Claims
Parabis merger plan
The Parabis Group has announced the merger of rehabilitation businesses Human Focus Return to Work a...
New ATE model a blessing in disguise
I write with reference to Paul Asplin's comments (Post, 26 April 2007, p1 - "ATE threatened by refor...
Views from the Top - Insurance: a far from bo ring career
Insurance in Focus 2007
Lean brokers - Lean and green
Broking
The Claimant's View
The Department of Constitutional Affairs' much-delayed claims process consultation was widely welcom...
Left on the shelf
Product liability
Comment - Art, festivals, space travel, Mariah Carey's legs: there is always a risk
Insurance in Focus 2007
Third-party capture - Catch me if you can
Personal Injury
Cost capping - Plugging the costs hole
Personal injury
West Yorks police make four arrests in IFB fraud raids
West Yorkshire Police has today executed dawn raids arresting four people, including one female, who it believes have been involved in a major insurance scam known as ‘crash for cash’ in the Keighley area.
Time to test yourself
A selection of questions from various past-CII qualification papers
Management briefing
Property
Case offers warning to brokers
Fisk v Brian Thornhill & Sons (Court of Appeal - 28 February 2007)
Rivals join to combat fees
Two rival personal injury claims specialists have joined forces, creating a market-wide personal inj...
Law Society responds to criticism of PI time limits
Anna Rowland, policy manager of the Law Society's legal policy unit, defended the controversial time...
Appointment at Keoghs
National law firm Keoghs has taken on a new partner to strengthen its large loss team. Harjinder Ala...
Looking back
Looking through Post's back catalogue paints a unique picture of more than 150 years of insurance ne...
Failure to open letter of credit leads to breach
Dadourian Group International and others v Simms and others (Chancery Division - 8 March 2007)
Asbestos case may open claim flood gates
Rice and Thompson v Secretary of State for Trade & Industry and Stuntbrand Line (Court of Appeal - 4 April 2007)
Flouting health and safety laws
Martin Bare used a tragic example to illustrate the 'culture of contempt' among those flouting healt...
DAS declares brokers must be regulated for personal injury referrals
Legal expenses insurer DAS is attempting to resurrect the debate over whether brokers who refer personal injury claims to solicitors should be regulated by the Ministry of Justice. This is despite the claims management regulator, Mark Boleat confirming…
Adding insult to injury
Interview: Martin Bare
Fraud focus: regulating the claims farmers
It is widely accepted that one of the main contributors to the cost of insurance fraud is the ancill...
Counting the cost of ATE reforms
As an experienced personal injury claims handler, who has worked both on the defendant and after-the...