Claims
Minister calls for settlement talks.
Helen Liddell, Secretary of State for Scotland is set to meet the parties involved in the payment of...
The lack of terrorism insurance ...
The lack of terrorism insurance is already hitting the US economy, according to excerpts from a repo...
Taken for a ride.
It may come as little surprise to discover that an increasing number of seemingly genuine personal injury claims are actually pure fabrication. However, Simon Threadgold insists there are ways that insurers can fight back, giving claimants no choice but…
Comment: the true value of claims
As new problems create escalating claims costs, it is important to ensure claims strategies are refre...
Insurers blamed as BTE falters.
Brian Raincock, managing director of after-the-event insurer Litigation Protection this week hit out...
Trenwick makes losses in fourth quarter 2001 and full year
The Bermudian (re)insurance group Trenwick made a net loss of $26.4m in the fourth quarter last year ...
Axa down despite commercial rise.
Axa has defended its losses in UK personal lines revenue as part of its on-going strategy to streaml...
Cunningham Lindsey's Specialist Adjusting Network ...
Cunningham Lindsey's Specialist Adjusting Network was called to the scene of the explosion on Old Py...
Groupama taken off market as management team goes.
Groupama UK was last week taken off the market by its French parent, following a failure to find a b...
PI appeal threat to insurers.
The House of Lords will next week begin a hearing that could leave professional negligence insurers ...
Asbestosis package not final solution.
The Government's interim rescue package on asbestos compensation, although welcomed, should not be s...
Jewellery fraud costs the industry £70m a year ...
Jewellery fraud costs the industry £70m a year, according to claims specialist the Loss Management G...
Appointment at James Chapman & Co.
Manchester-based insurance litigation firm James Chapman & Co has made Roger Brooks a partner. Mr Br...
View from the US - asbestos.
The years-old problem over claims from asbestos liability has taken a new turn, with Met Life settin...
The US's major airlines ...
The US's major airlines are looking to set up their own insurance company in the wake of 11 Septembe...
Asbestos ruling goes under the microscope.
The House of Lords is to review the central finding on causation in the Fairchild case - last December's landmark employers' liability ruling, which left hundreds of mesothelioma claimants without compensation. Nick Pargeter and Kathryn Kenny look behind…
Adjusters must add value or face a cut in fees.
Having now worked both sides of the fence, I have a degree of sympathy with the comments by the adju...
Staff go as Groupama taken off the market
Groupama in the UK has been taken off the market by its French parent following a failure to find a ...
Claimnet, the supplier of internet-based information ...
Claimnet, the supplier of internet-based information for the insurance industry, has been appointed ...
Broker Dallas Kirkland (Professions) ...
Broker Dallas Kirkland (Professions) has given Post Magazine a pair of tickets to the Ministry of So...
Hit list.
The insurers with liabilities relating to Turner and Newall asbestos-related claims will be identifi...
ARD death toll rises.
Over 5000 people died from asbestos-related diseases in 2001, up from 3000 a decade ago, according t...
Government steps in over Fairchild asbestos ruling
The government has stepped in to extend the compensation scheme for sufferers of respiratory industri...
Asbestos victims protest
Asbestos-related disease sufferers are today expected to protest at a meeting of Turner & Newall cred...