Claims
Legal Ombudsman to hear CMC complaints
The Legal Ombudsman is to offer consumers a free route of redress if they have a complaint about a regulated claims management company.
Environment Agency awards £300m flood risk contract
The Environment Agency has awarded a £300m flood risk management contract aimed at protecting £200bn of property to engineering company CH2M Hill.
Duplication inflating Claims Portal figures
The Claims Portal has warned that duplication is inflating the total number of claims registered with the claims portal, but cautioned it is unable to estimate the scale of the problem.
Charles Taylor unhampered by large claims drought
Charles Taylor has reported performance in line with expectations, in spite of a drop off in numbers of large commercial losses.
Rolling Stones in legal battle over cancelled Australia concerts
The Rolling Stones are in a legal battle over a payout in lost earnings for their cancelled tour dates in Australia and New Zealand.
Personal injury claims on the up in motor as hearing loss claims rise too
Analysts predicting full year squeeze on profitability after Q3 results
Bus crash fraudsters sentenced in £500,000 QBE claim attempt
Two crash-for-cash fraudsters that "meticulously planned" an attempt to claim £500,000 from QBE were sentenced today in the Manchester Crown Court.
Specialist ABS launches for clients with spinal cord injuries
A new legal Alternative Business Structure has been created by a partnership between national spinal injury charity Aspire, and personal injury firm Moore Blatch solicitors.
Fraud Focus: What will the next fight be?
As the industry tackles motor fraud, where will fraudsters turn their attention to next?
Zoos: The nature of the beast
The death of a man who entered a tiger enclosure at a Delhi zoo made global headlines in September, but has the tragedy had an impact on the wider zoo insurance sector – and how can the industry protect itself from such incidents?
In Series: Personal Injury: Is the tide turning?
While insurers are hopeful recent reforms have signalled a sea change in personal injury, making it more difficult to succeed with fraudulent claims, claimaint lawyers say genuine claimants will suffer. So who’s right?
C-Suite: Insurer: All that glitters is not gold
Brokers should not lose sight of what they do best in search of a ‘bigger piece of the pie’
Carpenters Solicitors acquires Sussex firm
Carpenters Solicitors has acquired Sussex-based claimant, defendant and costs solicitors DB Legal.
Quindell attempts to shore up tumbling share price with director buys
Quindell CEO Robert Fielding is the latest of the company's directors to boost their shareholding in the business, purchasing nearly 23,000 shares.
ABI deems Medco software critical in whiplash fraud fight
The Association of British Insurers has deemed the development of an IT system designed to randomly allocate medical experts for soft tissue injury claims as critical in the reform of the medic-legal reporting system.
Mass slams government for endorsing 'compensation culture' claims
The new chair of the Motor Accident Solicitors Society has dismissed the notion of a compensation culture in the UK urging members of the organisation to fight to preserve the current system.
Blog: Lessons from past marine claims
Professor James F Lygate of IFIC Forensics takes a look back at maritime disasters of the past to learn lessons for the future
Q&A video: Crif Decision Solutions director Sara Costantini
Personal injury claims have been in the spotlight recently because they are one of the key areas to have been targeted by fraudsters.
71% of people say insurers use of social media unfair to check claims
Only 29% of insurance customers think it is fair for insurance companies to use social media posts to check the validity of claims, research from Consumer Intelligence shows.
Parsons promoted at AIG Hong Kong
Stephen Parsons, AIG's head of claims and operations for Hong Kong, has been promoted to deputy CEO.
Aviva names Birmingham and Luton as top crash-for-cash towns
Aviva has seen a 21% increase in organised fraud as it reveals Birmingham and Luton are the top two postal districts for crash-for-cash claims.
Terry one of three directors to boost Quindell shareholding
Quindell chairman Rob Terry has increased his stake in the company to 10.69% after purchasing a further one million shares.
Flood defence spending ‘insufficient’ says Audit Office
Spending on flood defences is insufficient to meet needs for maintenance according to a report from the National Audit Office.
Kennedys CEO Stobart to step down
Law firm Kennedys has announced that CEO Guy Stobart has resigned after five years leading the firm.