Asbestos

Asbestos: The toxic truth

Although some say the legal landscape is less adversarial, the number of asbestos disease claims is rising – but are insurers as guilty of drawing out the process as they stand accused?

Trade Voice: All change

With the Insurance Act and several important decisions in the courts, it’s been a busy year legally speaking

Zurich wins ‘landmark' meso case in Supreme Court

The Supreme Court has today (20 May) unanimously ruled in favour of Zurich in a judgment that means an insurer will only have to compensate a solvent employer for the years they were on risk in cases of asbestos-related mesothelioma.

Legionnaires’ disease: Much ado about nothing?

An update to health and safety legislation means insurers need to pay renewed attention to the rarely considered threat of legionnaires’ disease. But while some are already labelling the condition the ‘new asbestos’ in terms of claims, others insist…

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