Personal injury (PI)
Clear Group’s Scottish expansion; Bridgehaven’s buy; B.P. Marsh’s CEO
Friday Round-Up: Insurance Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
Mazur ruling: A seismic shift for insurance?
A recent ruling at the High Court could give the legal and insurance industries another headache to worry about.
Court decision creates transgender PI ‘compensation lottery’
Minster Law has warned that the recent Supreme Court ruling on the definition of sex in the Equality Act has created uncertainty for personal injury compensation calculations for transgender claimants, which could result in award differences of up to six…
DWF and insurers win in personal injury data dispute
A High Court judgment has dismissed claims against DWF Law brought by Ersan and Co Solicitors, reinforcing the rights of insurers and their legal teams to process data in suspected fraudulent personal injury claims.
A decade of serious injury collaboration over confrontation
Trade Voice: Matthew Tuff, president of the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers, explains how the Serious Injury Guide puts collaboration before conflict in catastrophic injury claims resulting in better outcomes on all sides.
Allianz makes £200k saving after butchered claim
Allianz has saved £200,000 after a complex injury claim was dropped due to the discovery of contradictory surveillance footage and social media evidence.
A new era for justice in Northern Ireland?
Trade Voice: Cathal O’Neill, president of the Forum of Insurance Lawyers Northern Ireland and a partner at Carson McDowell, examines proposed changes to legal reforms in Northern Ireland.
Why Treasury’s £15 whiplash reform dividend doesn’t stand up to scrutiny
Trade Voice: Sue Brown, chair of the Motor Accident Solicitors Society, says that HM Treasury’s recent report on the effects of the Civil Liability Act raises more questions than it answers.
Why the law on bereavement damages is unfair and out of date
Trade Voice: Kim Harrison, president of the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers, says Scotland’s fairer system hasn’t caused disquiet from insurers and asks why England and Wales remain stuck in the past.
Lord Chancellor criticised after ‘convoluted’ whiplash tariff increase
The Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice, Shabana Mahmood has today announced that she will increase the whiplash tariff by 15%.
FCA takes trio to court for arranging vacuum cover
The Financial Conduct Authority has started criminal proceedings against three individuals accused of arranging insurance cover for vacuum cleaners without the regulator’s permission.
Mass’s Sue Brown on what to expect from Labour
Trade Voice: Sue Brown, chair of the Motor Accident Solicitors Society, looks at whether the Labour government might usher in a sea change on civil justice issues.
Wheels in motion for changes that benefit insurance customers
Following her attendance at inaugural meeting of the government's motor insurance taskforce, Rocio Concha, director of policy and advocacy at Which, shares her hopes for robust action from the regulator to make the sector work better for customers.
Big Interview: Georges de Macedo, Covéa
Georges de Macedo, CEO of Covéa Insurance, reveals how he is pushing the UK arm of French mutual insurance giant back to profitability and why the provider won’t work with MGAs again.
Foil’s Tara McSorley on increasing damages awards in Northern Ireland
Trade Voice: Tara McSorley, chair of the Forum of Insurance Lawyers Northern Ireland and legal director at Clyde & Co, gives Post readers the rundown on recent changes to damages guidance.
Mass’s Sue Brown on access to justice
Trade Voice: Sue Brown, chair of the Motor Accident Solicitors Society, says she would like to see a change of direction on civil justice from the new Labour government.
Apil’s Scarsbrook on why the personal injury discount rate isn’t about insurance
Trade Voice: Past president of the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers, Jonathan Scarsbrook, says injured victims of negligence must not be made scapegoats for the insurer’s inability to control their costs.
Mass’s Sue Brown on why the whiplash tariff should be reviewed annually
Trade Voice: Sue Brown, chair of the Motor Accident Solicitors Society, says annual reviews need to be introduced at the earliest opportunity to address the perhaps irreparable damage done by the 2018 reforms.
Foil’s Allchorne on keeping the OIC tariffs in proportion
Trade Voice: Pete Allchorne, president of Forum of Insurance Lawyers and partner at DAC Beachcroft, says now is not the time to increase the OIC tariff amounts.
JCG uplift of 22% could mean small track claims limit is increased
The incoming uplift for personal injury claims recommended in the Judicial College Guidelines might need to see an upheaval in limits applied to the Official Injury Claims portal.
Apil’s Jonathan Scarsbrook on why consumers should be furious
Trade Voice: Jonathan Scarsbrook, president of the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers, argues costlier-than-ever car insurance isn’t delivering for consumers.