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Liability for psychiatric illness and its insurance implications -
Liability for psychiatric illness is an area of law that is constantly evolving and covers a wide range of different situations. Chris Parsons explains the vital role of insurers in such cases.
Counting the cost of stress.
Barber v Somerset County Council (Exeter County Court - 8 March 2001).
Miller Fisher rules out sale after talks end.
Miller Fisher, which owns loss adjuster Miller Pycraft, has ruled out a sale in the foreseeable futu...
Moving tales of staff relocation.
In these times of acquisition and merger, companies are regularly having to relocate. While many offer good packages, some employees still find themselves left out in the cold. Richard Adams investigates.
RSA helps IFAs.
Royal & Sun Alliance has produced a 'Stakeholder Education Pack' for independent financial advisers,...
Probate fees undiminish estate.
Corbett (administrator of Tresawna, deceased) v Bond Pearce (Court of Appeal - 11 April 2001).
Appointment at DAS.
DAS is expanding its Bristol-based team of broker account handlers. Louise Workman joins the Souther...
What the Papers Say.
The Times At least 50 paintings by William Crozier, the Scottish-born artist famed for his expans...
MPs debate Chester Street collapse
In a debate in the House of Commons yesterday on the collapse of Chester Street Insurance, the gover...
Window into insurance.
This week sees the launch of Post Magazine's internet-based service, insurancewindow.net, the perfect complement to our successful website Postmag.co.uk.
As IBRC door closes, GISC opens for business.
After all the wrangling and in-fighting - some of which seems set to continue - the Treasury finally...
CIS enters group pension market.
Manchester-based Co-operative Insurance Society has entered the group pension market with a stakehol...
Court of Appeal presses play on question of video evidence.
Even before the Woolf reforms, an increased spirit of openness regarding the use of video evidence w...
Boxing clever.
With other sectors competing for their business, loss adjusters have become boxed in, but now, with niche products and specialist services in their corner, they are beginning to fight back, says Simon Threadgold.
Asbestos guilt.
Brokers had a part to play in the insurance industry having to pay out over £1.5bn retrospectively o...
What the Papers Say.
The Mirror Brookside actress Claire Sweeney has been insured for £20m as the new host of daredevi...
Ministry of Finance predicts mergers.
The Tawainese government has called for consolidation among the domestic general insurance sector, w...
GAB Robins' acquisition trail.
Joseph Zubretsky, president and chief executive officer of GAB Robins, part of US investment company...
Avoiding the courts.
With demand for non-traditional reinsurance solutions increasing, Richard Spiller identifies the legal and regulatory issues to watch out for.
Before and after.
The House of Lords has found that the duty of utmost good faith varies depending on the stage of negotiations between insurer and client, but John Butler (below) discovers that uncertainty still surrounds post-contractual duty.
A matter of timing.
Peter Chaffetz and Steven Schwartz consider who controls the clock in arbitrations.
Bridging the gap.
(Re)insurers are learning to work with financiers to reduce the risks of investing in developing countries and to make it easier to match infrastructure needs with funding, says John Sanders.
Swiss Re warns on water risks.
Swiss Re is undertaking what could be the first detailed study into water risks in the light of issu...
News in brief.
Labour MP Helen Brinton (Peterborough) has called for third party liability insurance to be made a s...