Claims
Top of the PI charts.
Conveyancing work has attracted the highest number of solicitors' professional indemnity notificatio...
ReBriefs - Stirling Cooke Brown Holdings cleared of fraud
Bermuda-based (re)insurance broker Stirling Cooke Brown Holdings (now Atlantic Star Holdings) has be...
Body blow for natural justice?
This week's victory for insurers in the Court of Appeal over asbestos-related claims for compensation...
Regulation for regulation's sake not the answer.
In PM on 15 November, there was a juxtaposition of views in the View from the Top by Martin Long, ch...
Cape of £20m hope.
Solicitors acting on behalf of South African miners suffering from asbestos-related diseases are tho...
Opinion: Exposure rights.
Chris Phillips, whose firm represented one of the defendants in this week's landmark Court of Appeal case on asbestos-related claims, outlines the implications of the ruling for insurers.
Unmasking the fraudsters.
Insurance fraud is no laughing matter - it has reached frightening proportions and serious measures are being introduced to combat false claims. Industry-wide co-operation in the face of this hidden threat is the best strategy, believes David Fanning.
Asbestos purse closed.
Employers' liability insurers could escape millions of pounds of disease-related claims in the wake ...
NU "arrogance" as it takes Callery appeal to Lords.
Norwich Union was this week accused of "absolute arrogance" and abusing the legal system, after it w...
Lloyd's must heed warning bells.
The fallout from the US terrorist attacks of 11 September continues to reverberate around the world....
Processing power opportunity.
The cost of data storage continues to fall, said Helen Brown, insurance solutions, IBM financial ser...
Standard Life forges forward
Despite continuing rumblings for demutualisation, Standard Life increased both premium revenue and sa...
Management trio acquire broker Stackhouse Poland.
Three brokers have bought Hampshire-based independent insurance broker Stackhouse Poland. Jeremy ...
Are you being served well?
There have been several recent decisions by the Court of Appeal relating to service of proceedings '...
Pakistan set for terrorism pool.
The Pakistan government is expected to create its own reinsurance pool to provide cover to Pakistani...
Aneco Reinsurance v Johnson & Higgins.
Aneco Reinsurance Underwriting v Johnson & Higgins (House of Lords - 18 October 2001).
No profit for wrongdoers.
Stace & Francis v Ashby & another (Court of Appeal - 7 November 2001).
SVB ups 11 September estimate to £30m
Lloyd's insurer SVB has increased its initial loss estimate from the 11 September terrorist attacks b...
Penny Black's insurance week.
Penny was out with one of the insurance industry's oldest friends this week, when she fell into the ...
Greystoke joins the ranks of CFA providers.
Having gone very quiet since its tie-up with DAS, we now learn (PM, 15 November), that Greystoke Leg...
Claims Direct switches underwriter in overhaul.
Personal injury intermediary Claims Direct has switched its underwriter as part of a radical overhau...
Golden Eagle sues.
Liberty Mutual subsidiary Golden Eagle Insurance Corporation is suing the California Insurance Depar...
Age concern.
Since its introduction, stakeholder has not enjoyed the success many predicted and opinion is split over whether the scheme will gather momentum. However, pension products generally have experienced a surge in interest. A sign of the times, perhaps, says…
Large rise in Scor's third quarter premiums
The largest French reinsurer, Scor, increased premium income in all sectors in the third quarter 2001...