Professional indemnity (PI)
Mortgage fraud - Regulation: Safe as houses?
Concern at the scale of professional negligence in the mortgage industry has prompted renewed focus on regulation. But will these efforts succeed in stamping out fraud, asks Jennifer Bates.
Transactional risks - Solutions: Coming of age
Companies with reinvigorated balance sheets are displaying renewed appetite for mergers and acquisitions. John McNally and Tim Allen detail how evolving transactional risk insurance solutions mean the market can meet their needs.
Legal review of the year: Less doing more
Consolidation among insurance law firms was the hot topic for 2010, as they try to meet insurers' demands. Veronica Cowan reports on an interesting year.
Broking review of the year: A breakdown in momentum
2010 was a fairly low key year for the broking market, as the sector kept a low profile during the financial turmoil. Daniel Dunkley reports on the opportunities that were taken up and deals made.
Fire risks - Counterfeit cabling: Getting crossed wires
As electrical contractors install ever-greater amounts of wiring into modern buildings, the rising incidence of dangerous counterfeit cabling should be of serious concern to insurers, builders and homeowners, says Roger Brown.
Solicitors PI firms in the firing line as SRA begins ARP audit
A number of solicitors' professional indemnity insurers may see their declared premiums uplifted amid concerns cover was under-reported to avoid exposure to the assigned risks pool.
SRA to audit PI insurers
The Solicitors Regulation Authority has revealed that it will audit qualifying solicitor’s professional indemnity insurers.
Jelf seals affinity deal
Jelf has entered an affinity partnership with the Institution of Mechanical Engineers.
Chartis revealed as largest solicitors' PI insurer at 2010 renewals
The Solicitors Regulation Authority has today confirmed that the total premium pool for the solicitor's professional indemnity market this year was £213.6m.
ABI backs call to remove single renewal date for solicitors' PI
The Association of British Insurers has welcomed today’s publication of an independent report on the need for changes to the solicitors’ professional indemnity insurance market.
Lockton adds former Chartis manager to PI team
Stuart Dugdill joins Lockton’s Manchester office on 1 November.
Interview - Andrew Mckee: Planning for the next stage
Having taken over at Lloyd's insurer Mitsui, Andrew McKee talks to Jonathan Swift about his plans to move the company on, a decade after it launched.
Hiscox offers charities cover
Hiscox has launched a combined charities insurance product designed to take advantage of what it describes as a "gap in the market."
Torus boosts Swiss professional lines team
Torus has appointed Michael Kuprianczyk as a professional lines senior underwriter based in Zurich.
Brit promotes Jonathan Mudd
Mr Mudd, North American professional indemnity underwriter in its global markets business, has been promoted to class underwriter and takes up this new role with immediate effect.
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.
Legal Ombudsman: Open for business
As the Legal Ombudsman replaces the Legal Complaints Service, Michelle Garlick looks at the differences between the schemes.
Law report: Dismissed appeal aids solicitors acting on behalf of insurers
This law report has been contributed by national law firm Berrymans Lace Mawer.
Aon applauds solicitors' renewal rate
Aon received nearly four times the number of professional indemnity proposals from solicitors at the beginning of August than the same time last year.
Law firms continue to trade without PI insurance claims broker
A significant number of law firms closed their doors ahead of the 1 October professional indemnity insurance renewal deadline rather than face the high cost of premiums, according to a legal expert.
Professionalism indemnity - Estate agents & surveyors: Free agents
Estate agents seem to be enjoying a stable professional indemnity environment, despite the housing market crisis. Jane Bernstein explains why.
Canopius announces changes to PI strategy
Canopius Group has announced it is to focus its professional indemnity underwriting strategy on smaller UK organisations.
Solicitors' PI numbers stable
The number of law firms without solicitors' professional indemnity cover has remained stable due to competition among qualifying insurers, XL Insurance has claimed.
Environmental liability - under-insurance: Clean up your act
Environmental insurance is regularly purchased by companies looking to cover historical liabilities rather than their day-to-day operational risks. Tony Lennon examines the reasons behind this decision.