Claims
Top staff resign in wake of shake-up
Several senior technical people have left Capita Brownsword in the wake of a recent shake-up, which ...
Wheelchair and scooter drivers warned
Powered wheelchair and scooter drivers could be made to buy compulsory third-party insurance in the ...
Appeal date set for pleural plaques case
Approximately 10 000 cases are waiting in the pipeline for next years' House of Lords hearing in Rot...
Court payments problem
Injured claimants may be left stranded by government proposals to allow certain public sector bodies...
Offshore oil assets dumped
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Appointment at EJS Partners
EJS Partners has made Helen Crofts director of life, health and asset management. Ms Crofts has 15 y...
Come to the surface
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Football liability ruling no comfort to some
Medical negligence insurers have received an enormous financial reprieve following last week's Court...
JLT at the centre of Olympics controversy
Jardine Lloyd Thompson is at the centre of a controversy regarding its appointment as insurance cons...
New rules not needed
I read Tom Jones' recent contribution to 'The claimant's view' with interest (Post, 5 October, p10)....
Appointment at Marsh
Marsh has appointed Helen Clark as a development executive in Exeter to develop business in the area...
Supervisor should have taken action over slide
Spowart v Nottinghamshire County Council (Sheffield County Court - 23 June 2006)
Appeal over judge's inconsistent findings
Hardisty v Aubrey (Court of Appeal - 13 July 2006)
Appointment at Glemham Underwriting
Gordon Warnes and Simon Wright have joined Suffolk-based commercial underwriting agency Glemham Unde...
In the black and the red on the emerald isle
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Law Society defends solicitors' role in PI
The Law Society has published proposals for lower-value personal injury claims, which it believes wi...
The law turns full circle
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Insurers and brokers avoid claims regulation
Insurers and intermediaries that handle third-party claims will not be regulated by the new claims w...
Prejudice not dependent on delay
Shinedean v Alldown Demolition (London) (in liquidation) and Axa Insurance UK (2006) (Court of Appeal - 20 June 2006)
Back from the brink
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Pleural plaques appeal hearing announced
An appeal to the Law Lords to reinstate compensation for sufferers of asbestos related condition pleural plaques has been set for summer 2007.
Freight forwarding firms given regulatory reprieve
The Economic Secretary to the Treasury, Ed Balls, today announced that freight forwarders will be removed from the scope of Financial Services Authority insurance regulation, in a move that will decrease regulation on the industry and help promote its…
Law Society presents small claim proposals
The Law Society has published Fast and Fair, its proposals for lower value personal injury claims which it it believes would avoid the need to increase the small claims limit.
DCA decision on insurance regulation
Mark Boleat, head of claims management regulation, Department of Constitutional Affairs has confirmed that insurance companies will not be regulated by the new regulatory body. Mr Boleat, speaking at the Post Magazine Claims Club conference today, had…