Personal injury (PI)
Lord Chancellor criticised after ‘convoluted’ whiplash tariff increase
The Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice, Shabana Mahmood has today announced that she will increase the whiplash tariff by 15%.
Big Interview: Georges de Macedo, Covéa
Georges de Macedo, CEO of Covéa Insurance, reveals how he is pushing the UK arm of French mutual insurance giant back to profitability and why the provider won’t work with MGAs again.
Foil’s Tara McSorley on increasing damages awards in Northern Ireland
Trade Voice: Tara McSorley, chair of the Forum of Insurance Lawyers Northern Ireland and legal director at Clyde & Co, gives Post readers the rundown on recent changes to damages guidance.
Mass’s Sue Brown on access to justice
Trade Voice: Sue Brown, chair of the Motor Accident Solicitors Society, says she would like to see a change of direction on civil justice from the new Labour government.
Apil’s Scarsbrook on why the personal injury discount rate isn’t about insurance
Trade Voice: Past president of the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers, Jonathan Scarsbrook, says injured victims of negligence must not be made scapegoats for the insurer’s inability to control their costs.
Mass’s Sue Brown on why the whiplash tariff should be reviewed annually
Trade Voice: Sue Brown, chair of the Motor Accident Solicitors Society, says annual reviews need to be introduced at the earliest opportunity to address the perhaps irreparable damage done by the 2018 reforms.
Foil’s Allchorne on keeping the OIC tariffs in proportion
Trade Voice: Pete Allchorne, president of Forum of Insurance Lawyers and partner at DAC Beachcroft, says now is not the time to increase the OIC tariff amounts.
JCG uplift of 22% could mean small track claims limit is increased
The incoming uplift for personal injury claims recommended in the Judicial College Guidelines might need to see an upheaval in limits applied to the Official Injury Claims portal.
Apil’s Jonathan Scarsbrook on why consumers should be furious
Trade Voice: Jonathan Scarsbrook, president of the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers, argues costlier-than-ever car insurance isn’t delivering for consumers.
Mass’s Brown on disjointed digital justice
Trade Voice: Sue Brown, chair of the Motor Accident Solicitors Society, argues joined up thinking is needed around digitalisation efforts in the UK civil justice sector.
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.
Fake documents for £150K claim costs claimant £20K
A court has ruled a dishonest claimant, who faked documents used to submit a £150,000 personal injury claim to Allianz, must cover at least £20,000 of the insurer’s legal bill.
Whiplash exodus continues as 53% of law firms pull out of sector
Over half of law firms are ditching low-value RTA claims as a result of the whiplash reforms, with only one firm saying this area of business is profitable.
Jail time for claimant who forged daughter’s birth certificate
QBE Insurance, along with Keoghs, have successfully pursued 20 counts of contempt against a claimant who falsely claimed damages of £600,000 following a workplace accident.
MoJ told to fix whiplash before introducing more reform
Panellists speaking at an Association of British Insurers event about civil justice urged the Ministry of Justice to fix the whiplash reforms before bringing about any new further changes that affect the motor insurance sector.
Trade Voice: Mass’s Brown on whether whiplash reforms were worth it
Sue Brown, chair of the Motor Accident Solicitors Society, asks whether motor policyholders will ever see a ‘whiplash dividend’.
Trade Voice: Apil’s Daniel Easton on cancer sufferers’ fight for parity
Daniel Easton, committee member at the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers, on why now is the time to make sure asbestos-exposed lung cancer sufferers get their rightful compensation.
Time to stop throwing punches with the OIC portal
Editor’s View: Scott McGee says the Official Injury Claim service needs to be improved to achieve the aim of making the personal injury claim process so simple anyone could request compensation without legal help.
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.
Essex car racer’s insurance claim is fast and fraudulent
An Essex mechanic has had his £30,000 insurance claim for injury thrown out of court after he failed to mention he had previously broken his spine, pelvis, neck, and ankle while banger racing.