Claims
Insurance companies need to take notice of their CSR
Supporting customers and clients are central to achieving a sustainable corporation. Insurance companies have a specific role to play in setting boundaries and incentives for business and customers through policies and advice. The insurance industry also…
Brokers continue with personal lines despite high cost issue
Whilst half of UK brokers believe it is not cost effective to handle small books of personal lines business in-house only 4% are currently outsourcing, according to research conducted for underwriting agency PlusOne.
DLA hires expert in solvent schemes
International law firm DLA Piper Rudnick Gray Cary has appointed Helen Jenkinson to its insurance and risk solutions team.
Best Practice - Wheat from the chaff
Property
A grape adventure
Re-sume
APRA release database information
Global Review: Asia
New Australian code of practice introduced by ICA
A new code of practice has been introduced by the Insurance Council of Australia (ICA), which (accor...
Aon Re and XL Re now using ACORD XML for business
Aon Re has announced that it is now exchanging data electronically using ACORD XML messaging in prod...
No-win-no-fee firm aims to exploit Scottish legal system
Scottish personal injury specialists Accident Claims Scotland has launched an extensive TV & press campaign.
Limitation period is key
Aer Lingus v Gildacroft and Sentinel Lifts, (Queen's Bench Division - 24 June 2005)
Passive smoking litigation will not affect EL or PL
Insurers will be able to withstand a raft of passive smoking litigation cases, it was claimed this w...
Brokers spared costs by DTI ruling
Small brokers have received a massive cost boost after the government reinstated their immunity from...
Setting the standards
Subsidence Focus: Interview
£140m settlement may not open floodgates
The news that a Texas court has awarded £140m as settlement to the widow of a man who died after usi...
Hiscox Insurance appoints PI Direct
Hiscox Insurance has appointed PI Direct to undertake claims handling and litigation on a proportion...
Vet should have warned horse owner
Glyn v McGarel Groves (Queen's Bench Division - 22 July 2005)
AIG Medical and Rehabilitation launches new website
AIG Medical and Rehabilitation has launched its new website, aigmr.com. Andrew Whittington, business...
CSC steps up campaign over unethical firms
The body charged with cleaning up the claims management market has stepped up its campaign to isolat...
HCML plans expansion with two new offices
Health and Case Management is to continue its expansion by opening offices in at least two new locat...
Appointment at Kynixa
Lorna Moore has joined Kynixa as a case manager, working out of its Leeds office. A former orthopaed...
What the papers said this week
Daily Mail Leaseholders are being cheated out of £50m a year by rogue landlords and managing agents...
Cancer code to be drafted
A code of practice for medical insurers on the provision of cancer care will be drawn up at the star...
Hiscox appoints PI Direct for claims
Hiscox Insurance has appointed PI Direct to undertake claims handling and litigation on a proportion of its book.
TAG D-Day next week decides future of claims
After-the-event insurers at the centre of a £100m legal test case over failed personal injury firm T...