Claims
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...
Better late than never?
News analysis: Personal injury reform
ATE begins crisis talks over reform fears
Legal expenses insurers are set to meet today for crisis talks to consider a plea against the govern...
Marsh launches new power sector facility*
Marsh has launched a new liability product to provide cover for power and utility clients based outs...
QBE combines PI book with DA Constable integration
Insurer QBE has integrated the professional-indemnity (PI) portfolios of QBE Insurance (Europe) and ...
Solicitors' PI - Running on fumes
Mairi Mallon speaks to worldwide industry figures about the state of the Solicitors' PI market, who confirm that it is definitely poised for change - and aptly described as currently 'running on fumes'
Novae issues £100m debt
Novae Group has issued £100 million of medium term subordinated debt in the form of fixed/floating rate subordinated notes due 2017. The notes qualify as lower tier two regulatory capital.
ATE threatened by reform proposals
The After the Event insurance market could disappear entirely if the government's proposals for refo...
Reveal the truth
Rehabilitation
Fletchers spinal donation
A donation from specialist motor insurance claims law firm Fletchers Solicitors has enabled Southpor...