Personal injury (PI)
R&Q completes Norwegian portfolio transfer
Randall & Quilter has completed a portfolio transfer from Norway-domiciled captive Aker Insurance to R&Q's EU run-off consolidator in Malta.
China mandates injury cover for construction workers
China's government has said no construction permits will be given to projects which fail to provide workers with injury insurance.
Claims Club News: Periodic payment orders tipped to make up a third of insurers’ liabilities
Periodic payment orders could account for a third of insurers’ future liabilities amid increasing frequency in bodily injury claims, according to KPMG non-life actuarial partner David Brown.
DWF returns to Greenwoods to swoop for large loss PI team
Law firm DWF has recruited a specialist catastrophic and large loss personal injury team from Greenwoods to bolster its 1000-strong national insurance practice.
In Series - Personal Injury: Hear we go
As legal reforms make whiplash claims less profitable, claims farmers appear to be moving into areas such as industrial deafness. But will they see the same level of success?
In Series - Personal Injury: what next for PI?
Reforms have led to strong progress in tackling the whiplash epidemic, but the job isn’t done yet. What can parties involved in PI expect in the future?
Duplication inflating Claims Portal figures
The Claims Portal has warned that duplication is inflating the total number of claims registered with the claims portal, but cautioned it is unable to estimate the scale of the problem.
Personal injury claims on the up in motor as hearing loss claims rise too
Analysts predicting full year squeeze on profitability after Q3 results
In Series: Personal Injury: Is the tide turning?
While insurers are hopeful recent reforms have signalled a sea change in personal injury, making it more difficult to succeed with fraudulent claims, claimaint lawyers say genuine claimants will suffer. So who’s right?
In Series: Not out of the PI woods yet
Although recent reforms have made a difference to problems plaguing the personal injury sector, insurers say they have not gone far enough. So what more can be done?
Revised rehab code to be published by end of Q2 2015
A revised rehabilitation code will be published by the end of the second quarter of 2015 after the International Underwriting Association-Association of British Insurers Rehabilitation Working Party reported an “unprecedented” response for views on a…
Industry backs Jackson’s call for fixed costs to be extended beyond PI claims
Lord Justice Jackson repeats call for fixed costs on all fast-track cases
North of the Border: Changes to Health & Safety Act
Section 69 of the Enterprise and Regulatory Act 2013 amended section 47 of the Health & Safety at Work Act 1974 for accidents occurring after 1 October 2013.
ABI rejects claims it 'backtracked' on fraud figures
The Association of British Insurers has denied "backtracking" on claims about the level of motor insurance fraud in response to challenges from the Transport Select Committee to justify its figures.
Jackson urges government action to extend fixed costs
Lord Justice Jackson is urging government to apply his recommendation that fixed costs should apply to all fast track cases in order to halt a "serious lacuna" in cost management rules.
Hiscox launches personal accident insurance product
Hiscox has launched a personal accident insurance product for the UK market.
Third party injury claims down 10% say actuaries
Insurers have benefited from a 10% reduction in the frequency of third-party injury claims according to figures released by the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries.
Blog: Why PPOs don't need to be a pain
Cherry Chan takes a look at how insurers can understand the risk associated with PPOs
Rehabilitation: Rehab rethink
With the personal injury landscape now unrecognisable from the environment in which the Rehabilitation Code was introduced 15 years ago, a much-needed update to the code is on the way. So what can the insurance industry expect?
Ifed collars 11 in trips and slips clampdown
The Insurance Fraud Enforcement Department has today arrested 11 people as part of a day of action over fraudulent personal injury claims.
Hiscox adds two to London market personal accident team
Hiscox has expanded its London market personal accident team with the hire of a team leader and senior underwriter.
Legal Update - Heading down a slippery slope
James Harvey explains how insurers could face additional burdens if other UK courts follow Scotland’s lead when it comes to apportioning liability for trips and falls on public highways
Ageas boosts personal accident cover for SMEs
Ageas has made several changes to the cover offered under its personal accident policy for SMEs including an increase in cover for funeral and medical expenses.
Rehab: Looking to Europe
Despite being received with enthusiasm, rehabilitation in the UK is being accused of having stalled - but why has it fallen so far behind similar models across Europe?