologies to handle this autumn’s surge in subsidence claims but they are not forgetting the human touch is the best way to get to the root of the problem
Insurance Fraud Awards 2018 - full list of winners
Keoghs partner James Heath, pictured, was handed the achievement prize at the Fraud Awards last night in what proved to be a fruitful night for the law firm.
Supply chain focus: How TPAs view the changing landscape
Supply chain procurement continues to evolve against a backdrop of consolidation among both insurers and third party administrators. Edward Murray looks at how tendering is changing from the demands on suppliers to the length of partnerships
Claims II: Analysis: Beauty fraud: No pain, no gain
In an era of Instagram brows and duck lip selfies, the beauty industry is thriving. While most customers visit their hairdresser, nail bar or tanning salon to look smoking hot, others see a beauty treatment as a route to a windfall, via a fraudulent…
Farm safety: Fatal farms
Farming is the most lethal of all industries. The sector and its main insurer are trying to change rules and mentalities to make it safer
Champion boxer ordered to pay £13,000 to Axa for fundamental dishonesty
Three time Home Counties boxing champion Conroy Downer has been ordered to pay more than £13,000 in legal costs to Axa after he made a dishonest insurance claim.
Credit hire roundtable: necessary evil or essential service?
The insurance industry’s perpetually uneasy relationship with credit hire has often flared up into hostility. Judging by the tone of the exchanges at a recent roundtable, the current mood is much calmer, with a greater willingness to explore ways of…
Analysis: Beauty fraud: No pain, no gain
In an era of Instagram brows and duck lip selfies, the beauty industry is thriving. While most customers visit their hairdresser, nail bar or tanning salon to look smoking hot, others see a beauty treatment as a route to a windfall, via a fraudulent…
Risk management: Economy 4.0 - Learning to share
The on-demand, sharing and digital sectors - often called Economy 4.0 - bring new risks and challenges for the insurance industry.
Blog: Dreamvar, the continuing nightmare for PI insurers?
Solicitors and their professional indemnity insurers are in effect underwriting the legitimacy of property transactions on a strict liability basis, following a recent court decision analysed by Phil Murrin, partner at DAC Beachcroft.
Analysis: Making waves: Can AI help the crisis in marine?
Outdated static rating factors and underwriting losses mean the marine market is ripe for disruption. Technology, including, blockchain is set to shake up the sector.
Analysis: Cyber bullying
Cyber cover is entering personal lines and offering protection against online bullying. But is it really a place for insurers?
Analysis: Is Scotland emerging as a heartland for personal injury claims?
The proposed Civil Liability Bill is set to introduce sweeping changes to the way soft tissue injury claims are paid out in England and Wales. In Scotland though, it would seem as though the effect of the whiplash reforms south of the border could…
Blog: Vicarious liability's elastic boundaries continue to be stretched
Vicarious liability's elastic boundaries continue to be stretched, explains David Williams, insurance partner at DAC Beachcroft.
Whiplash fraudster given two month prison sentence
A whiplash fraudster has been handed a two month prison sentence and been ordered to pay £14,000 in costs.
Analysis: Product recalls: Bringing it back
Whether it’s a tumble dryer that catches fire or baby milk that’s contaminated with salmonella, an increase in safety concerns is putting product recall insurance in the spotlight. With the frequency and severity of claims on the up, there are concerns…
Analysis: Insurers likely to feel impact of sexual harassment claims
With sexual harassment cases hitting the headlines, how will the insurance industry be affected – both internally and externally?
DAC Beachcroft signs partnership with Hong Kong law firm
Hong Kong law firm Oldham Li and Nie will work closely with international law firm DAC Beachcroft..
Analysis: Economy 4.0 - Learning to share
The on-demand, sharing and digital sectors - often called Economy 4.0 - bring new risks and challenges for the insurance industry.
Preview of 2018: A sneak peek at the coming year
The promised whiplash and discount rate reforms, as well as the UK’s exit from the European Union, are expected to shape the coming year for the industry. Insurers, brokers, loss adjusters and lawyers are wary of political uncertainties and the trends in…
Relief as IDD deadline extended by seven months
Insurers have received an early Christmas present in the form of a proposed delay of seven months to the implementation of the Insurance Distribution Directive.
Analysis: Home, sweet connected home
Connected devices can help underwrite and mitigate household risks, but they also open the door to cyber vulnerabilities.
Cage fighter's spurious claim knocked out of court
A champion cage fighter has been ordered to pay court costs back to Aviva after his whiplash claim was ruled to be fundamentally dishonest.