Claims
Claims Direct looks to rebuild public confidence
Personal injury specialist Claims Direct has reported that its underlying profit for the six months u...
NatWest hit with £500 000 PIA fine
National Westminster Bank has been fined £500 000 by the Personal Investment Authority following disc...
Ward v Prescot No 1 & Others Bolton County Court 18 September 2000.
The claimant's late husband had been employed by the three defendants between 1962 and 1964. All thr...
Veggies offered discounts.
Universal Provident has become the first UK insurer to offer vegetarians a premium discount as a res...
Wilkinson poached.
US law firm LeBoeuf, Lamb, Greene & MacRae has poached former head of insurance & reinsurance at Ber...
All flash and no substance.
Through the internet maze with Richard Griffiths.
What the Papers Say.
THE DAILY TELEGRAPH The Church of England will have to sell half its assets to meet the increasin...
Claims code sees light of day.
The Association of British Insurers this week rolled out its long-overdue claims code. The code has ...
Aon forms joint venture.
Broker Aon has formed a joint venture with Protection & Indemnity broker PL Ferrari, the world's old...
Elenay Contracts v The Vestry; Technology and Construction Court 30
The Vestry opposed Elenay's summary judgement application to enforce an adjudicator's award. The ...
L&G: Prosser stays.
Legal & General group chief executive David Prosser has agreed to remain in his role until 2006, two...
Keoghs launches insurer Fraud Protocol System.
To tie in with the growing number of fraudulent claims, law firm Keoghs has launched a new Fraud Pro...
CCS: cash injection.
Loss adjuster CCS Global has announced that North American and Middle Eastern shareholders have pump...
Garwyn takes a step back.
I would like to set the record straight by pointing out that I was not the author of Loss adjusters ...
Aon forms joint venture with PL Ferrari
Insurance broker Aon and protection and indemnity insurance broker, PL Ferrari, have set up a new joi...
Aon buys stake in P&I broker
Broking giant Aon has taken a 50% stake in P.L. Ferrari, the Italian protection and indemnity (P&I) b...
New player may be a no win, no fee relief.
The row between insurers and no win, no fee claims companies is set to spill into the courts, follow...
No win, no fee initiative.
A new no win, no fee claims company was launched this week, which also offers rehabilitation service...
Debating the ABI's claims code.
Quality, claims & customers conference 30 November 2000 One Great George Street, W1 The Asso...
Body set to offer vital link.
The Case Management Society of the UK, which will set, monitor and promote professional standards fo...
Claims code creates challenges.
Winning or losing a position on an insurers' panel can have a real impact on a loss adjuster's viabi...
Rehab needs understanding.
Too few claimant solicitors and claims departments have a broad understanding of the benefits of reh...
Call the shots.
Call centres look poised to play an increasing role in the insurance industry, in particular the detection of fraudulent claims. Jonathon Swift reports on the mechanisms that have been put in place in order to catch potential fraudsters.
Stuck in traffic.
The credit hire saga is far from over, with all affected parties waiting for the legal green light on decisions that will govern future hire issues. Edward Murray explains some of the complex arguments surrounding the controversy.