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Your say: Compensation needs to change
The allegation that the Association of British Insurers is maintaining an “attack on injury victims” would be laughable if it wasn’t so offensive.
Claims |
24 Jan 2012 
Government must pass whiplash legislation quickly claim insurers
Insurers have backed calls for legislation, if something is to be done quickly about spiralling whiplash claims in the UK.
Insurer |
17 Jan 2012
ATE insurer Elite enters solicitors' PI market in dramatic u-turn
Legal expenses provider and after-the-event insurer Elite Insurance Company will be entering the solicitors’ professional indemnity insurance market this year in a dramatic u-turn to its position last year.
Insurer |
10 Jan 2012
Review of the year - General insurance: Regulatory dramas
2011, a year dominated by regulatory and legislative change, could yet prove to be a landmark 12 months for the insurance industry.
Insurer |
13 Dec 2011
Interview - Don Clarke: Ready for the reforms
Incoming Foil president Don Clarke is all set to tackle the challenges ahead as he prepares to lead insurance lawyers through legal reform not seen in generations.
Claims |
22 Nov 2011
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Keoghs warns of Laspo bill’s “limited scope”
Keoghs has spoken out about the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill as it goes through its second reading in the House of Lords.
Insurer |
21 Nov 2011
Law Society claims consumers are unlikely to benefit from reform
Consumers are unlikely to witness a reduction in their premiums despite reforms on no-win, no-fee arrangements, according to the Law Society.
Insurer |
11 Oct 2011
Dowler family joins legal reform debate
Milly Dowler’s family has urged David Cameron in a letter to rethink proposed legal reforms in consideration of the fact that the change could have prevented them from suing News International, reports The Guardian.
Insurer |
23 Sep 2011
Medical experts challenge Straw’s “unfair generalisation”
Dr Simon Margolis, CEO of Premex Group, said that Jack Straw has presented an "unfair generalisation" of independent medical experts, who represent both claimant and defendant sides in personal injury disputes.
Insurer |
14 Sep 2011
APIL demand widespread coroner service reforms
The Association of Personal Injury Lawyers has described the draft charter designed to improve the coroner service as “no replacement” for the planned full-scale reforms which were dropped by the coalition government.
Regulation |
09 Sep 2011
European risk and insurance intelligence
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Your one-stop-shop for all the news in the European, Asian and Middle Eastern insurance markets
Law firm Pannone considers ABS
Pannone is looking at its options to become an Alternative Business Structure having established its affinity solutions division less than a year ago.
Insurer |
06 Sep 2011
AJAG publishes robust rebuttal to ABI’s case
The Access to Justice Action Group has published a robust rebuttal of the Association of British insurers’ arguments in favour of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill.
Insurer |
05 Sep 2011
News analysis - ABS delay: Still waiting for a change
Last week it was confirmed the Solicitors Regulation Authority would not be approving alternative business structures this year at least. Amy Ellis asks what caused the delay.
Regulation |
26 Jul 2011
Group unveils ABS plan despite delay
Triton Global has "stuck its head above the parapet" to announce it is ready to become an alternative business structure, as soon as it has the green light from the Solicitors Regulation Authority.
Claims |
26 Jul 2011
Industry responds to Justice Bill
The industry has responded to the government’s reforms to ‘no win no fee’ arrangements outlined as part of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill published today.
Insurer |
21 Jun 2011
Comment
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...