Claims
PMA launches work rehabilitation service
PMA has established a rehabilitation service with Independent Case Management Consultancy (ICMC) to offer a rehabilitation and get-you-back to work service branded Fit2Work. It will initially be provided to the Payment Protection claims sector of the…
Credit hire: a vision for change
Motor Claims: Conference Report
Sand storm
US asbestos litigation
Legal action may hit insurer clawbacks
Insurers' attempts to recover losses arising out of the Buncefield explosion will suffer severe dela...
Asbestos liability stance on the line
Insurers were awaiting judgement yesterday from the House of Lords in a case that could drastically ...
The age of trespasser is not relevant to the danger
Keown v Coventry Healthcare NHS Trust, (Court of Appeal - 2 March 2006)
FSA publishes updated factsheet
The Financial Services Authority has published an updated version of its factsheet on buying profess...
Free to testify?
The latest judgement in the case of controversial paediatrician Sir Roy Meadow has boldly extended the protection afforded to expert witnesses in court. Juliette Mellman-Jones reports
Haddrill heads to India for talks
India's "protectionist" legislation limiting foreign ownership of its country's insurers to a 26% st...
Berryman launches unit
East Midlands law firm Berryman has launched a business defence unit within its insurance team, head...
Blurred vision
Directors' and Officers': US
Ad comparison is just a digression
Diarmuid McKeown's attempts to compare the advertising practices of the alcohol industry with the cl...
Section 14A ruling strengthens defence
Professional indemnity insurers will welcome a landmark judgement in the House of Lords last week, w...
Clarity disparity
Increased certainty on compensation payable for fatal asbestos diseases is what all parties seek. Lynn Rouse reports on a roundtable discussion focused on three recent cases
Appointment at Berryman
Berryman has made Jacqueline Lewis a senior solicitor in its private client team. Ms Lewis joins fol...
On the straight or narrow
With Part 36 of the Civil Procedure Rules under review, Ed Vinales finds out if claimant and defendant commen-tators are heading in the same direction with their calls for change
JLT expects only "modest improvement" in 2006
Jardine Lloyd Thompson today admitted it only expected a “modest improvement” in group fortunes during 2006 as it reported lower profits for the year ended 31 December 2005. Fees and commissions climbed to £484.4m (2004: £468.1m), while profit before tax…
Appointment at Berrymans Lace Mawer
Berrymans Lace Mawer has made Alistair Kinley head of policy development. Mr Kinley will be responsi...
Call for ATE rules in Bill
A high-ranking Commons committee has re-iterated calls for after-the-event insurance sales to be leg...
Commentary - Party does not have to demonstrate retainer
Mr Justice Simon has ruled in Nizami and Kamuluden v Butt (9 February 2006) that in cases falling un...
Injuries are the trigger in mesothelioma case
Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council v Municipal Mutual Insurance and Commercial Union Assurance Company - (Court of Appeal - 6 February 2006)
TUC launches awareness campaign
The Trades Union Congress launched an awareness campaign to highlight the dangers of asbestos this w...
Lothbury UK acquires assets of PI Select and Target Underwriting
Broker Lothbury UK has acquired the assets of PI Select and Target Underwriting, including offices i...
Questgates buys RBSI adjuster
Loss adjuster Questgates has made its second acquisition in nine months, adding another regional off...