Claims
Litigation: a risky business calling for generous success fees?
The question of the recoverability of success fees, where a case is settled before proceedings, has ...
Turning up the heat.
At last week's Post Magazine round table meeting of brokers and insurers, some of the controversial issues surrounding the current state of the commercial lines sector were thrashed out. Jane Bernstein watched the sparks fly.
Claims managers of many talents.
In today's workplace, claims managers need a whole new set of qualities to help cope with their increasingly demanding roles, and top-level candidates are hard to find, says Richard Adams.
Law courts put in the picture.
O'Shea v MGN and Free4Internet.net (Queen's Bench Division - 4 May 2001).
No win, no fee spotlight.
The massive changes promoted by the Woolf Reforms are still being felt right across the insurance in...
Legal focus on real world of risk.
The landscape of the risk environment is changing as newer speculative risks replace the older more traditional ones. Maurice Pullen looks at the legal impact of this.
Adjuster Resolve sold to consultancy.
Loss adjuster Resolve International has been acquired by Charles Taylor Consulting, a publicly-traded...
What the Papers Say.
Financial Times The increasing numbers of mountain bikers suffering serious injury has raised fea...
Benefits backlash.
Insurers have been saved millions of pounds in personal injury payouts, following an historic decisi...
Hamilton snaps up British Bloodstock brokerage.
Niche broker Hamilton & Partners has bought the insurance broking arm of the British Bloodstock Agen...
E-tailored to fit.
Buying on the net is fast becoming a way of life, but with the ever-widening array of forms cybercrime can take, most insurers are finding the most effective way to cover their e-risks is to provide clients with a bespoke service, says Veronica Cowan.
Taking the high ground.
Insurance may be sold on price, but, argues Trevor Goodbun, the introduction of the General Insurance Standards Council will mean sellers can no longer claim cheapest is best.
Turning existing customers into profit.
Your existing customers are probably your strongest asset. You already have a relationship with them...
What the Papers Say.
DAILY MAIL A dinner guest is suing her host for damages after she fell through a glass chair. Mar...
Industry misses the mark.
Last week's editorial comment on the Association of British Insurers' role in the asbestos crisis h...
Callery test case is set for June.
The Court of Appeal has set an early date for the hearing of the after-the-event insurance test case...
ABI leaps to its own defence.
Your Comment "Industry Fails on Asbestosis" (See below) must get this year's prize for totally misund...
Securing the future.
With the economy less than stable, credit insurance is a valuable risk management option. Keith Baxter, credit & bonds manager for Royal & Sun Alliance's professional and financial risks (ProFin) division, explains why.
Insurance staff: the price is right.
The insurance industry's reputation among first time job seekers has always been shaky, although it is losing some of the stigma attached to salary, as Edward Murray discovered.
Building on defects.
It is not often that an insurer is widely praised for developing a new form of cover, but the accola...
Lloyd's investigated.
The case against Lloyd's and its allegedly fraudulent attempts to attract US investors during the 19...
Kathryn Harries performs in front of the Lutine Bell.
Top British soprano Kathryn Harries' voice rung out through Lloyd's last week when she performed in ...
Hidden charges?
Zurich Financial Services UK life chief executive Ray Greenshields has called on insurers to stop be...
Appointment at Praxis Partners.
Praxis Partners has appointed three new partners to the firm. These include Jane Olive, the training...