Claims
BLM claims victory in EL trigger case
Law firm Berrymans Lace Mawer has said today's judgment in the employers' liability policy litigation trigger case represents a victory for the causation interpretation of EL policies.
Mesothelioma trigger litigation judgment handed down
The long awaited judgment in the mesothelioma trigger litigation has been handed down by Mr Justice Burton.
PB Week: It is not a fun time to be a politician
As the facts on the ground change hour by hour, our politicians are grappling with a crisis that nobody dared dream about, writes Andrew Tjaardstra, editor of Professional Broking , the monthly management magazine for insurance brokers.
Ace issue clarification about its variable annuities reinsurance business
ACE, the Swizerland-domiciled (re)insurer, said that it is providing further detail to help clarify ACE’s total exposures to potential loss related to its variable annuity reinsurance business.
Asia Capital Re receives A- IFSR and counterparty credit rating from S&P
Asia Capital Reinsurance Group (ACR) has received a long term insurer financial strength rating and counterparty credit rating of A-: Outlook Stable, from ratings agency Standard & Poor's.
Time to test yourself
A selection of questions from various past-CII qualification papers
Pick of the week
Post reporters Louise Meeson and Alwynne Gwilt round up the top stories from the general insurance se...
Rehab standards - let's have your views
I was delighted to read ('Handle with Care', Post, 13 November 2008, p34) that our draft rehabilitat...
New cold costs war
Ten years after the Woolf reforms drove through drastic changes to the way civil litigation costs ar...
Giving notice to policy concerns
Legal analysis: Notification
Insurer sponsors Sharks
Manchester-based surveillance specialist Mike India Five has just signed a deal to become official s...
He who shouts loudest
Intellectual property
Appointment at Berrymans Lace Mawer
Berrymans Lace Mawer has appointed Sarah Elderton to its professional negligence practice in Manches...
SRA set to tighten up referral fee rules
The Solicitors' Regulation Authority is clamping down on referral fee compliance following a rise in...
CII name change clarified
I would like to clarify an aspect of the article of 6 November concerning the 1991 member vote to ch...
Contingency fees on brink of UK debut
US-style contingency fees could move a step closer to reality following a report by the Civil Justic...
Appointment at Questgates
Questgates has made a number appointments. Alan Dobson, head of Questgates' environmental division, ...
Counting the cost
Personal Injury
Shaping Foil: under new command
Foil president
Calls for collaboration to reduce whiplash claims
The insurance industry must work with the motor and health industries to tackle and prevent the scou...
Lockton urges PI clients to come clean
International broker Lockton has warned of a surge in professional indemnity claims as a result of t...
Beazley appoints new finance director
Beazley said it has appointed Martin Bride as the Lloyd's (re)insurer's group finance director.
CII podcasts tackle fraud
A series of podcasts has been launched by the Chartered Insurance Institute faculties, in conjunctio...
Pick of the week
Post reporters Sarah Hills and Alwynne Gwilt round up the top stories from the general insurance sect...