Claims
Rehab is no stick to beat claimants
The Forum of Insurance Lawyers welcomes the attention that the Association of Personal Injury Lawyer...
Claims regulation rushed through
Claims farmers could be formally regulated within a year, after the government's dramatic decision t...
Detection more than a feeling
I have a further contribution to make to the fraud debate, following on from Mike Boon's recent comm...
Market should publicise invalid claims crackdown
The revelation that a woman has been sentenced to four months in prison for making a false claim aga...
Beachcroft Wansbroughs hires new partners
Beachcroft Wansbroughs, has announced the appointment of five new Partners and 19 new Associates from 1st May.
Lloyd's broker announces cheaper premiums in Irish push
Howden Architects' Insurance Services, a division of Lloyd’s broker Howden UK, has formally launched in Ireland, promising to bring cheaper premiums to Ireland's 450 architects.
Woman fraudster sentenced to four months in jail
43-year-old Sandra Stevenson of Cawthorne Close, Kirkby, who made a false claim against Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council, was found guilty of attempted deception by a magistrate’s court and sentenced to four months imprisonment this week.
Majority of firms tackling absence
Almost nine in 10 (87%) organisations are taking action to reduce absence, according to a new survey...
AIG launches new liability covery
News in brief
Motor insurer pilots rehabilitation service
Motor insurer Link is piloting a rehabilitation service with Health and Case Management (HCML) in pa...
Appointment at Stanmore Insurance Brokers
Julie Simpson has been promoted to head its personal insurance team. Daniel Robinson has been appoin...
Pulling the plug
Liability
Appointment at Towry Law
Professions Claire Salmon has been appointed as an account handler at Towry Law Professions. ...
Duty of care case dismissed
JD and others v East Berkshire Community Health NHS Trust and others - (House of Lords - 21 April 2005)
Appointment at Parkwood Sinclair
Parkwood Sinclair Insurance Brokers has made three new appointments. Helen Sheldon becomes commercia...
Commentary - Insurers find comfort in Data Act cases
The Data Protection Act 1998 continues to be a favourite of litigants in person and subject access r...
Employers still ignoring asbestos compensation threat
Over Four in five employers are doing nothing to stem the risk of asbestos in the workplace, according to new research, despite new legal requirements that mean negligent employers face huge compensation claims.
Gently does it
APIL
Healthy living
Health and Protection Report
Groupama rolls out claims model after healthy success
Groupama's restructure of household claims handling has been so successful the insurer has decided t...
Problems at the palace
The peak for asbestos claims could be a long way off, after a judgement at the High Court awarded ne...
Loss adjusters fear licensing threat from new regulator
Loss adjusters and claims investigators may have to be licensed from next year, under plans to regul...