DAS Legal Expenses
Legal expenses - ATE: End of the road?
With the government giving the green light to implementation of Lord Jackson's civil litigation reforms, Leigh Jackson details the adverse reaction of legal expenses insurers and whether this sounds the death knell for the ATE market.
Editor's comment: are some more equal?
Tales of the unexpected it is not, but the level of animosity now being directed by legal expenses insurers towards their supposedly protective big brother — that's to say, the Association of British Insurers — may have taken some by surprise.
Elite threatens ABI withdrawal
Elite Insurance has become the latest legal expenses specialist to threaten withdrawal from the Association of British Insurers over the trade body's support of the Jackson Review.
Prior reserve release staves off RSA underwriting loss
Prior year reserve releases of £267m have helped insurer RSA avoid posting an underwriting loss of £29m for 2010.
Keychoice signs legal expenses deal
Keychoice Underwriting has teamed up with DAS to provide its broker partners with access to legal protection alongside the existing range of Keychoice commercial products.
ABI under fire over Jackson
Legal expenses insurers have accused the Association of British Insurers of breaching its constitution in its official responses to the Jackson review consultation.
Legal expenses - ATE ruling: Playing at being an insurer
Has the recent judgment in Sibthorpe and Morris v London Borough of Southwark put another nail in the coffin of after-the-event insurance? Paul Asplin looks at the result of the case.
Legal expenses: The end of after-the-event insurance?
The Jackson Report could see the end of after-the-event insurance. Veronica Cowan canvasses the views of those in the industry to find out if the market would still be viable.
Ruling opens door for non-FSA approved indemnifiers
Legal expenses insurers have warned that a recent ruling could pave the way for solicitors without Financial Services Authority approval to offer indemnity against defendants' legal costs.
Insurer scoffs at ABI gender ruling warning – Insurance News Now – 10 February 2011
Post news editor Mairi MacDonald outlines this week’s major general insurance stories, including the refusal of specialist female insurer Shelia’s Wheels to accept the Association of British Insurers’ suggestion that it could potentially have to re…
Interview - Kevin Pallett: Back in the MGA market
After two years out of the market, Kevin Pallett is back with a new managing general agency. Leigh Jackson asks him about his plans for Aspen Risk Management.
Start up MGA Aspen Risk Management signs up second underwriter
Managing general agent Aspen Risk Management has unveiled its second underwriting partner.
Aspen seals second underwriting deal
Managing general agent Aspen Risk Management has unveiled plans to open new offices in the North of England and Scotland during 2011.
Jackson's “grotesque” comment highlights the flaws in his own proposals for reform
Comments made by Lord Justice Jackson in his judgment in the Court of Appeal case of Pankhurst v. White, highlighted the fact that, if Jackson’s own proposals were adopted, solicitors would be entitled to deduct up to 25% of a claimant’s damages,…
Frost vows to stabilise prices following DAS losses
Recently appointed DAS head of underwriting Matt Frost has vowed to stabilise prices in a bid to revive the fortunes of the legal expenses insurer.
Das appoints head of underwriting
Legal expenses insurer Das has named Matt Frost as its new head of underwriting.
Angel rated best for service by UK brokers
Angel Underwriting has come top in a comprehensive study of UK brokers into service delivery from commercial insurers and underwriting agencies.
Top 100 UK insurers - 2009
AM Best's top 100 insurer rankings in full, according to Financial Services Authority returns for 2009.
Sports sponsorship: A sporting frenzy
At first glance, sports stars and insurers wouldn't appear to have much in common but, with the benefits of sports sponsorship proving their worth, Daniel Dunkley asks is it any wonder everyone is trying to get in on the action?
DAS shuffles corporate partnerships team
Legal expenses insurer DAS has made two changes within its Corporate Partnerships Division.
Legal update - legal expenses insurers: Freedom of choice?
Can legal expenses insurers still oblige policyholders to use their panel solicitors in light of a recent European Court of Justice decision and communications from the Financial Services Authority? Mark Lee seeks to unravel the complexity of the issue.
DAS lands Paymentshield account
Legal expenses firm DAS has been appointed by Paymentshield to provide its landlords protection policy to its Letting Agents Solutions scheme.
Government accused of 'self interest' over Jackson
Legal expenses insurers have accused the government of serving its own interests following its decision to discuss the implementation of the Jackson Review this autumn.
Post Intelligence Benchmarking - Legal expenses: Five go forth
Fresh from surveying broker readers, Insurance 360's Peter Joy lifts the lid on the service provided by the UK's five leading legal expenses insurers — as their brokers experience it.