Claims
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...
Stress threat abated by "realistic" ruling.
Liability insurers could save millions in claims, after the Court of Appeal this week clarified a fr...
Claimant's means should not be a guide for payout
(Queen's Bench Division - 23 November 2001). The claimant underwent a sterilisation operation that ...
Liability adjuster The Quest Partnership ...
Liability adjuster The Quest Partnership has continued to grow with the acquisition of VJ Adjusters....
Asbestos appeal test.
The Court of Appeal decision on mesothelioma compensation last year in Fairchild was labelled by Pos...
CIIG head to step down.
The founder and chairman of the Creditors of Independent Insurance Group Kevin Young is understood t...
Total recall?
In today's compensation-hungry society, manufacturers can not afford to ignore product liability and recall cover, should something go wrong on the production line. Jane Bernstein reports on this niche sector.
Commentary - Pitch battle for player safety.
In the last few weeks, the spectre of violence at football grounds has raised its head again. Howeve...
Compensation row moves to the Lords.
The House of Lords is to hear an appeal of last December's landmark employers' liability ruling, kno...
Loss adjusting fee cuts mean more fraudulent claims go unchecked.
Despite what they continually preach, insurers permit fraudulent claims to go unhindered. Insurer...
Floods return.
The Association of British Insurers this week called on the government to publish its long-awaited r...
Markel disappointed at 2001 performance
Markel Corporation sees some business potential in the gap in the US medical malpractice market left ...
Bodily injury studied again.
The International Underwriting Association of London has commissioned a third study into bodily inju...