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Deadline for the 2023 Claims & Fraud Awards days away
The deadline for the 2023 Claims & Fraud Awards is just days away if you want to be in the running to win one of these prestigious prizes [5pm on 2 June].
Media risks in the digital age
Analysis: David Worsfold examines the implications of the Online Safety Bill for insurers of content creators, publishers, website hosts and social media platforms.
LASPO's legacy is hard to isolate
LASPO certainly took the largest single bite out of the legal aid budget, it is just one chapter in the much longer story of diminishing access to justice.
Arc Legal considers expansion into new lines
Arc Legal bosses reveal plans to provide total ancillary insurance cover as celebrates 20 years of operation.
Renters Bill gives bad tenants more power to play system
Richard Finan, director of strategic development for legal expenses and rent guarantee insurer Arc Legal Group, struggled to see many positives when it came to the newly published Renters (Reform) Bill.
Why landlords need higher limits on liability cover
Chris Murray, partner in the Manchester office of Clyde & Co, warns the severity of landlords’ liability claims has increased, leaving them exposed to potentially catastrophic costs and unable to purchase sufficient coverage.
Ardonagh in double swoop; UK General rebrands; SRG launches in Europe
Friday Round-Up: Insurance Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments, and strategic moves of the week.
Excel Centre accuses insurers of re-running settled arguments in Covid BI trial
The Excel Centre has accused its insurers of seeking to rerun arguments previously settled by the Supreme Court in its 2021 Covid business interruption test case judgment.
Entries open for the 2023 Insurance Claims and Fraud Awards
The 2023 Claims & Fraud Awards are open for entries with a deadline of 5pm on 2 June.
Law firm Ince enters into administration
Law firm Ince Group, previously known as Ince Gordon Dadds, is set to appoint administrators after a major creditor withdrew its support following months of cashflow problems.
Trade Voice: Bila’s Brooks on why ‘policyholders good, insurers bad’ attitudes don’t wash
Dan Brooks, British Insurance Law Association committee member, and policyholder coverage lawyer at Wynterhill LLP, discusses why tribalism in the claims sector does not help the insurance industry in the long-run.
Half a million claims in broken tribunal system
The fundamental problems in the employment tribunal system exposed during the pandemic have not been resolved, according to analysis of the latest tribunal figures released by His Majesty’s Courts and Tribunal Service.
Exeter University bomb damage excluded from cover in Allianz win
The High Court has ruled that damage to buildings at the University of Exeter caused by the detonation of a Second World War bomb in 2021 was not covered by insurance.
‘Major reset’ expected in motor personal injury two years on from whiplash reforms
Minster Law CEO Shirley Woolham said following a complex year that saw industry come out of a pandemic and continue to deal with the aftermath of whiplash reforms, the personal injury motor market is transforming into a different landscape.
Dance v East Kent University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust 2022
The case of Dance v East Kent University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust 2022 provides some useful points in relation to recoverability of ATE premiums in clinical negligence (CN) cases. Read this short blog to find out more.
Law firm reprimanded after criminal employee defrauds Aviva
Harwood has been found liable for losses, damages and costs incurred by Aviva after recruiting a solicitor with a criminal record.
Moore Barlow achieves £9m settlement using ARAG ATE policy
One of the law firms ARAG works with, Moore Barlow, recently achieved a substantial settlement for a young client who developed cerebral palsy after her unnecessarily traumatic birth, in 2014.
Insuring the new working world
Sam Barrett explores how the insurance industry is adapting employers’ liability insurance to reflect the risks associated with new ways of working post-Covid.
Changes to CPR 44
The Civil Procedure Rule Committee has announced that certain critical amendments to the QOCS rules come into force for all personal injury and clinical negligence claims issued from 6 April 2023. This short blog highlights the latest changes.
Trade Voice: Apil’s Kim Harrison on why the time bar on childhood sexual abuse claims needs to be lifted
Kim Harrison, executive committee member at the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers, argues that an independent inquiry’s findings makes it clear the limitation period on childhood sexual abuse claims should be abolished.
Justice minister refuses to commit to regular fixed recoverable costs reviews
Justice minister Lord Bellamy has refused to commit to regularly updating new or existing fixed recoverable costs (FRCs) for inflation, but confirmed an extension to FRC will be going ahead in October.
Climate litigation on the rise as Shell is sued
Kennedy’s partner Alex Nurse expects climate litigation to be on the rise as Shell is facing a legal battle filed by shareholders for its failure to adopt and implement an energy transition that aligns with the Paris Agreement.
SMEs continue to fight for BI payouts as unresolved issues await litigation
Three years on from the onset of the pandemic and more than two years on from the resolution of the Financial Conduct Authority’s initial test case, many small businesses remain embroiled in disputes with insurers over Covid business interruption claims.
What goes around is coming around on leaseholder insurance fees
News Editor's View: Scott McGee warns insurers and brokers that the ‘huge scandal’ of leaseholder insurance fees could be coming back to haunt them.