Forum of Insurance Lawyers (Foil)
What to expect from the London market in 2025
Trade Voice: From consolidation to the evolution of specialty lines, Paul Finn, technical author at the London Forum of Insurance Lawyers, runs down the trends we’re likely to see in the London market this year.
60 Seconds With... Foil’s Pete Allchorne
Pete Allchorne, partner at DAC Beachcroft and president of the Forum of Insurance Lawyers, would like to be “Doctorin’ the Tardis”, finds ironing therapeutic, and can be found dancing to “Uptown Funk” by Mark Ronson and Bruno Mars.
Foil’s Allchorne on what’s next for the PI discount rate
Trade Voice: Pete Allchorne, president of the Forum of Insurance Lawyers and partner at DAC Beachcroft, explores the potential ramifications of this year’s personal injury discount rate review.
Q&A: Pete Allchorne, Forum of Insurance Lawyers
Pete Allchorne, president of the Forum of Insurance Lawyers and partner at DAC Beachcroft, talks to Insurance Post about the big developments in the legal sphere this year.
Pete Allchorne elected Foil president
Pete Allchorne, partner at DAC Beachcroft, has been elected president of the Forum of Insurance Lawyers.
Challenges of generative AI in the insurance sector
Trade Voice: Charlotte Halford and Peter Allchorne, partners at DAC Beachcroft, outline the challenges facing insurers looking to adopt generative AI.
Trade Voice: Foil’s McSorley on Northern Ireland’s Green Book reforms
Tara McSorley, chair of the Forum of Insurance Lawyers’ Northern Ireland division and legal director at Clyde & Co, outlines the areas ripe for revision as Northern Ireland’s personal injury guidelines are reviewed.
Former Foil president predicts more legal consolidation
Further consolidation of the insurance defendant legal market is on the cards, according to Keoghs partner and former Forum of Insurance Lawyers president Don Clarke.
Trade Voice: Foil’s Simon Murray on unanswered questions around AI
Simon Murray, chair of the Forum of Insurance Lawyers’ cyber and technology sector focus team and partner at DWF, asks whether insurers ought to be wary of providing cover for ‘black boxes’ in the emerging AI sector.
Trade Voice: Foil on the Consumer Duty’s underappreciated impact of claims handling
Jonathan Drake, partner at Forum of Insurance Lawyers member firm DWF, and Nicola Critchley, DWF partner and Foil president, warn there is ample scope for firms to run foul of the FCA’s requirements for claims handling under the Consumer Duty.
Q&A: Nicola Critchley, Foil
Nicola Critchley, partner at DWF, and president of Foil since November 2022, catches up with Insurance Post to discuss what she hopes to achieve during her time as president, what is on the agenda for 2023, and how the body will support member firms and…
DWF’s Nicola Critchley elected Foil president
Partner at law firm DWF Nicola Critchley has been appointed president of Forum of Insurance Lawyers.
Blog: What will the PAP changes mean for insurers?
The pre-action protocol consultation closed In January. Shirley Denyer, technical consultant of the Forum of Insurance Lawyers, considers what changes are likely to come into play and how they will impact upon insurers.
Trade Voice: Installing EV charging points on ferries should be resisted, says London Foil
Facilitating electric vehicles being charged at sea presents a risk that the marine insurance market could do without, argues Forum of Insurance Lawyers CEO Laurence Besemer and London Foil marine sector focus team member Captain John Owen.
‘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.
Insurance sector faces 'serious consequences' as Northern Ireland sets its discount rate at minus 1.5%
Industry experts have warned the insurance market could face "serious consequences" after the Northern Irish Government Actuary changed the personal injury discount rate to minus 1.5% from minus 1.75%.
Industry 'cautiously optimistic' discount rate will be set before NI Assembly dissolves
The Northern Ireland government actuary department will have had less than two months to complete the review of the discount rate before the Assembly dissolves on 25 March, but industry watchers remain “cautiously optimistic” this is achievable.
Interview: Stuart Hardy, Forum of Insurance Lawyers
Stuart Hardy, partner at BLM, was appointed as president of the Forum of Insurance Lawyers in November last year, succeeding Jennette Newman. He spoke to Post about his plans for the next year, challenges facing the industry, how the whiplash reforms…
Review of the Year 2021 – Claims and legal
Post spoke to loss adjusters and lawyers to get their thoughts on the highs and lows of 2021.
Christmas party warning in wake of Omicron Covid variant
While insurance lawyers believe a rash of Covid-related claims from Christmas parties is "unlikely", employers have been warned to proceed with caution as the Omicron situation emerges.
Birketts’ Gavin Coull elected London Foil president
Reinsurance partner at Birketts Gavin Coull has been appointed president of London’s Forum of Insurance Lawyers.