Claims
Medicals Direct targets Europe in expansion plans.
Eighteen months of aggressive growth, including expansion into European underwriting markets, is on ...
Legal expenses set for shake-up.
The UK legal expenses market is set for a shake-up, with two new players set to go head-to-head with...
Chaucer seeks £40m boost through rights issue.
Expansionist Lloyd's insurer Chaucer is planning to raise £40m on the stock exchange in order to boo...
Final chance for Names.
A group of disaffected Lloyd's Names will discover today whether they can sue the Society of Lloyd's...
Future of union role questioned
It is pleasing to see that my recent article, Just the job (Post Magazine, 27 March) has provoked a...
AMA seeks review of credit hire rates
The Accident Management Association has called for higher rates when the Association of British Ins...
Following EL into orbit?
The media has reported a growing crisis in the public liability market, with past underpricing and increasingly expensive claims sending premiums rocketing at the same rate as those for employer's liability. Insurers are understandably circumspect, as…
Appointment at Berrymans Lace Mawer
Berrymans Lace Mawer has created eight new partners, bringing the national partnership total to 79....
ASP recovery service launch
Figtree Systems has launched a business continuity service, following a client study that revealed ...
GAB seals Big Mac claims deal
Loss adjuster GAB Robins has won a multi-million-pound contract to manage the global claims for fas...
Fraud: educated males most likely
New figures from the Association of British Insurers show that one in five people commit fraud beca...
It's time to address attitudes to trade unions
Paul Picknett of Groupama, (Just the job, Post Magazine, 27 March, p28) queries the role of trade u...
Study leaves rehab at a standstill
The Association of British Insurers/International Underwriting Association's third UK Bodily Injury A...
Penny Black's insurance week
Penny was wined and dined last week at the annual Chartered Insurance Institute's president's dinne...
Lord Phillips moots fixed rates for expert witnesses
Lord Phillips, the Master of the Rolls, is currently "exploring options" with several medical agencie...
Grounds for fair play
Children's play areas across the UK are having to close as liability insurance premiums rocket. Sandra Melville believes opening a dialogue with insurers is the only way to ensure children do not lose out.
ESG wants SEC to deregister common stock
ESG Re of Bermuda has asked the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to deregister its commo...
Icao's aviation mutual tries again for approval
The promoters of a proposal that the International Civil Aviation Organisation (Icao) set up an avi...
Besieged Fortress
The collapse of Fortress Re and subsequent litigation has put the spotlight on financial reinsurance. Peter Chaffetz and Steven Schwartz unravel the details.
Truth stops avoidance
A recent House of Lords ruling is likely to result in greater use of truth of statement clauses to restrict avoidance of (re)insurance contracts, says John Butler.
Helpline says winter trading continues strongly
Accident management specialist Helphire said this week that winter trading has continued strongly, ...
Appointment at Markerstudy Group
Markerstudy Group has recruited Simon Clayton as chief executive of the recently-acquired ASA Insur...
Fraud-spotting
Insurance fraud is a fact of life and one that insurers cannot afford to ignore if they want to protect their bottom line. However, it is vital that claims handlers are trained how to spot the fraudsters without ruffling the feathers of genuine claimants…
The House of Lords upholds earlier decision
The House of Lords substantially upheld an earlier Court of Appeal decision in finding that the rel...