Slater and Gordon share price drops to new low following downbeat trading update
Slater and Gordon’s share price in Australia has dropped again to $A0.20 (12p) following a downbeat trading update. In a statement to the Australian Stock Exchange in advance of the release of the...
View ArticleZurich reveals that it paid out almost £2 billion worth of UK claims in 2016
Zurich paid out almost £2 billion in UK claims payments during the course of 2016. The insurer said that it dealt with 220,000 new claims in total, down from 260,000 in 2015. Just over half of the...
View ArticleInsurers may need to get ready for a wave of claims from former football...
Insurers should brace themselves for a large number of former football players seeking compensation for head injuries that have led to dementia. The warning has come from Michelle Crorie, head of...
View ArticleNew home owners prevented from talking about poor build compensation claims...
The National House Building Council (NHBC) is forcing new home owners to sign gagging orders following successful poor build compensation claims about the state of their homes. According to The...
View ArticleSunLife partners with BGL Group’s Junction to launch new motor insurance product
SunLife has appointed Junction, the BGL Group’s partnerships business, to run its new motor and revamped home insurance products. Sunlife has signed a five-year contract with the white label platform...
View ArticleDirect Line delays release of 2016 financial results as it waits for discount...
Direct line has said that it will delay the release of its 2016 financial results as it awaits the UK government’s decision on the personal injury discount rate. The FTSE 100-listed insurance company...
View ArticleMarket for medico-legal and associated insurance services estimated to be...
The market for medico-legal and insurance services (MLIS), was estimated to be worth over £600 million in 2016 according to a new IRN Legal Market Briefing from IRN Research. The MLIS market, which...
View ArticleClaimant lawyers incredulous as Government say it will increase the small...
The Government has confirmed that it will increase the small claims limit to £5,000 for whiplash claims and create a new threshold of £2,000 for all other personal injury claims. To the incredulity of...
View ArticlePI reform will result in legal expenses product innovation, says Arc Legal
Arc Legal Assistance has said that the legal expenses insurance industry has been handed an opportunity to develop and introduce new product and service models in light of the Government’s whiplash...
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View ArticleAXA praises cuts to whiplash claim damages as it reveals 8.1% growth in revenue
AXA has warmly welcomed the reforms to RTA-related claims in the Government’s Prisons and Courts Bill which will see a drastic reduction in damages for injuries that last up to two years. David...
View ArticleHill Dickinson appoints two senior hires from Triton Global to its London...
Hill Dickinson has announced the appointment of Neil Trayhurn and Dragos Stoica to its London insurance team. Both solicitors join the firm from Triton Global. Trayhurn (pictured, right) joins as head...
View ArticleLord Chancellor leaves insurers reeling with new Discount Rate
Elizabeth Truss has shocked the insurance industry by adjusting the Discount Rate for lump sum compensation payments for life-changing injuries from 2.5% to minus 0.75%. The Lord Chancellor and Justice...
View ArticleDiscount Rate reduction for personal injury claims is what injury victims...
The new Discount Rate for compensation payments awarded to claimants who suffer severe life-changing injuries is what they need and deserve, says the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers (APIL). The...
View ArticleSlater & Gordon share price falls again as it hangs on for survival
Slater & Gordon could be facing a fight for survival after reporting a A$425.1 million (£262 million) loss in its half year financial results. The firm now has total total liabilities of A$1.3...
View ArticleLegal expenses insurers will pick up PI baton once MoJ’s whiplash reforms are...
Legal expenses insurer DAS has predicted that there will be an increase in demand for motor legal expenses insurance (MLEI) as a result of the Ministry of Justice’s (MoJ) proposed personal injury...
View ArticleTop clinical negligence lawyers gather at Claims Conference in Manchester
Some of the UK’s leading clinical negligence lawyers gathered at the Claims Conference on 1 March to hear about how Government policy, various commercial pressures, and the growing field of ADR could...
View ArticleKennedys hires 24-strong casualty team from Hill Dickinson
Kennedys has recruited the entire casualty team from Hill Dickinson. The team, made up of three partners and 21 legal and support staff will now become part of Kennedys’ national personal injury...
View ArticleFletchers Solicitors named one of the best places to work in the UK for...
Fletchers Solicitors has been listed as a Sunday Times Best 100 Companies to Work for in 2017, for the second year running. The medical negligence and personal injury firm was awarded 85th place in the...
View ArticleJMW raises over £50,000 for national brain injury charity
JMW Solicitors has raised over £50,000 for national charity the Child Brain Injury Trust. The firm established a relationship with the charity as its sole legal services provider in the North West in...
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