Claims
Wall damage wrongly diagnosed as dangerous
Birmingham Development Company v Tyler (Court of Appeal - 24 July 2008)
Ticking all the wrong boxes
Hugh Price and Roger Flaxman pinpoint the pitfalls of only paying lip service to the crucial issue of client expectations
Poor advice claim rejected
Shore v Sedgwick Financial Services (Court of Appeal - 23 July 2008)
The ugly duckling
Rehabilitation: Case management
Weightmans bulks up claims contingent
Weightmans will launch a large loss and technical claims capability out of its London office.
Ace hires new head of international personal lines
Ace, the newly Switzerland-domiciled (re)insurer, said that it has appointed Douglas Reynolds as head of international personal lines and small-to-medium enterprise (SME) business.
Glacier Re H1 net income off $11m
Glacier Re's first half net income fell $11m to $22m from $33m a year earlier, the company said in a statement.
Chubb delivers Peoplesure
A new personal accident and business travel insurance policy, Peoplesure, has been launched by Chubb Insurance.
Government warned over flood time bomb
The widespread flooding of the past few days is a salutary reminder that the UK government is sitting on a time bomb if it fails to protect against floods before insurance is withdrawn from homeowners and commercial properties in high risk areas,…
Adjuster claims 16 day turnaround success on EL/PL claims
Buckley Scott, the specialist construction, engineering and liability loss adjusting company, claims to have significantly reduced turnaround times on all public and employers' liability claims.
MoJ reform meeting
Stakeholders have met with the Ministry of Justice to discuss details of July's personal injury refo...
Good vibrations?
Legal update: Carpal tunnel syndrome
Insure and Go affinity push
Insure and Go is scouring the market for a new affinity manager in the hope of targeting big compani...
A fair hearing
Industrial Deafness Claims
Doctors are a fly in the rehab ointment
I read the article "In Search Of Confidence" by Matthew Beard with a sense of disbelief (Post, 21 Au...
Asbestos case "unusual"
A flood of claims for expired asbestos cases is not likely, despite a recent court ruling in which a...
Appointment at AI Claims Solutions
AI Claims Solutions has appointed Steve Hunter as claims manager. Mr Hunter joins from Helphire's in...
Going it alone
Credit hire
Pleural plaque case
The heads of claims at Norwich Union and Zurich joined forces on Tuesday, to argue their case agains...
AI appoints claims manager
AI Claims Solutions has appointed Steve Hunter to the position of claims manager.
Reminding you about the rules
Global Legal Review
Notification of claims - Strict compliance required
Global Legal Review
MBIA in $184bn municipal bond reinsurance deal for FGIC
MBIA said that it has agreed to reinsurance $184bn of municipal bonds for Financial Guaranty Insurance Company. The group is expected to receive unearned premiums of around $741m in connection with the deal.
Friends Provident to host second online seminar
Friends Provident will be hosting its second online seminar, entitled ‘Working Smarter with eSelect’, on 9 September, following on from the its previous seminar launched in April called ‘Maximise your income’.