Claims
Insurers need rehab help.
The insurance industry has made great strides towards embracing the principles of rehabilitation in ...
For the record - House of Lords judgement in Callery v Gray.
Lords Bingham, Nicholls, Hoffman and Hope all declined to overturn the Court of Appeal decisions (AB...
Insurers must stand up and be counted on fraud.
I am frustrated by the constraints imposed upon us by the legal profession. As a personal injury ...
CUE to tackle PI claims.
Detection of fraudulent personal injury claims will be made easier by the end of the year, following...
Rehabilitation code review invites sector feedback.
The insurance industry working party on rehabilitation, run by the International Underwriting Associa...
Munich-American Risk to enter solicitors' PI.
Munich-American Risk Partners looks set to enter the UK solicitors' professional indemnity market, o...
Max Re forecasts Q2 loss
Max Re expects to report a net operating loss for the second quarter due to low returns on its invest...
Sparks fly.
Electrical retailer Dixons Group has hit out at the Office of Fair Trading's report on extended warr...
ABI seeks ATE talks with Law Society.
The Association of British Insurers plans to seek talks with the Law Society in the wake of last week...
2002 Syndicate capacity.
2002 Syndicate Capacity Syndicate number Managing agent name Active ...
Appointment at Keoughs.
Insurance law practice Keoghs has employed Tim Percival to the new role of business development dire...
CRU's adversarial stance costing insurers dear.
Government agency the Compensation Recovery Unit has been accused of placing an unnecessary financia...
insurE-com set to launch new service.
Insurance business systems provider insurE-com is set to launch a new service that will offer data s...
Insurers battered by bad press.
Each weekend the Sunday newspapers are full of examples of unpaid/delayed/partially paid claims whic...
Professional Risks Insurance receives financial strength.
New London market insurer Professional Risks Insurance received a financial strength rating of A- fr...
The long-tail liability lottery.
Insurers are understandably worrying whether they have set aside enough capital to cover long-tail public liability risks in a sector where anything could happen. Richard Browne warns against leaving anything to chance.
... but questions remain unanswered.
Despite its length, the judgement raises more questions than it answered, argue Chris Phillips and Chris Gough.
Insurers to decide split on asbestos payments.
Insurers are due to meet "as a matter of urgency" to discuss how they will share the costs of compens...
Call for shake-up of UK EL insurance.
A health and Safety Executive report has called for a major shake-up of the UK's outdated employers' ...
Lloyd's shuns ATE.
Several Lloyd's syndicates have shunned the high-risk after-the-event insurance market ahead of today...
Insurers face EL facts.
Last week, the House of Lords gave their reasons for finding in favour of the claimants in Fairchild, Fox and Matthews, which will affect future mesothelioma claims. Boris Cetnik warns insurers to be prepared.
Guidelines on the reporting of fraud to be published.
The long-awaited joint guidelines on the reporting of fraud, agreed between the Association of Briti...
Research indicates potentially fraudulent claims has increased.
Research by Zurich Municipal has indicated the number of claims identified as potentially fraudulent...
Uncertainty set to return.
As the insurance industry waits for the House of Lords' final ruling on the after-the-event test cas...