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Detriment to genuine claimants cited as insurers push for industrial deafness reform

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Claimant solicitors have told insurers to “stop bleating” about the need to introduce reform to address the growing number of industrial deafness claims, amid concerns regarding the impact on genuine claimants.

Criticism around the pursuit of a legal change "stacked in favour of defendants", follows a call by the Association of British Insurers for an extension of the claims portal and fixed costs for

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