The High Court has ruled Gallagher could owe damages of up to £5m to a housing trust due to its negligence resulting in its client missing out on data breach cover.
A claimant seeking more than £1.2m compensation from First Central for injuries allegedly sustained in a minor road traffic accident has had his entire claim dismissed.
Bharat Raj, head of London markets at insurance consultancy Broadstone, examines whether the insurance industry is adequately prepared for the magnitude of climate change-related losses.
Trade Voice: Chris Hall, CEO of QuestGates and a member of the Chartered Insurance Institute’s Claims Community Board, hits back at the bad press the industry can often receive – but observes that sometimes, the sector doesn’t help itself.
Content Director’s View: Having concluded that loss adjusting start-ups are diminishing in numbers due to compliance, procurement and lack of market disruption content director Jonathan Swift revisits the question of what might help someone buck the trend, with a trio of founders who have each found a niche.
As cosmetic tourism continues to grow in popularity among Brits enticed by the promise of cheap surgery, Tim Evershed examines the kind of claims travel and medical insurers are seeing.
Adam Humphrey, president of the Chartered Institute of Loss Adjusters, has laid out plans to open new membership categories and implement a fresh governance structure.
Editor’s View: US President Donald Trump’s tariffs could prove a fresh road to hell for motor insurers unless they show they’ve learnt lessons from the last few bruising years of claims inflation, according to Emma Ann Hughes.
Boston Consulting Group has identified the ways “forward-thinking” insurers are using artificial intelligence in underwriting, claims, sales, customer service and IT to gain a quantifiable competitive advantage.
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