Personal injury (PI)
Post history - five years ago: RSA rehab pilot 'strips out lawyers'
Looking through Post’s back catalogue paints a unique picture of more than 150 years of insurance news, as this article from five years ago reveals.
MoJ mediation plans “music to insurers’ ears”
Ministry of Justice plans to promote a wider use of mediation is “music to the ears” of insurers and claimants, Inter Resolve has claimed.
Apil seeks judicial review against Chancellor
The Association of Personal Injury Lawyers has taken legal action after the Lord Chancellor failed to review the discount rate.
Lloyd’s provides £1.25m cover for adventurer
A £1.25m insurance policy has been placed in the Lloyd’s market to cover solo adventurer Sarah Outen on her round the world trip.
Lloyd’s provides £1.25m cover for adventurer
A £1.25m insurance policy has been placed in the Lloyd’s market to cover solo adventurer Sarah Outen on her round the world trip.
Career development & CSR: Broker inspiration wins Molyneux Welsh Woman award
The managing partner at Cardiff-based law firm New Law crowned Welsh Woman of the Year, has put her success down to a casual talk with an insurance broker on a train.
Law report: Highway Code breach irrelevant in speeding motorbike judgment
This law report has been contributed by national law firm Berrymans Lace Mawer.
Law report: Court emphasises prevention of 'expert-shopping'
This law report has been contributed by national law firm Berrymans Lace Mawer.
The Claimant's View: Health & safety gone mad
Health & safety has gone mad. I never thought I would say those words, associated as they are with sections of the media that love to blame health & safety regulations for everything that is wrong with society today.
Postbox: the easy touch environment
We now have another report that tells us what is wrong with our industry. Embargoed until 11 March, the Transport Select Committee's report made the headlines with breakfast television blaming referral fees for the rises in premiums; later, radio put the…
Horwich Farrelly backs “radical” Jackson reforms
Insurance litigation law firm Horwich Farrelly has backed the Ministry of Justice’s plans to implement the Jackson Review.
ABI wants referral fee ban to be next on Government to do list
Today’s Government announcement on civil litigation reform will put the brake on runaway legal costs and mean a better deal for genuine claimants and insurance customers, according to the Association of British Insurers.
Reforms to civil litigation costs will block road to justice
Ken Clarke’s announcement today that the Government will press ahead with reforms to the civil litigation system has been met with disbelief and serious concerns.
Clarke outlines CFA plans
Justice secretary Ken Clarke has confirmed that the government will modify ‘no win, no fee’ arrangements with its implementation of the Jackson Review.
Clarke poised to unveil Jackson plans
Justice secretary Ken Clarke will address parliament tomorrow outlining the government’s plans for the implementation of the Jackson report, Post has learnt.
In series - fraud: how essential is PR in the battle against fraud?
PR is essential when it comes to changing perceptions about the insurance industry. Rachel Gordon investigates how successfully this is being utilised in the long-term fight against fraud.
North of the Border: no fault compensation
On 20 February 2011 the report of the No Fault Compensation Review Group was published. The group, headed by Professor Sheila McLean, has backed a Scottish government plan to reform the system of clinical negligence claims, by introducing a no-fault…
Law report: clarity needed to determine 'special relationship' status on defects claims
This law report has been contributed by national law firm Berrymans Lace Mawer.
Motor claims: adding value to the claims process
The vehicle insurance and accident management worlds are at each others throats most of the time. Paul Hoyle looks at why co-operation is the only way forward.
News analysis - mesothelioma: getting the right guidance
In light of a recent Supreme Court judgment, which failed to produce the sought after clarity, Brian Goodwin argues that defendants should continue to strive for authoritative guidance on mesothelioma cases.
Credit hire - market update: time for a credit check
With the coming year shaping up to be just as busy as 2010 in the credit hire arena, Craig Dickson looks at the themes and issues likely to dominate.
Credit hire - innovation - enter the claims processing matrix
Third-party intervention has failed to deliver the reining in of costs that insurers thought it might. Jon Ralph examines the idea of a collective, collaborative non-fault database, which would capture all claims.
Fraudster jailed after landmark ruling
A Bury man has been imprisoned for six months for his part in a complex motor insurance fraud in a landmark civil judgment.
No-fault forum shopping fears calmed by lawyers
Insurance lawyers have played down fears that proposals to introduce a no-fault system for clinical negligence claims in Scotland could result in forum shopping.