Personal injury (PI)
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?
Lord Chancellor seeking expert panel for discount rate review
The Lord Chancellor is sourcing a panel of three experts to provide testimony on potential changes to the discount rate on personal injury damages.
Cyber Insurance: Variety in cyber
With cyber insurance a relatively new market, issues are arising in various areas – many from the non-standard wordings in policies themselves.
Blog: The rise and rise of chronic pain claims
Evolutionary advances in modern medicine bring greater understanding of some conditions - but they also bring greater challenges, especially in the personal injury claims arena
Comment - Rewriting the Rehabilitation Code
The Rehabilitation Code, which is 15 years old this year, is to be extensively reviewed. Mark Baylis, chair of the International Underwriting Association-Association of British Insurers Rehabilitation Working Party, says the views of practitioners will…
Rehab code to be reviewed amid personal injury developments
The changing personal injury landscape has triggered the first review of the rehabilitation code in more than seven years.
Biggest changes in Scotland for a generation offer a mixed outcome for insurers
Plexus Law's Cameron McNaught discusses the potential impact of Scottish government proposals for court reform
Rehab Awards 2014: Finalists announced
The shortlist for Post’s Rehabilitation First Awards 2014 has been announced. The awards reward excellence across the market - from employers to insurers, practitioners to claimant solicitors.
Too late for UK to follow Ireland's lead on injury board model
The chief executive of Ireland's Injuries Board has said it is too late for a similar personal injury compensation model to be established in the UK.
Cost of workplace accidents 'unacceptably high' says Greek Labour Minister
Greece’s Labour Minister has called for greater investment in health and safety to tackle the high cost of workplace accidents across the European Union.
Motor price rises 'inevitable' as EY forecasts a return to loss-making in 2014
Motor insurance underwriting in 2014 will return to being a loss-making product after just one year in the black, according to EY’s annual UK motor insurance results seminar.
Legal Update: Occupational Disease: Collins provides limitation law guidance
Lung cancer case provides helpful guidance that will assist defendants in occupational disease cases. Nick Pargeter and Malcolm Keen report
Editor's comment: What's under the wrapping paper?
Surprises for the insurance industry usually come in the form of floods, fires and windstorms, so it must have been a welcome change for the sector this weekend when Justice Secretary Chris Grayling handed them a more pleasant gift by stepping up the…
North of the border: A case of contributory negligence
A recent case provided a rare example of a pedestrian being more at fault than a driver in an accident claim
Bluefin unveils group personal accident and travel insurance cover
Axa-owned broker Bluefin has unveiled a new personal accident and travel policy for small and medium sized businesses.
Spencer launches broadside against insurers in first speech as Apil president
John Spencer warned insurers that the personal injury fraternity “will not roll over and give up” in a combative first speech as president of the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers.
Labour MPs considering PI fears for SME manifesto
Labour MPs are weighing the inclusion of employers' fears on workplace personal injury claims in the party's upcoming SME manifesto, following an Axa report on 'compensation culture'.
Legal update: Interest wrangle has PI implications
Adam Burrell explains the implications of an interest charge in a recently rejected personal injury appeal
Aviva uncovers 19% rise in fraud in 2013
British insurer Aviva detected over £110m worth of insurance fraud in 2013 – a 19% increase compared with 2012.
85% of workplace injuries uncompensated says Apil
A huge majority of workplace related injuries and illnesses remain uncompensated according to figures released by the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers.