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Video: Hospital hacks
As ransomware attacks are targeting NHS trusts, the cyber exposure of hospitals is coming under scrutiny.
Blog: Lawyers must help insurers use them less
There has been a profound shift in the provision and delivery of legal services to the insurance industry within the last 10 years.
Roundtable: Health and cyber crime: Cyber crime against the healthcare sector
With cyber crime the fastest growing criminal activity in the world, attacks on healthcare providers are becoming more prevalent. Post, in association with Kennedys, hosted a roundtable to find out the scale of the threat – and what the industry can do…
Government mulls mandatory registry for drone users
Drone owners could be forced to register their devices under consultation plans released by the government today.
Tomorrow's Foil elects new president
Browne Jacobson insurance law specialist, Mukesh Kainth, has been elected president of Tomorrow’s Forum of Insurance Lawyers.
Legal Update: Insurers need dedicated staff for cases involving 'litigants in person'
As the whiplash reforms the government is consulting on will increase the number of litigants in person, insurers need to arrange for dedicated staff to handle cases involving LIPs.
Government 'does not understand' cyber threat to driverless cars
The government does not fully understand the risk posed to driverless cars by hackers, Parliament heard.
Kennedys doubles presence in Dublin as insurers relocate post-Brexit
International law firm Kennedys will double its office space in Dublin as insurers are gearing up to enter the Irish market in the wake of Brexit.
Legal: The cost-benefit of emerging rehabilitation technologies
The disability market is benefiting from an expanding range of innovative equipment, fuelled by a combination of technological advances and by crossover into the civilian sector from military aftercare of combat veterans.
Blog: So what will Brexit mean for insurance claims staff?
Following the UK electorate’s vote to leave the European Union, there has been a lot of crystal ball gazing as to what it might mean for the insurance industry.
Brexit ‘could result in 48,000 insurance job losses’
Businesses could relocate “overnight” following a Brexit, putting up to 48,000 insurance jobs at risk, according to a report.
Cyber insurance: Developing knowledge
With the number of cyber crimes increasing, knowledge of attacks is developing enough for cover to be rolled out. What are the options for insurers?
Blog: Fresca-Judd prompts rethink on landlords' cover
The Fresca-Judd case was good news for tenants - but not for insurers attempting to claim back costs for property damage. What lessons should be learned by landlords and those providing cover?
UK aircraft collision calls for greater regulation of drones
Experts have called for greater regulation of drones to minimise the risks to aviation, following a drone collision with a British Airways flight.
Blog: Driverless cars - picturing the road ahead
While the government is gung-ho about the development of autonomous vehicles, insurers may seek to temper that enthusiasm if there are too many risk uncertainties
Legal: Wearable technology – employers beware?
Developments in safety-related wearable technology in the workplace bring both benefits and risks.
Vicarious liability broadening unlikely to impact policy wordings
Insurers are unlikely to tighten policy wordings in light of a Supreme Court ruling relating to the vicarious liability doctrine, as lawyers warn the industry to expect further widening of the principle in the future.
Construction: The fall guys
New safety regulations and sentencing guidelines will place additional pressures on firms to ensure construction safety – and it is likely SMEs will find it hardest to comply
Asbestos: The toxic truth
Although some say the legal landscape is less adversarial, the number of asbestos disease claims is rising – but are insurers as guilty of drawing out the process as they stand accused?
Legal Update: Consultations on small claims limit won't be plain sailing
The personal injury reforms announced in the Autumn Statement are to be welcomed. But is Chancellor George Osborne being too bold when he packages them as part of a wider plan to reduce car insurance premium?
Companies warned to prepare for steeper fines and custodial sentences for H&S breaches
Companies and individuals convicted of health and safety offences will respectively face steeper fines and be subject to custodial sentences when new sentencing guidelines come into effect in February 2016, according to law firm Kennedys.
Legal Update: The complexities of abuse
Andrew Caplan looks at the ever-widening scope and depth of abuse claims.
Regulation of MROs championed on both sides of the legal divide
Claimant and defendant lawyers have backed the Association of British Insurers' call to regulate medical reporting organisations working within Medco following concerns that the scheme is being exploited by some users.
Kennedys warns government over Medco ‘gaming’
The Medco portal system of commissioning medical reports needs to be transparent and uncomplicated, and eliminate any incentives that encourage those acting for claimants to ‘game’ the process, international law firm Kennedys has told the government.