Personal injury (PI)
Post in print - 28 October 2010
Senior reporter Dan Dunkley outlines the main news from this week's issue of Post.
IAG to retain Equity Red Star
Insurance Australia Group chairman Brian Schwartz has vowed not to sell its embattled UK business Equity Red Star.
UK personal motor market to remain unprofitable until at least 2015
The UK personal motor market is to remain unprofitable until at least 2015, according to a survey of UK insurers by Tower Watson.
Jackson proposals to "restore balance" in negligence claims
The costs of settling clinical negligence claims have spiralled in the last 30 years with average claimants’ legal costs increasing by three times the rate of inflation since 1981, according to the Medical Defence Union.
Post Intelligence Benchmarking - Commercial Insurers: Waving - or drowning?
Insurance 360's groundbreaking survey of commercial insurers' performance reveals which ones have got their acts together and which ones need to raise their game. Peter Joy reports.
Comment - Rates: Tackling the flaws
Jack Brownhill asks why the motor market seems unable to learn from the past and tackle its structural flaws.
Legal update - Claimant credibility: Making a challenge
Even when documents provide versions of events that are inconsistent with the claimant's pleaded case, Laura Collins still warns insurers over making assaults on their credibility.
Law report: Regulations are starting point for assessing liability — not conduct
This law report has been contributed by national law firm Berrymans Lace Mawer.
2012 deadline for review could be linked to London Games
The ambitious 2012 deadline for the implementation of Lord Young of Graffham's recommendations regarding health & safety rules could have been set as a way to encourage volunteering during the London Olympic Games.
Co-op extends PI claims services
Co-operative Legal Services is set to extend its current range of personal injury claims services to include accidents at work and industrial disease claims.
Foil forms sector focus teams
The Forum of Insurance Lawyers has revised its special interest groups in a bid to strengthen its areas of sector focus and engage more effectively with members, insurers and self-insurers.
Elite CEO criticises "exaggerated" assessment of ATE market
Elite Insurance chief executive Jason Smart has argued that the views of Lord Young and Lord Jackson would prevent innocent victims from gaining access to justice.
Lord Young reaction: Foil welcomes simplified risk assessments
The Forum of Insurance Lawyers has welcomed a simplified risk assessment process as recommended in Lord Young's report.
Lord Young reaction: Airmic supports good news for claimants
The Association of Risk Managers has has welcomed the Lord Young review as good news for claimants.
Lord Young reaction: Zurich backs report
Zurich has backed Lord Young saying risk aversion in society is a threat to the future economic and social well-being of the UK.
Lord Young reaction: ABI welcomes report
The Association of British insurers has backed Lord Young's recommendations on health and safety.
Lord Young's report published
Lord Young, the Prime Minister’s adviser on health and safety law and practice, has published his report Common Sense, Common Safety.
News analysis - EL Trigger Litigation: An unfortunate conclusion
After nearly of year of deliberation, the Court of Appeal has delivered its verdict in the EL trigger litigation. Brian Goodwin dissects a complex ruling that seems to deliver only uncertainty for all parties.
Interview - Terry Renouf: Opportunity knocks
BLM national senior partner Terry Renouf is halfway through his second term in the role. He talks to Jonathan Swift about leaving his mark on the law firm.
Regulation - health & safety: Safe from harm
The coalition government has pledged to end the culture of health and safety 'tick-box' regulation for UK businesses. Phil Wright assesses the impact on the engineering inspection sector and the role the insurance industry has to play in helping…
ABI: Insurers committed to asbestos compensation
The Association of British Insurers has claimed that insurance companies are still committed to compensating asbestos victims despite today’s critical Court of Appeal ruling.
Apil rallies against EL insurance compensation "lottery"
The Association of Personal Injury Lawyers has called for insurers to “play by the old rules” regarding employers’ liability compensation in mesothelioma cases until there is a hearing at the Supreme Court.
Aviva ordered to pay £170k claim
Aviva has been forced to pay £170 000 to a personal injury claimant after pressure from the Financial Ombudsman Service, according to reports.
Equitas to offer ex-gratia mesothelioma payments
Equitas has said it will make payments to mesothelioma victims in situations where they would have been compensated by a Lloyd’s policy but the company no longer exists or cannoth be traced.