Claims
Onslaught of regulations highlights firms' exposure
Legal Report
Moving goalposts makes it hard
Expert Analysis
Costly UK legal system weakens clean-up law
The law regarding cleaning up contaminated land may have to be looked at seriously, as local authori...
Environmental insurance aids in M&A deals
Environmental insurance has improved significantly in recent years and can be instrumental in closin...
Apil uses report to back small claims view
The claimant legal lobby has thrown its weight behind a report from the Law Society, which revealed ...
Loss adjusting - Adjusting to change
Review of the Year
Looking back
Looking through Post's back catalogue paints a unique picture of more than 150 years of insurance news, as these highlights from past-articles reveal
Data is lacking
Alan Dobson, divisional director of environmental claims at Questgates, hit out at the lack of data ...
CCV completes sixth deal
Broker acquisition vehicle CCV has completed its sixth deal in as many months, with Gardners of Wick...
Legal expenses insurers could see benefits from review
Legal expenses insurers will benefit from government plans for a "root and branch review" for resolv...
A shaky business
Legal Comment
QBE merges PI functions
QBE Europe has announced its plans to fully integrate the management of the professional indemnity p...
Adjuster strikes partnership
Questgates has the ability to offer insurers a full claims handling service for industrial disease c...
Risk sector needs fresh approach to UK market
Post's Environmental Risk conference last week heard from the leading lights in the environmental liability sector, as Anthony Gould and Jonathan Swift report
Industry stock take needed
Insurers and lawyers need to carry out a stock take in relation to the foreseeability of climate cha...
QBE to merge operations in PI push
QBE Europe has announced its plans to fully integrate the management of the professional indemnity portfolios of QBE Insurance and DA Constable Syndicate 386, to be known as QBE PI.
Consumer research shows lack of confidence in raising small claims limit
Arguments against increasing the small claims court limit for personal injury victims gained momentum today, as the Law Society published new research into clients’ attitudes about bringing claims without the benefit of legal advice.
North west merger to create £23m legal powerhouse
Leading regional law firms DWF and Ricksons have announced they are in merger talks. The move would create one of the largest regional law firms and would take effect from 1 January 2007.
Conversant moves into travel sector
Fraud software supplier Conversant Data said it has broken through the £5m milestone in savings for its insurance clients by identifying fraudulent home and motor claims that ordinarily would have been paid.
IRM appoints new chairman
The Institute of Risk Management appointed a new chairman at yesterday’s Annual General Meeting. Cary Depel, who was formerly the deputy chairman of the IRM, replaces Mike Walker with immediate effect.
Magian joins forces with Accord Consultancy
Magian Underwriting has joined forces with Accord Consultancy to offer exclusive PI terms to Accord’s IFA clients.
Time to test yourself
A selection of questions from various past-CII qualification papers
HBOS: insurers could save millions over winds
The recent Post Claims Club debated topical industry issues, including handling windstorm claims, motor claims settlements and why the industry differentiates between claimants based on whether or not a claim is their fault. Jonathan Swift reports
RPC in mis-selling warning
Claims farmers seeking to cash-in on the mis-selling market will be forced to inform clients of a no...