Legal
Quiz of the week - 11 December
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Blog: Wet cricket grounds don't make for slippery liability
Today we are all more acutely aware of the dangers, as well as the benefits, of playing team sports, with umpires or referees often being in the front line of ensuring player safety. Many might not regard cricket as dangerous but, recent events have…
FCA urges further improvements on mobile phone insurance
The Financial Conduct Authority’s follow-up review into mobile phone insurance found while some firms have improved, there were still many who were not providing fair outcomes for customers.
Kennedys expands in Scandinavia with merger and associations
Law firm Kennedys is expanding its international reach in Europe through agreements with three Scandinavian firms, which come into effect from 1 January 2016.
DWF opens Brussels office
Law firm DWF is opening an office in Brussels to provide greater competition and regulatory support to its global insurance clients.
Q&A video: implications of the Vnuk case on UK motor market
Following the European Court of Justice ruling in the UK government will very soon have to change the rules about what risks are covered by compulsory motor insurance law.
Mike Webb steps down as chairman of Horwich Farrelly
Insurance industry law firm Horwich Farrelly has announced its current chairman, Mike Webb, will be leaving his role at the end of 2015.
Legal Update: Between a rock and hard place
Nick Rogers examines where liability attaches when an autonomous vehicle cannot avoid an accident.
Thompsons responds to insurer meeting on fraudulent solicitors
Claimant firm Thompsons Solicitors has accused insurers of "talking up a crisis" to suit their own agenda in relation to the amount of personal injury fraud reported by the industry.
FCA transparency proposal deemed a 'partial solution'
Industry commentators have challenged the Financial Conduct Authority for putting forward a "partial solution" in its proposal that would require general insurers to publish the prior year's premium on renewal notices, announced today (3 December).
Uptick in CMC activity predicted as insurers eye long-term motor rate reductions
Insurers have widely committed to pass on savings set to flow from the government’s heightened whiplash reforms, despite a predicted surge of activity among claims management companies in the interim period.
Industry disputes claimant solicitor criticism of move to 'care, not cash' claims model
Criticism of the government’s acceleration of personal injury reforms in the motor market by the claimant legal fraternity has been dismissed by the wider insurance industry, which has welcomed a shift in claims from cash to care.
Insurers to discuss unscrupulous solicitors with SRA next month
Talks between the Solicitors Regulation Authority and a handful of insurers to discuss the legal watchdog’s regulation of solicitors suspected to be facilitating fraud have been set for 9 December, Post understands.
Blog: £700m earmarked for court efficiency reforms in the Spending Review
Chancellor George Osborne yesterday brought to an end speculation about whether funds for radical technology-driven reform to the court service would be made available.
Cloud insurance uptake set to increase in light of FCA consultation
A Financial Conduct Authority consultation giving guidance to financial services firms outsourcing to the cloud should result in more insurance industry players using the technology, commentators predict.
Parabis exodus continues as PI teams defect to Horwich Farrelly
Parabis Group has seen seven partners and 36 other lawyers and support staff move to Horwich Farrelly, as the beleaguered business continues to downsize.
Trade Voice: All change
With the Insurance Act and several important decisions in the courts, it’s been a busy year legally speaking
Legal update: Late revival but early introduction?
The market needs to consider the impact of late payment provisions now, says Nick Young
Yorkshire broking boss cleared of careless driving charge
Broker boss Sean McClarron has been cleared of a death by careless driving charge.
Quiz of the week - 20 November
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Legal implications cited by insurers amid complex policy wording criticism
Insurers should be cautious about watering down legal policy wordings to make the documents easier to read, commentators have warned, despite new research showing one-third of policies are written for those with a university-equivalent reading level.
Career File: Duncan Rutter: DAC Beachcroft partner becomes Foil president
DAC Beachcroft partner Duncan Rutter has vowed to maintain access to justice and improve the claims process after becoming the 20th president of the Forum of Insurance Lawyers.
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.
Parabis Group confirms Plexus sale to original founders
Parabis Group has confirmed it is selling its defendant and consumer law firms to a consortium of private individuals led by two of its original founders.