Rehabilitation
Unexpected insurance fallout of the prison crisis
Andrew Steel, partner and police defence lawyer at national law firm Weightmans, and member of the Forum of Insurance Lawyers’ Public Sector & Blue Light Sector Focus Team, explores the insurance implications of Operation Early Dawn amid the UK’s prison overcrowding crisis.
How insurers can up their claims game
Insurers love to talk about claims exaggeration, but David Worsfold asks: are they guilty of some exaggeration of their own?
Efficient rehabilitation starts with understanding limb loss
Jason Chidwick, specialist rehabilitation case manager and amputee clinical lead at HCML, explains how personal injury professionals work with insurers to achieve the best outcomes for amputees.
LV’s checks catch serial travel insurance fraudster
A man who changed his name multiple times by deed poll and used the identities of his family and friends to make bogus travel insurance claims worth an estimated total of £75,000, has been sentenced.
Allianz's Graham Gibson, Aviva, NFU and Zurich among winners at 2023 Claims & Fraud Awards
Allianz chief claims officer Graham Gibson, pictured, won the prestigious Achievement Award at the Insurance Post Claims and Fraud Awards yesterday evening (5 October) at The Brewery.
Shortlist revealed for 2023 Claims & Fraud Awards
Today we can reveal the shortlist for the 2023 Insurance Post Claims & Fraud Awards.
Insuring the new working world
Sam Barrett explores how the insurance industry is adapting employers’ liability insurance to reflect the risks associated with new ways of working post-Covid.
Claims Apprentice Podcast: Claims Inflation – Personal Injury
In this podcast, Team Aspire – from the latest series of Claims Apprentice – looks at the factors behind the rise in personal injury claims costs.
Malcolm Hyde, Aviva, DACB, HF, NFU Mutual, Sedgwick and Zurich big winners at the Claims and Fraud Awards
Law firm HF took home three awards at the Claims and Fraud Awards last night, at an event that saw former Chartered Institute of Loss Adjusters executive director Malcolm Hyde, pictured, pick up the Achievement Award.
Q&A: Anthony Hughes, Credit Hire Organisation
Anthony Hughes was recently named chairman and CEO of the Credit Hire Organisation, replacing Peter Gomes. He talks to Frances Stebbing about the CHO's objectives and challenges in the market.
Rehab proving its worth as Grenfell claims continue
Rehabilitation service providers have claimed rehab is "intrinsic to the insurance proposition" as Grenfell claims continue five years on from the disaster.
Shortlist for 2022 Insurance Post Claims and Fraud Awards revealed
The shortlist is now out for the 2022 Insurance Post Claims and Fraud Awards.
Price walking ban pushes motor premiums up; Zurich opens branch; Handl acquires IPRS; Mason Owen MBO; and under 30s telematics sales rise
For the record: Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
‘A sigh of relief’ for the industry as MoJ plans no further action on credit hire and rehabilitation
Self regulation has been heralded as the Ministry of Justice confirmed it will take no further action on credit hire and rehabilitation after publishing its response to part two of the whiplash reforms.
Aviva in Zego tie-up; Ecclesiastical Insurance Group renamed Benefact; Mosaic to acquire Sirius Point Lloyd's arm; and Sedgwick buys UKA247
For the record: Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
Aviva strikes five-year motor deal with Prestige; Aston Lark inks two more deals; Adiona partners with Duck Creek; and Corvus reveals London market buy
For the record: Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches and investments of the week.
EY issues home/motor profit warning for 2022; Collective Benefits and Nimbla get US investment; HSB buys MG Group; Floodflash and Munich Re partner up; and Carrot sold to Granite
For the record: Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
Analysis: Mind the gender health insurance gap
Post investigates allegations of gender discrimination in health insurance and asks how concerns could be addressed
Climate Wise outlines priorities; WTW claims Lloyd's digital first with Ki; AIG publishes ESG report; Freedom secures funding
Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
Rehab Roundtable: Coping with Long Covid in the workforce
As the government and health practitioners get to grips with the symptoms and effects of Long Covid, insurers have been urged to work with employers to raise awareness of early intervention and services available to claimants.
Cross-sector working group seeks clarity on mixed injury whiplash portal claims
A cross-sector working group has been set up with mixed injury whiplash test cases set to make their way through the courts.