Claims
Oliver quits BLM for niche practice.
The head of law firm Berrymans Lace Mawer's general and product liability practice is to defect to n...
A matter of rules.
The rules for recovery in the case of conditional fee arrangements have now been laid down and contain some worrying elements for the insurance industry, as Martin Staples reports.
Busy making progress.
Amid the regular industry complaints about service providers' poor standards, merger mayhem and prob...
Off to a good start.
Eight months since our Rehabilitation First campaign was launched, Anthony Gould reports on functional capacity assessments, which offer an extensive analysis of an individual's injury.
Action cures fear.
Speaking in public can reduce the most confident person to a bag of nerves. Yvonne Delahaye advises on the way to overcome those fears.
Appointment at Aon Consulting.
Helen-Mary Finney has joined Aon Consulting's research department in Harrow. Previously she worked f...
CGU Life gives help to IFAs.
IFAs have been offered the chance to pre-empt the introduction of stakeholder pensions with the laun...
Carrying the torch in war on fraud.
In the US, insurance fraud costs $130bn a year, but the country's insurers and government are far more proactive than their UK counterparts in tackling the problem. David Fanning finds out why.
Rules prompt fears of legal costs hike.
Liability insurers face higher costs following the publication of the draft rules on recovery for co...
Paul Lesley Daniel v Fredrick Mark Walker.
Court of Appeal 3 May 2000 Liability was admitted in a personal injury case and the parties agreed...
Pensions results.
A survey of pension funds has found that four in 10 people running a pension scheme consider themsel...
D-day for Equitable.
Mutual insurer Equitable Life's future will be decided in the next month following its appeal hearin...
Commentary - Benefits decision may cost millions.
A recent decision of the Social Security Commissioner is being extensively relied upon by representa...
Solicitors advised over cover maze
Solicitors are warned of the potential pitfalls following the replacement of the Solicitors Indemnity...
Wellington bid for Limit recommended
The board of Limit is to recommend that its shareholders accept a takeover offer from Wellington. E...
Permanent hopes review will boost IFA business.
Permanent Insurance is carrying out a review of its critical illness products to boost its business ...
Appointments at Miller Insurance Group.
The Miller Insurance Group has appointed several new directors and associate directors. The director...
Workload not down says DAC.
National law firm Davies Arnold Cooper has denied reports it is receiving only "a fraction" of the i...
Torrential rain brings worst flooding for 25 years to Yorkshire and
Loss adjusters were quick to react when torrential rain brought the worst flooding for 25 years to p...
Injury time.
We are continually told that the British public has become litigious - but many lawyers say this is simply not true. David Fanning unearths the real UK personal injury trends and compares them with patterns in the US.
Life drops by 2% in Q1.
New life and pensions business dropped by 2% in the first quarter of the year compared to the same p...
With-profits pressure.
The Association of British Insurers has said it is disappointed by the government's regulations on "...
Adjudicators can be called in at any time.
Herschel Engineering v Breen Property Technology And Construction Court 14 April 2000 The cl...
Shackley v Depuy International.
Newcastle Upon Tyne District Registry 10 May 2000 A saleswoman taking part in a corporate bondi...