Industrial deafness
Top 100 UK insurers 2018
In 2017, the combined underwriting results of the largest 100 UK non-life insurers improved but remained in the red. How well did insurers perform under pressure from strong competition and unfavourable claims trends?
Fixed costs for deafness claims proposed
The Civil Justice Council has published recommendations for fixed costs applying to noise induced hearing loss cases.
Axa transfers £600m historical liability book to Riverstone
Axa has started transferring its historical disease liability book of business to Riverstone.
Deafness claims 'could become the new whiplash'
The volume of noise-induced hearing loss claims has increased threefold since 2013, figures show.
Supreme court rules in AIG's favour against Impact
The Supreme Court yesterday allowed AIG’s appeal against Impact Funding Solutions by a majority of four to one.
Number of deafness claims falls after ‘unsustainable’ peak
The number of deafness claims tumbled sharply in the latter half of last year, reversing a growing trend that many viewed as unsustainable.
Apil president calls for collaboration on CMCs and young driver safety
The president of the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers wants to “ratchet down the rhetoric” and create greater collaboration between insurers and claimant solicitors by targeting mutual priorities.
Deafness claims volume putting ‘strain’ on operational staff
Claims staff at many insurers are facing increased ‘operation strain’ as they struggle to deal with the high volume of noise-induced hearing loss notifications.
Insurers pessimistic about swift NIHL claims drop despite government action
Government-led measures to clamp down on unmeritorious industrial deafness claims will not trigger a short-term decline in record-breaking claims volumes, according to industry bosses, although the prospect of a Medco extension has been mooted as a long…
ABI applauds MoJ entry into NIHL market
The Association of British Insurers has welcomed a move by the Ministry of Justice to tackle the growing number and cost of claims for noise induced hearing loss.
Ruling clarifies stance on payouts for not 'appreciably worse off' NIHL claimants
A legal ruling where a claimant who had suffered noise induced hearing loss caused by her employment but was not compensated because the extent of the damage did not constitute a disability could have significant ramifications for the wider insurance…
Insurers accused of shirking duty as MoJ faces calls for NIHL claims shake-up
Industry calls for the Ministry of Justice to introduce a fixed-fee regime and expand the existing Claims Portal to include industrial deafness claims have been met with staunch opposition by the claimant legal fraternity.
ABI calls for NIHL claims to go through Claims Portal
The Association of British Insurers has warned that thousands of people are being led to believe they can get compensation for hearing problems.
Interview: Maurice Tulloch: cooking up a storm
The promise of an abundance of challenges inspired Maurice Tulloch to return from Canada to Aviva UK. Nineteen months on, he has ridden out the promised ‘baptism of fire’ to deliver its best COR in memory
Legal Update: An increasing problem
Industrial deafness claims have been labelled ‘the new whiplash’. Chantal Rabbetts considers the challenges with these claims and how they should be managed.
NIHL overcrowding leading to claims 'backlog' as new entrants flood market
The noise induced hearing loss arena is producing a logjam of claims and is becoming overcrowded with new entrants, according to members of both the defendant and claimant legal fraternities.
C-Suite - Insurer: Time to hear deafness reform ideas
Changes are needed to make genuine industrial deafness claims quicker and easier to settle