Legislation
Fraud - MOJ reforms: Against the clock
With the MoJ's 15-day timeframe for insurers to make liability decisions on third-party injury claims from road accidents now in force, Veronica Cowan examines whether the increased time pressures risk rendering the reforms little more than a cheat's…
50 years ago: No need for legislation on bad drivers
Looking back through Post's back catalogue points a unique picture of more than 150 years of insurance news, as this story from 50 years ago reveals.
Broking focus - referral fees: Fight less, pay more
Brokers have been told they can expect falls in income generated from referral fees after new reforms were implemented on 30 April. Ralph Savage discusses the potential fallout from these new rules and what impact it could have on brokers' bottom line.
Q&A - Ralf Geck of Ecclesia Group
In the first of a regular focus on managers of European insurance companies and brokers, Insurance Insight talks to Ralf Geck of German-based broker Ecclesia Group.
News analysis: Financial Services Bill - Nuts and bolts
The Financial Services Bill is going through the legilslative process. Daniel Preddy and Martin Langley explain why more debate is needed about some of the proposals.
Environmental liability update: Small impact?
With the Environmental Liability Directive finally becoming law in the UK last March, Alan Dobson examines whether its effect has been as hard hitting as predicted.
Industry welcomes exception in Equality Bill
The insurance industry has welcomed a decision to allow insurers to continue using age as a risk factor in setting premiums.
Healthcare bill to bar insurers from denying coverage – Obama
Obama says healthcare bill will bar insurers from denying coverage to those with existing illnesses, terminating coverage for those who become ill, or charging “exorbitant premiums” on the basis of age or gender
Mexico made simple
Concerns about regulating reinsurance contracts continue to deter potential entrants to the Mexican market, write Yves Hayaux-du-Tilly and Carlos Fan.
Woolf issues contingency fees warning
Move to US-style fee structure could "destroy professional standards"
Shaken and stirred
Despite the global downturn Japan's reinsurance market is still very stable, says Jeremy Golden but its new government's policies on healthcare and earthquakes may increase international cover needs
Legal eagle
Katherine Blackler talks to Alan Levin, a partner specialising in (re)insurance law at US firm Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge, about his career and the challenges facing the reinsurance market.
US: Chinese drywall makers may ignore lawsuits
Lawyers say they expect Chinese companies that made the wallboard to ignore hundreds of lawsuits filed against them in US courts.
Showing its teeth
Contrary to predictions, one of the first major judgments to consider the issue of 'desirable activity' has arisen in the employer context. Paula Jefferson explains.