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No win, no fee backlash.
Independent Insurance and Ockham Holdings both blamed no win, no fee claims companies, such as Claim...
Rising claims calls for rehab.
The rise in personal injury liability claims is now beginning to show through in insurer's financial...
Competition winner.
The winner of our athletics tickets giveaway, in association with Norwich Union, is Neil Smith, assi...
Clean-up your act.
Local authorities have been praised for the way they dealt with the recent floods. However, new government initiatives could land them with increased responsibility for environmental issues, says Jane Bernstein.
Taking the strain.
Work-related stress claims are climbing and although few claimants win such cases at the moment, insurers are taking the threat seriously and argue that employers should too, says Jane Bernstein.
20,000 back-dated pension workers lose out.
Up to a third of the 60,000 part-time workers, who won the right to backdated pensions from 1976 in ...
Moneynet expands into motor market.
Personal finance site moneynet.co.uk has expanded its portfolio of products with the introduction of...
Suspect claims are under fire.
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Avon denies it is leaving pitch.
Avon Insurance has denied suggestions it is set to exit the football insurance market next season, d...
Scor joins new reinsurance exchange
French reinsurer Scor has signed up to Inreon, the independent, internet-based reinsurance exchange f...
Pensions by post.
Over-the-counter pension contributions will be possible at the Post Office from 1 April, after it si...
Asbestosis claims reach a dead-end.
Hundreds of thousands of pounds in compensation are being left unpaid as brokers are unable to track ...
The fine art of insurance.
Robert Hiscox, chairman of Lloyd's insurer Hiscox and art connoisseur, is clearly a man who knows what he wants out of life: he is passionate about change, having championed the introduction of corporate capital to the Lloyd's market; and the Hiscox Art…
What the Papers Say.
The Times In a simpler age, an insurance premium was something payable each week to a man who kno...
Legal aid.
Online claims settlement is attracting attention as it promises a cheaper and more efficient solution to legal disputes. While this may be true, it could be some time yet before e-law completely supersedes the more traditional methods. Simon Threadgold…
Asbestosis: help track down liable insurers.
And then there is asbestos. While the arguments still rage about who, if anyone, will pick up the ta...
Talk to the specialists for industry expertise.
This week, Post Magazine and its popular electronic news and information service Post Online launche...
Commentary - Timely benefit for defendants.
Since the introduction of the Civil Procedure Rules, there appears to be a reluctance to issue and s...
More rail claims.
Railtrack faces new compensation claims for £200m as a result of the Hatfield crash. A group of comp...
Calls for action on acoustic shocks.
The insurance industry could face a multi-million-pound raft of claims from both within and outside ...
Axa's modest rise.
Axa's UK property and casualty operation saw only a modest 1.8% increase in gross written premiums l...
Equitas blow.
Equitas, the company established by Lloyd's to reinsure the pre-1992 liabilities of Lloyd's Names, w...
Lloyds TSB fills gap.
Lloyds TSB has added commercial gap insurance, under-written by the Sterling Insurance Group, to its...
Absolutely IFAs.
Endowment policy specialist Absolute Assigned Policies has introduced a new online tracking service ...