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Spotlight on environment: Extreme measures
Extreme weather events can have enormous economic costs, with huge uncertainty surrounding them. So how can this uncertainty be communicated in a meaningful way to decision makers?
Reinsurance |
24 Jan 2012 
Allianz celebrates legal partnership
Allianz Legal Protection has celebrated its 25th anniversary and has placed more than £1m business with specialist solicitors Roberts Jackson through the first year of partnership.
Claims |
02 Nov 2011
Damages & asbestos: Contrast and compare
Two personal injury compensation disputes have used judicial review proceedings to challenge the substance of the law. Neither were successful but will they still have consequences?
Claims |
25 Oct 2011
North of the Border: Clarification over mesothelioma awards
In Elizabeth Wolff & Others v John Moulds (Kilmarnock) & Weir Construction (2011), Lord Doherty considers recent jury and judicial awards in fatal claims and clarifies the value of section 1(4) awards in a mesothelioma claim, under the Damages (Scotland...
Claims |
25 Oct 2011
Reputation protection cover for hotels
Willis, in conjunction with Kiln, has launched Hotel Reputation Protection 2.0, a policy aimed at limiting the financial fall out from negative PR.
Broker |
12 Oct 2011
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Post history – 10 years ago: Bladder cancer claims threat rises
Looking through Post’s back catalogue paints a unique picture of more than 150 years of insurance news, as this highlight from 10 years ago reveals.
Insurer |
23 Aug 2011
Post history - 20 years ago: US blamed for Lloyd's record losses
Looking back through Post’s back catalogue paints a unique picture of more than 150 years of insurance news, as this highlight from 20 years ago reveals.
Lloyd's/London |
28 Jun 2011
Legal update - Occupational disease: Networking issues
With occupational disease claims hitting the headlines in recent months, as the Supreme Court seeks to resolve disputes, Ben FitzHugh comments on how the industry can make best use of social networking sites when defending such claims.
Claims |
21 Jun 2011
Interview - David Bott: In the Apil hotseat
With claimant lawyers facing radical change over the next year following the Jackson Review, David Bott has a turbulent introduction to his tenancy as the new Apil president. Leigh Jackson talks to the man whose job it is to steady the ship through...
Claims |
01 Jun 2011
Post history - 20 year ago: No panic over London HIV results
Looking through Post's back catalogue paints a unique picture of more than 150 years of insurance news, as this highlight from 20 years ago reveals.
Insurer |
25 May 2011
European risk and insurance intelligence
Insurance Insight
Your one-stop-shop for all the news in the European, Asian and Middle Eastern insurance markets
Post history - 30 years ago: Preservatives cancer risk fear explored
Looking back through Post's back catalogue paints a unique picture of more than 150 years of insurance news, as this article from 30 years ago reveals.
Insurer |
17 May 2011
Government claims ELIB plans are 'not forgotten'
The coalition government has been urged to make a decision on the Employers' Liability Insurance Bureau after maintaining a year-long silence on the issue.
Insurer |
04 May 2011
View from the top: invest in the long term
"It's tough out there" is probably the most overused phrase of the last year.
Insurer |
27 Apr 2011
News analysis - deafness: bringing back balance
For the second time in as many months the Supreme Court has been asked to adjudicate in disease claims, this time on industrial deafness. Daren Charlton considers the implications that arise from Baker v Quantum Clothing.
Claims |
19 Apr 2011
Year-long minimum wait for asbestos claimants
More than 1000 Scottish pleural plaques claimants will have to wait until at least mid-2012 before any decision is made on whether they can be compensated for their condition.
Claims |
19 Apr 2011
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Interview
Interview - Bobby Gracey & Dr James Lygate: The future of forensics
Despite an abrupt and fractious first meeting many years ago, Bobby Gracey and Dr James Lygate are now business partners...
View from the top
View from the top: Value added pacts
The industry must band together to push the added value that insurers offer, says Elliot Miller.
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Events
Against the grain 2011: A series of guest articles from expert commentators
Designed to stimulate new ideas, fresh thinking and innovation in the motor claims market.
The new world for insurance: business perspectives on phase II
The issues driving domicile have become a topic of ongoing interest to the insurance industry. This is why we decided that it was a subject worthy of some closer investigation.
Lloyds Banking Group reports huge £3.2bn Q1 losses after PPI provision
Post |
05 May 2011
Towergate secures five-year Allianz deal
Post |
25 Jan 2012
Insurance in the news
Post |
11 Mar 2011
Groupama commercial underwriters relocate to UK regions
Post |
03 Feb 2012
Helphire to investigate Autofocus cases
Post |
03 Feb 2012
Editor's comment: Oxygen offers lessons for all
The ‘breath of fresh air’ puns were never too far away when the London market broker Oxygen was launched in 2004 with...