Claims
Shock of the new media
Professions Report
Rehab provider boosted by reinsurance market
Pressure from leading reinsurers has led to rehabilitation provider Working Transitions expanding it...
Commentary - Litigation friend ruling is upheld as just
It is important for all parties in litigation to deal properly with the issue of capacity as any ste...
Refused application for Tyser
The House of Lords has refused Lloyd's broker Tyser its application for leave to appeal in its dispu...
Putting safety first
Professions Report
Appointment at Berrymans Lace Mawer
Berrymans Lace Mawer has appointed five partners, taking its total partnership to 103. They include ...
MP tables motion for asbestos compensation reform
Following yesterday's question at House of Commons Business Questions, Stephen Hepburn, Labour MP for Jarrow, has further condemned the Law Lords' decision in Barker v Corus and Others.
Moody's downgrades Wellington 2020
Moody's Investors Service has downgraded to A2 from A1 the Insurance Financial Strength rating of Lloyd's syndicate 2020 reflecting the impact of the 2005 US Hurricanes on the syndicate's financial strength.
Insurance managers admit to ill health in the workplace
Increased anger and loss of humour among staff are just two of the knock-on effects that insurance b...
Playing with the big boys
International Loss Adjusting
Smaller firm passion can deliver high-quality service
I support Martin Mathieson's comments relating to the perceived differences between loss adjusting f...
Appointment at FMW
Ben Spurling has been appointed claims handler at Essex-based insurance broker FMW. Mr Spurling brin...
Appointment at AUL
AUL has boosted its headquarters in Colchester with the addition of four staff. Elaine Murray has be...
Taking on the media
Alistair Campbell, former head of communications for New Labour, told Biba delegates the media is to...
Insurance industry awaits House of Lords ruling
The insurance industry was yesterday awaiting a House of Lords ruling in the case of Barker v Saint ...
Biba packs political punch
The British Insurance Brokers' Association's move to step up its political campaigning was evident a...
Clean Bill of health
Personal Injury: Proposed reform
Aiming for a soft landing
Every industry needs to recruit new blood to survive - the new Chartered Institute of Loss Adjusters president Harry Roberts tells Jonathan Swift how it is looking to defuse its own demographic time bomb
Time is right for the ABI to show courage
It is pleasing to see that the Association of British Insurers is considering a press campaign to ra...
Kennedys welcomes Mesothelioma judgement
Kieron West, a partner at City law firm Kennedys, has welcomed today's House of Lords judgement on mesothelioma victims' compensation.
Apil: mesothelioma victims 'deserted by the law'
Association of Personal Injury Lawyers president Richard Langton has said he was appalled by today's House of Lords decision on pay-outs for mesothelioma victims, claiming they will receive just a 'fraction of the compensation to which they are entitled'.
Mesothelioma judgement 'smooths the roughness' of Fairchild decision
Eversheds and Berrymans Lace Mawer have responded to today's House of Lords decision in the case of Barker v Corus and others, in their capacity as the appellants' legal advisers.
Lords ruling will help insurers save "tens of millions of pounds"
UK Insurers received a boost this morning when the House of Lords decided to cut asbestos compensation Mesothelioma sufferers and their families recieve.
Dead reckoning
The insurance world seems persuaded that increased life expectancy is the big underwriting problem of our age. Stephen Gray is not so convinced..