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Blog: Options to access the EEA market after Brexit
Kieran Jones, head of insurance and partner at Weightmans, explains how insurers may continue to write business in the European Economic Area after Brexit.
Analysis: Home, sweet connected home
Connected devices can help underwrite and mitigate household risks, but they also open the door to cyber vulnerabilities.
Analysis: NIHL: Make some noise
The fixed-cost regime proposed for noise-induced hearing loss claims is like music to insurers’ ears, although it comes way after the hubbub
Blog: Responsible robots?
Automated processes are feted to be the future of claims handling, but taking the process out of human hands is far from straightforward, as Ed Lewis, partner at Weightmans, explains.
Fraudster sentenced after admitting to making fraudulent claim against council
A fraudster has been sentenced to four months in prison after he admitted to submitting a false claims against Doncaster MBC.
Blog: Insurers must pursue exaggerated claims
A recent prison sentence for a claimant who exaggerated injuries, is proof that compensators should pursue this kind of fraud vigorously, writes Kieran Jones, partner at Weightmans.
Identity fraud: Trading faces
With almost 173,000 reported cases last year, identity fraud is an ever-increasing problem. Insurers are taking a proactive approach to fight this pernicious problem
Payouts for employers’ and public liability claims 'significantly' climb
Insurance payouts for small employers’ and public liability personal injury claims have increased significantly over the past two years, climbing to an average value of nearly £4,000 by the end of last year.
Live cover: There's no business like show business
The media has helped to publicise the importance of live event promoters having insurance to safeguard against shows having to be cancelled or abandoned due to unforeseeable events.
Blog: Construction cries out for planning help
Insurers and reinsurers will only be too aware of the insured losses that arise on an annual basis from the UK construction industry.
Blog: Drone regulation
Drones or Unmanned Aerial Vehicles are now being used across a range of sectors and usage gives rise to some issues.
Time to focus on liability
Most employers don't spend too much time thinking about employers' liability, public liability and product liability unless they actually have a claim. So perhaps it is just as well that the national media is continually drawing attention to tragic…
Travel fraud: travelling in a new direction
Traditionally, most fraud associated with holidaymakers has resulted from opportunists who exaggerate, distort or invent relatively low-value claims on their travel insurance policies.
Data protection: The cost of hacks set to climb
The hefty fine levied against Talk Talk for failing to protect its customers' data will pale in comparison to the maximum penalty regulators will be able to hand out in less than two years.
The question of liability for autonomous vehicle claims
Tesla’s recent hack has moved the liability spotlight onto software providers
Insurers still open to Calais route for hauliers
Migrant activity on the Calais to Dover route has increased costs for hauliers but its insurance consequences are not clear: some observers are reporting premium rises, which others are denying.
Diversity: How to implement a more eclectic workforce
Historically, the insurance industry has lacked diversity. When you imagine a typical insurance firm, you may picture a male, pale and stale boardroom. Increasingly, though, the industry has been implementing a range of initiatives to draw in a more…
Blog: Autonomous vehicles - whose claim is it anyway?
Autonomous vehicles are regularly in the press heralding a new era of transport and social inclusion. While a fully autonomous world is an exciting prospect, most commentators will readily admit that it may be at least 20 years before we can call an…
Blog: Airline ruled liable for delay caused by passenger
In a recent County Court judgment, an airline was held liable for compensation under Regulation 261/2004 for a nine-hour flight delay.
Blog: The impact of Brexit on the insurance industry
The UK has voted to leave the EU. What will this mean for the insurance industry?
Sharing Economy: Taking a slice of the action
With the sharing economy growing year-on-year, what are the challenges and opportunities for the insurance industry?
Blog: How to deal with diminution in value claims
A vehicle suffers a reduction in value the instant it sustains accident damage. The value of that reduction is usually the repair cost
Blog: From London to Dover - what the connected corridor might bring
On 16 March the Chancellor of the Exchequer announced in the budget that the government are investing a further £15m to create a “connected corridor” from Dover to London, further reinforcing the position of the UK as the global centre for the…
