Claims
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…
Jet ski claim did not hold water.
Bankers Insurance Company v (1) South and (2) Gardner (Queen's Bench Division - 7 March 2003).
APIL to lead ATE best practice protocol push
The incoming president of the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers, David Marshall, will today ou...
ABI widens net over windscreen fraud
The Association of British Insurers has launched a series of investigations into windscreen replace...
Rehabilitation First: Promoting Partnerships.
Wednesday 25 June - Villa Park Conference Centre, Birmingham Making rehabilitation a reality is th...
Reviews may signal more Axa reductions
Axa is currently embarking on reviews of its legal and loss adjusting panels which could see furthe...
Rubicon moves to bigger offices
Virtual insurer Rubicon is moving its London head office to give it four times as much floor space....
So-called "greedy" lawyers not to blame
Andrew White may well be correct in his assertion that legal expenses is due for a shake-up (Legal ...
A slice of the action
As solicitors look for independent ways to attract clients, some have formed groups to chase after-the-event business. So has this left a bitter taste in the mouths of liability insurers? Veronica Cowan finds out.
Asbestos: FSCS is key safety net
I read with interest the recent article about asbestos-related claims (Post Magazine, 24 April, p18...
QuestGates recruits for property claims push
Rapidly expanding loss adjuster QuestGates is preparing for a big push into the property claims mar...
Forthcoming Post Magazine conferences
Rehabilitation: promoting partnerships 25 June, Villa Park Conference Centre, Birmingham Insu...
Axa PPP Healthcare calls for greater use of rehabilitation
Axa PPP Healthcare has called for greater use of rehabilitation to curb the problem of long-term ab...
Case is broker "chink of light"
Individual insurance brokers have been provided with "a chink of light" regarding their liability i...
When minds meet.
Peter Chaffetz and Steven Schwartz consider Canada Life v Guardian and the fine line between contracts that are void and those that are ambiguous.
When minds meet.
Peter Chaffetz and Steven Schwartz consider Canada Life v Guardian and the fine line between contracts that are void and those that are ambiguous.
There is an alternative to raising premiums in the PL cover crisis
In the article Following EL into orbit? (Post Magazine, 10 April, p16) about the growing crisis in ...