Claims
Allianz Cornhill to enter TAG legal battle
Allianz Cornhill is likely to enter the battle against claimant solicitors accused of paying referr...
ABI to unveil streamlining proposals
The Association of British Insurers will reveal updated proposals to streamline employers' liability...
NIG chooses Tracker Network
NIG has chosen Tracker Network as its recommended stolen vehicle recovery provider. It has also laun...
AIG subsidiary brings in new excess liability coverage product
AIG Excess Casualty, a division of American Home Assurance, a member company of American International Group (AIG), has introduced xsInResponse, a new product that provides excess liability coverage for risks previously covered by an insurance carrier…
Marine club warns brokers against filing claims by e-mail
FILING demurrage claims electronically could be costing shipbrokers significant sums of money, according to International Transport Intermediaries Club (ITIC).
Hatfield may force EL and PL changes
Insurers are following the sentencing hearings in the Hatfield rail crash trial closely, as a record...
Financial services firms make progress on TCF
Many financial services firms have made progress over the last year on Treating Customers Fairly, Fi...
Insurance Fraud Bureau has legs but will it be able to run?
After what seems like a number of false starts the long touted industry wide anti-fraud initiative f...
Biba demands IFB seat
Brokers are demanding a greater say in the way the industry fights fraud, following the unveiling of...
Beazley updates its business prospects
Beazley has updated its business prospects for its Lloyd's syndicates 2623 and 623. Its revised busi...
Management - BriefingPlus
Fraud: Stepping up the Fight
FSA: progress made on Treating Customers Fairly
Many financial services firms have made progress over the last year on Treating Customers Fairly (TCF), Financial Services Authority (FSA) managing director Clive Briault has told an industry audience. He said he had been encouraged by examples around…
Asbestos bill fund too small, says CBO
A $140bn asbestos-compensation fund being considered by Congress might be too small to cover all the...
Spain - 2004: Uninsured vehicles caused EUR113m damages
Global Review: Latin America and Spain
Why you can't reject a late notification unless you can show prejudice
Ben Nicholson, reinsurance solicitor at Beachcroft Wansbroughs, explains the latest legal developments in the war zone that is claims co-operation and control clauses
Insurers in call centre brand warning
UK insurance companies may be risking their brand equity, customer loyalty and, ultimately, their s...
Axa announces plans to recruit new employees
Axa has announced plans to recruit 300 new employees to work at a new customer support centre in Ath...
Anti-fraud claims analysis services saves clients money
Computer Sciences Corporation and Conversant Data claimed that the Advances anti-fraud claims analys...
The clock is ticking
Professions Focus: Solicitors' PI'
Zurich Municipal launches best practice guide
Zurich Municipal has launched a best practice guide, designed to reduce the number of fraudulent cla...
Zurich Municipal launches best practice fraud guide
Zurich Municipal, the provider of insurance and risk management to the public services, has launched a best practice guide designed to reduce the number of fraudulent claims made against Housing Associations and Local Authorities. The guide demonstrates…
Apil holds back on support for more fixed costs
The Association of Personal Injury Lawyers will not support any further fixed cost regimes, unless t...
Contracts must be conducted to be bound
Bryen and Langley v Boston (Court of Appeal - 29 July 2005)
Increase in personal injury claims
Personal injury claims accounted for the highest number of professional indemnity notifications for ...