Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (Laspo)
ABI signs joint letter on driving licence reform as government progress stalls
Ethics around restricting driving and passengers could be blocking progress
In Series: Personal Injury: Is the tide turning?
While insurers are hopeful recent reforms have signalled a sea change in personal injury, making it more difficult to succeed with fraudulent claims, claimaint lawyers say genuine claimants will suffer. So who’s right?
In Series: Not out of the PI woods yet
Although recent reforms have made a difference to problems plaguing the personal injury sector, insurers say they have not gone far enough. So what more can be done?
Jackson urges government action to extend fixed costs
Lord Justice Jackson is urging government to apply his recommendation that fixed costs should apply to all fast track cases in order to halt a "serious lacuna" in cost management rules.
Motor sector set to report loss for 2014 as claims return to pre-Jackson levels
Towers Watson report says reserve releases unlikely to continue
Trade bodies: Are you being heard?
Legal & General severed ties with the Association of British Insurers for being out of step with the firm, but do trade bodies really listen to and provide value for money for their members?
Post Claims Event round-up
All the news from Post's Claims Event at the Victoria Park Plaza Hotel
ABI 'frustrated' after high court judgment delays Meso reform
The Association of British Insurers has criticised a high court ruling which found government plans to deduct legal fees from the damages paid to mesothelioma suffers were unlawful.
Justice Committee condemns Government meso claims review
The Justice Select Committee has called on the UK Government to undertake a fresh consultation into the way mesothelioma claims are handled under the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012.
Too late for UK to follow Ireland's lead on injury board model
The chief executive of Ireland's Injuries Board has said it is too late for a similar personal injury compensation model to be established in the UK.
RTA Claims Portal to charge claimant reps £2 per notification
Claimant representatives will be expected to pay a fee to use the RTA Claims Portal from the end of next year.
Firms deny dodging referral fee ban as select committee prepares ABS report
MP concerned insurers are using alternative business structures to circumvent ban.
Expert Analysis: Spring summary
In his spring analysis, IGO4’s Tom Cooper examines the potential outcomes of the investigation into MFN clauses and highlights the difficult relationship between aggregators and brands.
C-Suite: Insurer: The wait for change goes on
The collective reputation of the industry is at stake as changes for the better are hampered
Roundtable: Legal Reforms: Laspo: One year review
It is one year since the introduction of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act and, more importantly for insurers, the Jackson reforms. Have they been a success or a failure?
Editor's comment: Pressing the advantage home
Prime Minister David Cameron told the nation “money is no object” when he declared the recent floods a national emergency and staked his personal authority on rebuilding damaged UK regions to make them more resilient to extreme weather.
Justice Secretary Grayling under pressure to close referral fee loopholes
Epoq’s Legal Go model singled out by Jack Straw as being against spirit of Laspo.
2014 a ‘critical year’ for insurers says ABI’s Evans
The insurance industry must continue to make its voice heard on issues such as the Competition Commission’s investigation into the private motor market and debate on whiplash reform, ahead of a “critical year” for insurers.
Editor's comment: Motor: A third way?
Motor has long been a special case in the world of insurance. It is a compulsory purchase that most customers hope to never use.
2014 'a tipping point' says ABI boss Evans
Huw Evans, deputy director general of the Association of British Insurers, has warned this year will likely be critical to the future of the motor insurance industry.
ABI confident insurers will get behind its personal injury code of conduct
Code aims to combat perception of insurers exploiting PI claims.
Claimant solicitors demand FCA probe into hidden motor insurance profits
Thompsons accuses Axa and Aviva in submission to Transport Select Committee.
ABI rejects suggestions mesothelioma payout will increase to 100% over time
Asbestos Victims Support Group Forum attacks exemption U-turn.
C-Suite: Different expectations pose risk
The government and the industry are not on the same page when it comes to motor premium reductions.