Claims
Effect of delay critical in scan case - Godfrey v Gloucestershire
(Queen's Bench Division - 24 March 2003) In this case, the court held that it is the effect of a c...
Appointment at Ace European Group
Ray Keogh has been made business development manager for Ace European Group. He has spent 11 years ...
Precedents set insurance pace.
Legal precedents can have a huge impact on insurance claims. Lynn Rouse asked several legal firms for those they saw as being at the top of the list.
14 years ago
Last week, the British Insurance Brokers' Association had a successful conference in Bournemouth wi...
Hamilton Fraser Insurance launches online package.
Broker network Hamilton Fraser Insurance Solutions has launched an online compliance package to help...
St Paul given appeal boost over Ladbroke Grove claim
St Paul has been given a substantial boost by the Court of Appeal in its battle for compensation fr...
Police career: injury payout
Herring v Ministry of Defence (Court of Appeal - 10 April 2003).
The NAIC urges Congress to take action
The National Association of Insurance Commissioners has urged Congress to take action in the enforc...
TAG: courts slash ATE premiums
Defendant insurers have been given a fillip by the Supreme Court Costs Office, following a ruling l...
Hatton test applied in stress case
Foumeny v University of Leeds; (Court of Appeal - 16 April 2003).
Appointment at DAS
Elaine Moore has been promoted to prospects manager for Bristol-based legal protection company DAS....
Slow burn for faster processing
Despite the technological advances that now allow insurance functions - such as claims - to be carried out online, the industry seems reluctant to leave behind its paper-based systems. However, Mira Butterworth believes change is happening - albeit…
Access to Justice 2000 and Greystoke Legal Services in joint venture
Legal expenses specialists Access to Justice 2000 and Greystoke Legal Services have combined their ...
Legal firms need to move with the times
Anyone entering law as a profession is aware they will have to continue to learn and adapt to chang...
Medical evidence under legal scrutiny
Recent legal reforms have seen the evolution of medical evidence service providers as a cost-effective and efficient way of gathering the medical information necessary for the resolution of personal injury claims. But Lynn Rouse asks whether insurers are…
UK court produces 'definitive' ruling on 'event'
The UK's Court of Appeal today upheld a Commercial Court (re)insurance judgment in a ruling that coul...
Round one.
The High Court last week ruled that employers' liability insurance purchased from Royal Insurance an...
Industry must be mature in no win, no fee talks
Finally something is being done to address the no win, no fee legal system which, despite much satel...
Appointment at Davies Lavery.
Davies Lavery has promoted Sarah Cochran to partner. Ms Cochran joined the firm in November 2002, ha...
View from the top- Geoff Riddell, chief executive, general business, Zurich UK
One aspect of the economic cycle that underwriters always fear is the growing incidence of fraud and...
Appointment at Hill Dickinson.
Commercial law firm Hill Dickinson has appointed Martin Gill as fraud investigation director and Sco...
First Assist joins forces with ReIntra
FirstAssist Group, which was recently formed by a management buyout of Royal & Sun Alliance's healt...
Rehab website launched to link purchasers and providers.
A new website linking purchasers and providers of disability and rehabilitation-related services has...
Strength in numbers
All eyes are on providers of professional indemnity and directors' and officers' cover as an increase in the number and cost of class actions adds weight to these sectors' claims burden. Mira Butterworth considers the strain this could put on already…