Legal expenses
Lamp lines up ABS targets as Thai operation opens
Gibraltar-based legal expenses and private medical insurer Lamp is targeting $500m (£305m) premium in the first two years of its new Thailand operation.
Lamp lines up ABS targets as Thai operation opens
Gibraltar-based legal expenses and private medical insurer Lamp is targeting $500m (£305m) premium in the first two years of its new Thailand operation.
Post history - 15 years ago: LEI named as 'promising alternative'
Looking through Post's back catalogue paints a unique picture of more than 150 years of insurance news, as this highlight from 15 years ago reveals.
Post history - five years ago: Expenses market fights back
Looking through Post's back catalogue paints a unique picture of more than 150 years of insurance news, as this highlight from five years ago reveals.
SMEs ignoring legal risks
Small companies risk going out of business if they continue to ignore the risks of legal action, First Assist Legal Protection has claimed.
Allianz confident over conversions
Allianz is targeting 200 brokers with its new add-on product, Pro Motor Rescue, predicting a conversion rate of between 15% and 20% on participating brokers' entire motor books.
DAS names legal services manager
DAS Legal Expenses Insurance has appointed Sue Renny legal services manager, with immediate effect.
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.
Claims Club dinner & awards 2011
Jonathan Swift, chairman of the judging panel and Post's editor-in-chief, welcomed guests to the 2011 Claims Club annual dinner at Grand Connaught Rooms, London by praising the hard work that the claims industry does and explained that in aiming to…
Fish eyes boutique growth after ex-Lockton partner hire
Private equity-backed broker Fish Insurance is set to make a play for boutique commercial insurance, following the hire of a former Lockton partner to spearhead a new division.
Postbox: Backing reforms was not taken lightly
Your leader of last week 'Are some more equal?', coupled with the comments reported from Elite Insurance over the ABI's support for the recommendations of the Jackson Review, highlights the delicate balance a trade body needs to strike between…
Gable to review business as profit soars 76%
Gable is to embark on a “complete review” of the business in preparation for the implementation of Solvency II.
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.
Baker quits post over Jackson frustration
Legal Expenses Insurance Group director Tony Baker has resigned from his post after becoming frustrated with the government's stance on the Jackson Review.
BA set to increase workforce by 20%
Broker Assistance is aiming to increase its workforce by up to 20% in a bid to "meet the demands of its customer base".
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.
Allianz focus on channel lines rather than regions
Allianz Retail has unveiled a new strategy that the business, ultimately, hopes will lead to more cross-selling among its personal lines brokers.
Post Europe: Legal opportunities in Italy
Italy has a strong history of legal expenses insurance and despite the recession this sector has faired well. Giovanni Nenz explains why the product still has much to offer.
Insurance Insight May: Exclusive legal expense and ADR content now live
Insurance Insight May is now live with a look what impact the European Commissions proposals for consistence on alternative dispute resolution will have; how the Balkan region deals with weather related catastrophes; and how Italy’s legal expense market…
Legal opportunities in Italy
Italy has a strong history of legal expenses insurance and despite the recession this sector has faired well. Giovanni Nenz explains why the product still has much to offer.
Comment - e-trading: the future of commercial
E-trading in the commercial market is on the way. Dawn Dillaway looks at why this innovation will be a game-changer for the sector and why the critics are wrong.
Bent credit hire case faces appeal court hearing for second time
The credit hire legal wrangle involving Aston Villa footballer Darren Bent is set to continue after permission to refer the case back to the Court of Appeal was granted.
Amtrust provides Composite with new binding authority arrangement
Composite Legal Expenses is to combine elements of its before-the-event, after-the-event and assistance capacity requirements and consolidate them with Amtrust Europe.
Interview - Jonathan Evans MP: APPG - priorities, progress and provocations
Chairman of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Insurance & Financial Services Jonathan Evans talks to Mairi MacDonald about the group's priorities, progress and provocations.