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Firms face ruin after court ruling
The insurance industry has been warned some firms could face ruin after a legal challenge to the Financial Services Authority's measures to deal with payment protection insurance complaints was rejected.
Legal update - data protection: best practice
Strict rules govern disclosure of personal or sensitive data, even within legal proceedings. Emma Foxon reviews relevant case law to advise on best practice.
Law report: clear guidance given over disclosure of surveillance evidence
This law report has been contributed by national law firm Berrymans Lace Mawer.
Equity expansion still on track despite 185 jobs under threat - Insurance News Now – 28 April 2011
Post news editor Mairi MacDonald outlines this week's major general insurance stories including Equity Insurance Group’s insistence that its branch network and plans for regional expansion are safe, despite putting 185 jobs within it’s underwriting and…
News analysis - deafness: bringing back balance
For the second time in as many months the Supreme Court has been asked to adjudicate in disease claims, this time on industrial deafness. Daren Charlton considers the implications that arise from Baker v Quantum Clothing.
Editor's comment: an unfamiliar feeling
As they head off for a well-earned break over the Easter weekend, UK motor insurers may well be struck by an unfamiliar feeling. Contentment.
Claims - prize indemnity: who dares wins
In a sector where rates have held up well, due in part to limited appetite to write such business, Amanda Lewis discusses the art and science of prize indemnity cover.
EL insurers celebrate appeal victory
Employers' liability insurers have avoided claims worth "hundreds of millions" of pounds following a successful appeal in Baker v Quantum, law firm Weightmans has claimed.
Rehab start-up abandoned as Merfield enlists at Spring
The founder and former clinical director of rehabilitation provider HCML, Helen Merfield, has abandoned her start-up project Nexus Rehabilitation just two months after its launch marked her return to the rehabilitation sector.
View from the top: Jackson is only the start
Royal Bank of Scotland Insurance stands squarely behind Lord Justice Jackson's recommendations in his Review of Civil Litigation Costs.
Irwin Mitchell steps closer to flotation
Irwin Mitchell has appointed Espirito Santo Investment Bank as its financial adviser in a move that could support it becoming one of the first alternative business structures.
High Court backs FSA in PPI rulling
A High Court judgment has upheld the Financial Services Authority rules on how complaints into payment protection insurance are handled.
Chartis responds to SRA decision to scrap the ARP in 2013
Insurer Chartis has responded to the Solicitors Regulation Authority’s decision to replace the Assigned Risks Pool in 2013 with a system where insurers offer a three-month extended policy period to firms who cannot obtain professional indemnity insurance…
Insurers facing £38.6m ARP cash call
Solicitor’s professional indemnity qualifying insurers will have to pay £38.6m to fund the assigned risks pool this year.
Law Society supports SRA PI plans
The Law Society has backed plans by the Solicitors Regulatory Authority to scrap the Assigned Risks Pool in October 2013.
Apil names new vice president
The Association of Personal Injury Lawyers has named Karl Tonks as its new vice-president.
Crash-for-cash trio set for sentencing
Three members of a crash-for-cash gang are awaiting sentencing after being found guilty of conspiracy to defraud.
ABI: Solicitors PI revamp a “missed opportunity”
The Association of British Insurers has criticised the Solicitors Regulation Authority’s plans to overhaul the assigned risks pool.
SRA announces plans to scrap ARP
The Solicitors Regulation Authority will abandon the Assigned Risks Pool from October 2013.
Rush for next appointment increases corporate manslaughter threat
Businesses placing undue pressure on their staff are exposing themselves to risk of significant fines from a corporate manslaughter prosecution, according to a legal expert.
Is insurer collaboration on non-fault claims the answer to referral fees debate?
Motor insurers who handle non-fault claims collectively can remove frictional costs including referral fees from the claims process, according to experts.
Post history - 20 years ago: Lloyd's faces Names in High Court
Looking through Post's back catalogue paints a unique picture of more than 150 years of insurance news, as this highlight from 20 years ago reveals.
Legal update - jury trials: judge, jury and compensation
Personal injury claimants in Scotland have long enjoyed the right to a jury trial to determine liability and damages, but record-breaking awards over the past six months has seen their popularity with claimant lawyers surge. Julie Keenan looks at the…
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.