Claims
Flouting health and safety laws
Martin Bare used a tragic example to illustrate the 'culture of contempt' among those flouting healt...
DAS declares brokers must be regulated for personal injury referrals
Legal expenses insurer DAS is attempting to resurrect the debate over whether brokers who refer personal injury claims to solicitors should be regulated by the Ministry of Justice. This is despite the claims management regulator, Mark Boleat confirming…
Adding insult to injury
Interview: Martin Bare
Fraud focus: regulating the claims farmers
It is widely accepted that one of the main contributors to the cost of insurance fraud is the ancill...
Counting the cost of ATE reforms
As an experienced personal injury claims handler, who has worked both on the defendant and after-the...
Better late than never?
News analysis: Personal injury reform
ATE begins crisis talks over reform fears
Legal expenses insurers are set to meet today for crisis talks to consider a plea against the govern...
Marsh launches new power sector facility*
Marsh has launched a new liability product to provide cover for power and utility clients based outs...
QBE combines PI book with DA Constable integration
Insurer QBE has integrated the professional-indemnity (PI) portfolios of QBE Insurance (Europe) and ...
Solicitors' PI - Running on fumes
Mairi Mallon speaks to worldwide industry figures about the state of the Solicitors' PI market, who confirm that it is definitely poised for change - and aptly described as currently 'running on fumes'
Novae issues £100m debt
Novae Group has issued £100 million of medium term subordinated debt in the form of fixed/floating rate subordinated notes due 2017. The notes qualify as lower tier two regulatory capital.
ATE threatened by reform proposals
The After the Event insurance market could disappear entirely if the government's proposals for refo...
Reveal the truth
Rehabilitation
Fletchers spinal donation
A donation from specialist motor insurance claims law firm Fletchers Solicitors has enabled Southpor...
Looking back
Looking through Post's back catalogue paints a unique picture of more than 150 years of insurance ne...
PMI Fraud - Cut to the chase
Health
Fraud on the rise, says CIFAS
Fraud acts are on the rise by up to 34% in Q1 2007 compared to Q1 2006, according to CIFAS, UK’s Fraud Prevention Service.
Marsh launches non-US energy product
Marsh launched a new liability product for the power and utility industry, designed to provide cover clients based outside the United States.
Marsh launches utility liability facility for power sector
Marsh has launched a new liability product for the power and utility industry. The Marsh Utility Liability facility is designed to provide cover for power and utility clients based outside the United States.
Lawyers praise small claims decision
Lawyers today applauded an announcement from the Lord Chancellor, Lord Falconer, that he would not raise the small claims court limit for personal injury claims.
Solicitors' donation helps spinal unit
A donation from specialist motor insurance claims law firm Fletchers Solicitors has enabled Southport & Ormskirk Hospital NHS Trust’s Regional Spinal Injuries Centre to purchase vital rehabilitation equipment. The donation will aid in the rehabilitation…
Clarifying the issues
Environmental Liability: Directive