Claims
Commentary - MoD under fire from damages.
Personal Injury claims against the Ministry of Defence are rising, with nearly 15,000 servicemen bri...
Penny Black's insurance week.
It's gratifying to know Penny Black can influence the hearts and minds of our industry. A little whi...
Exclusive - Bank admits paying "outrageous" claims.
The revelation that one new entrant to the insurance industry is set to pay out on any claim - no ma...
Stakeholder shock.
Stakeholder will mean a reduction in new individual pension business of up to 40% of regular premium...
Prisoner kept past his cell-by date.
For 32 hours a man was unlawfully detained in prison after the end of a nine-day committal order for...
Appointment at Hill Dickinson.
Hill Dickinson has appointed four new partners. Duncan Ross becomes a partner in the cargo and goods...
Chief tells industry to be seen and heard.
Brokers and insurers will leave the door open to statutory legislation if they do not make sure enou...
Pensions expert slams stakeholder.
Stakeholder is "a disaster waiting to happen" which could herald the beginning of the end for pensio...
Commentary - Breaking down immune system.
In relation to advocacy and work immediately relating to advocacy, barristers enjoy immunity from su...
Wife not due any damages.
The plaintiff in a personal injury claim ran a garage business with a partner. He was involved in a ...
Countrywide deal for broker.
Professional indemnity broker SBJ Stephenson has been made the new provider of PI facilities for Cou...
Address these issues now.
The gradual unveiling by the government of its thinking on stakeholder pensions is proving a soberin...
Providing protection for British soldiers.
As the precarious peace negotiations with Serbia looked to have faltered this week, the Armed Forces...
Jumping the NHS queue.
A leading health insurer has devised a new public/private partnership which allows patients to jump ...
We won't stitch you up,' CGU Life tells IFAs.
A leading life insurer has pledged it will not 'stitch-up' independent financial advisers in advance...
Holocaust commission makes headway on claims holdups.
The international commission set up to settle the dispute between Holocaust survivors and insurers o...
And then the sky fell in.
The experts claim to be confident that the millennium bug has been eradicated from aviation systems, but does that really mean there will be no Y2K claims? Adrian Leonard investigates.
IFAs fear for their future.
Trade bodies are ignoring the plight of independent financial advisers as the introduction of stakeh...
Stakeholder on solid ground.
The government's stakeholder pension plans received a massive boost with the news that one scheme is...
Recharges call for intensive care.
The insurance industry fears hard-up health authorities may see proposed NHS recharges as an excuse ...
Appointment at Property & Casualty Services.
A team of healthcare experts has joined Property & Casualty Services. The team is led by business de...
Firms under fire from customers.
The life and pensions industry is feeling the wrath of policyholder power in the wake of mis-selling...
Appointment at RP Hodson.
Vaughan Williams has been promoted at RP Hodson insurance brokers from an internal account handler t...
A remedy for years of pension botch-ups.
The only reason pensions are so complicated is because government after government has meddled in an effort to reform the system. Steve Bee argues that it does not have to be this way.