Claims
Stop the cheats.
Malingering claimants are an expensive problem for insurers. So how can you catch them out? What should you look for in medical reports? Dave Cottam gives his views.
Lords close door on insurers' defence.
Public liability insurers will be disappointed with the House of Lords' decision in Jolley v Sutton ...
Stakeholder drive.
Pensions consultancy Johnstone Douglas, a subsidiary of Alexander Forbes, has launched a marketing i...
Uncomfortable, yes, radical, no.
Chris Wilkes, partner at Beachcroft Wansb-roughs, said no matter how uncomfortable insurers might fe...
Appointment at Keoghs.
Julie Taylor and Debbie Vosper have joined the Bolton-based marketing team of law firm Keoghs. Ms Ta...
Iron Trades' staff 'premiere'.
The workshop on rehabilitation saw the 'premiere' of a short play performed by Iron Trades' staff ab...
Aon targets law firms with new PI service.
Aon has launched a new claims and risk management service to handle professional indemnity 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...