Asbestos
Lessons from a Bad Beet harvest for agricultural insurers
Could recent payouts to sugar beet farmers for revenue lost to bad weather lead to a growth in insurance options for out-of-doors crops, including parametric solutions? Edmund Tirbutt investigates.
Why asbestos should be in the conversations at renewal
Trade Voice: Apil’s Daniel Easton on cancer sufferers’ fight for parity
Aviva insures autonomous shuttle trial; brokers outscore insurers in CX research finds; Howden buys again; Gallagher completes on Willis deal and PPL updates on next gen platform
Noise-induced hearing loss tops shrinking Elto enquiries in 2020
Total enquiries to the Employers' Liability Tracing Office fell in 2020 as more people worked from home, with noise-induced hearing loss continuing to top searches.
Interview: David Bearman, Aventum
Aventum CEO David Bearman explains the growth of the broking and underwriting firm to Emmanuel Kenning, tracing its route from a start up focused on retail UK SME to a global specialist and niche player that has plans to be a decade defining business.
Blog: Preparing for the next asbestos - silicosis and insurance
With the All Party Parliamentary Group for Respiratory Health’s call to arms for the reform of workplace exposure limits to silica dust, Jim Byard, insurance partner at Weightmans, explores the likely impact on the insurance industry, and how it can…
Grenfell insurers could face legacy claims from asbestos poisoning
Exclusive: Insurers of Grenfell Tower could face legacy claims from victims if they develop symptoms of asbestos poisoning in later life.
Analysis: Global run-off market remains buoyant
The perfect storm of conditions that has allowed the legacy sector to boom over the past couple of years looks set to continue throughout 2018 as capital continues to flow into the market, fuelling a pipeline of deals.
Blog: Medical hope for mesothelioma patients and asbestos insurers
Possible mesothelioma treatment will require a new approach to asbestos claims, explains Ian Harvey, head of claims strategy at Pro Global.
Roundtable: The pre-action protocol at 20
Over two decades ago, a quintet sat down to formulate the pre-action protocols for personal injury claims. Post gathered four [Nigel Tomkins, then of Thompsons could not make it] back together to reflect on their influence, lessons learned and the…
Post Power List 2018: Stephen Hester
Group CEO, RSA
Compre buys legacy books from Generali
Compre has acquired two books of business in total worth €300m (£264m) from Generali.
Compre snaps up legacy book from Norway's Gjensidige Forsikring
Compre has acquired a legacy portfolio from the Norwegian insurer Gjensidige Forsikring for an undisclosed sum.
Lord Justice Jackson scales back fixed recoverable costs proposal
Lord Justice Jackson has recommended extending fixed recoverable costs for fast-track legal cases and a new fixed cost intermediate track for claims worth up to £100,000.
Axa transfers £600m historical liability book to Riverstone
Axa has started transferring its historical disease liability book of business to Riverstone.
RSA legacy sale to bolster its Solvency II position
RSA will use the sale of its legacy assets to further bolster its Solvency II position, according to its chief financial officer.
RSA disposes of £834m UK legacy book
RSA has agreed to dispose of UK legacy insurance liabilities worth £834m to the Bermuda-based Enstar Group.
E-cigarettes: The new asbestos?
The use of e-cigarettes, or vaping, has grown exponentially since they appeared on the market 10 years ago. When it comes to covering the associated risks, are insurers and brokers playing with fire?
Interview: Nigel Teasdale, Foil
Referendum results, cabinet reshuffles and the shelving of long-awaited reforms add up to a turbulent year ahead for anyone in the insurance sector, not least those in the legal profession. For the Forum of Insurance Lawyers' incoming president Nigel…
The secret battle at Lloyd's: Forgetting your Names
The capital provided by Names at Lloyd’s has fallen from 100% to just 10% – are we seeing the end of a long tradition?
Asbestos victims face difficulty tracing employers as Companies House seeks to delete records
Thousands of seriously ill workers and bereaved families could have their efforts to seek redress against negligent employers severely hampered under new plans to delete Companies House records according to the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers.
Blog: Cost of Scottish asbestos claims likely to increase
Insurers with industrial disease exposures in Scotland have suffered a series of blows after a quintet of cases moved civil procedure in favour of claimants.
Supreme Court ruling in Knauer could lead to 10% increase in reserves
A ruling by the Supreme Court looks set to add to insurers' difficulties in calculating what constitutes the appropriate lump sum to set aside for serious personal injury cases.