Northern Ireland
Post magazine – 21 February 2013
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Editor's comment: Welcome to Scotland
While Scotland is keen to encourage visitors by promoting its major selling points — such as the beautiful highland scenery, Edinburgh castle, the home of golf in St Andrews and the history of quality whisky making — it should beware of introducing a…
Consultation could see Scotland get different personal injury discount rate
Insurance and legal observers are considering the possibility that different discount rate for personal injury claims could be set in Scotland from the rest of the UK.
Top Mark and Claim Reaction launch Northern Ireland venture
Top Mark has joined with loss adjuster Claim Reaction to form a new Northern Ireland operation.
Towergate snaps up Northern Irish broker
Towergate Insurance has secured its first foothold in Northern Ireland after acquiring Belfast-headquartered broker Dawson Whyte.
Liberty to cut 285 Irish jobs
Liberty Insurance, the company which took over Quinn after it went into administration, is to make 285 Irish staff redundant.
Liberty to axe Irish jobs
Liberty Insurance is to shed 285 jobs in Irish offices on both sides of the border.
Arc Legal to expand Northern Ireland family legal business
Arc Legal has inked a deal to supply Swinton's Open + Direct Northern Ireland clients with family legal protection products.
HSB Engineering names senior underwriter in Ireland
Specialist engineering and construction insurer HSB Engineering Insurance has appointed Hazel Keegan as senior underwriter.
Questgates opens Belfast base
Specialist loss adjuster Questgates has established a new office in Belfast and has made a string of Merlin Claims hires.
Marsh moves in with Mercer in 'iconic' Glasgow building
Marsh has reloctated its Glasgow operations to HFD Group's G1 office building on George Square.
Torrential rain causes severe flooding in Northern Ireland
Properties in Northern Ireland have suffered up to £150 000 worth of damage after two inches of rain fell in less than two hours yesterday evening.
Marsh recruits new CEO from sister company
The board of Marsh today announced the appointment of Mark Weil as CEO in succession to Martin South, who was appointed CEO of Marsh Europe in January.
RSA leads charge as Northern Ireland sheds no-go image among insurers
RSA last week pledged to invest £5m in Northern Ireland, intent on becoming the country's leading insurer, but local analysts are divided as to whether this will prompt a flurry of interest in the market or whether its small size will continue to…
Midas Underwriting creates 40 jobs
Enterprise Minister Arlene Foster has announced that insurance underwriting agency Midas Underwriting is to create 40 new jobs, supported by Invest Northern Ireland through the Jobs Fund.
Employers’ liability: A fund of last resort
The need for a fund of last resort for employers’ liability claims still divides the insurance community. While plans to create an Employers’ Liability Insurance Bureau have stalled, it still has supporters who are determined to see these proposals come…
Interview - Bobby Gracey & Dr James Lygate: The future of forensics
Despite an abrupt and fractious first meeting many years ago, Bobby Gracey and Dr James Lygate are now business partners. The duo explain their plans for growth and diversification at IFIC.
VRS Vericlaim snaps up ex-Cunningham Lindsey director Burnett
Loss adjuster VRS Vericlaim has made what is expected to be the first of several 2012 recruitment coups with the appointment of former Cunningham Lindsey regional director Michael Burnett.
JLT Specialty plans three further regional offices in 2012
Bosses at JLT Specialty have vowed to open at least three more regional offices this year, in a bid to strengthen relationships with corporate clients across the UK.
Pleural plaques: The definition of harm
It is now possible to seek compensation for pleural plaques in both Scotland and Northern Ireland, but not in England and Wales. How will this impact the insurance industry?
UK bankruptcy of Quinn Insurance owner annulled
A British court has annulled the bankruptcy of Sean Quinn, Reuters reports.
Insurers to continue payouts for pleural plaques
Insurers remain committed to paying out on pleural plaques cases in Scotland and Northern Ireland, despite claims that the Damages Acts in both countries are “fundamentally flawed”.
NI to bring pleural plaques legislation
New legislation is to be introduced in Northern Ireland next week allowing pleural plaques sufferers to claim compensation.
Sean Quinn ordered to repay €1.74bn
The unit created to fight for assets for the crisis-hit Allied Irish Bank has won another victory against Sean Quinn, forcing him to repay €1.74bn, bringing the total the Irish courts have told Quinn to pay to €2.16bn.