Top claims operators pick up accolades at the Claims Management Awards
The winners of the inaugural Claims Management Awards were announced last night at a glittering ceremony in London. Formerly known as the Claims Innovation Awards, the event was held at The Grange St...
View Articleesure begins using predictive analytics tool from Synectics Solutions to...
esure has successfully piloted a new predictive analytics tool created by Synectics Solutions that will help it to better fight claims fraud. The tool, called Precision, plots future customer behaviour...
View ArticleCarrot Insurance enhances productivity with Eclipse’s Proclaim Debt Recovery...
Eclipse Legal Systems, the sole Law Society Endorsed legal software provider, is implementing its Proclaim Case Management Software solution at Cheshire-based insurance company, Carrot Insurance. Based...
View ArticleNational Accident Helpline unveils £1 million rebrand and departure from...
National Accident Helpline (NAH) has said that it is departing from “aggressive” personal injury claims marketing following a company rebrand. The claims management company, which has spent £1 million...
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Expert Witness Institute appoints Martin Spencer QC as new chair of governors
The Expert Witness Institute (EWI) has appointed leading clinical negligence silk, Martin Spencer QC, as its new chair of governors. Spencer (pictured below) has replaced the Rt. Hon Sir Anthony...
View ArticleHarcus Sinclair and Slater & Gordon team up with European law firm group to...
Harcus Sinclair and Slater & Gordon have teamed up with a Dutch organisation to co-ordinate their proceedings against VW over the diesel car emissions scandal. The Dutch group has been formed by...
View ArticleFormer claims farmer fined for posing as law firms to illegally obtain...
A former claims farmer has been prosecuted for posing as a law firm on numerous occasions in order to illegally obtain personal data from insurance companies. Joseph Walker appeared at Liverpool...
View ArticleClaimant personal injury solicitors are resigned to discount rate change
Claimant personal injury solicitors are resigned to the discount rate moving back up as a result of the Government’s latest consultation on the matter, according to research commissioned by Bill...
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Eclipse Legal Systems selected as an approved G-Cloud supplier
Eclipse Legal Systems, the sole Law Society Endorsed legal software provider, has been approved as a supplier on the latest version of the Crown Commercial Services’ (CCS) procurement framework,...
View ArticleHudgell Solicitors buys sport injury claims specialist Josie Robinson Solicitors
Hudgell Solicitors has bought single partner practice Josie Robinson Solicitors. Experienced clinical negligence specialist Josie Robinson has 15 years’ experience in running clinical negligence claims...
View ArticlePPI claims deadline threatened by legal challenge
A claims management company has mounted a legal challenge to the Financial Conduct Authority’s newly imposed deadline to wind up claims relating to the mis-selling of payment protection insurance...
View ArticleHorwich Farrelly secures landmark ruling for esure over recovering costs from...
Horwich Farrelly says that it has achieved a landmark ruling on behalf of esure, paving the way for insurers to recover costs from credit hire organisations (CHOs). In the appeal of Rachel Mee and...
View ArticleSwitalskis secures record compensation figure for man left with cerebral...
Switalkis Solicitors has secured the largest ever compensation figure for a man who was left with cerebral palsy as a result of negligence during his birth. The man, known as JR who cannot be named for...
View ArticleQueen’s speech: PI reforms to go ahead
The new Government has confirmed that it will press ahead with reform to low value personal injury (PI) cases. Theresa May’s fragile administration has outlined its plans for PI reform in the Queen’s...
View ArticleGovernment confirms tougher policing of claims management companies
The Government has confirmed that it will press on with tougher policing of claims management companies (CMCs) in the Queen’s Speech. Through the Financial Guidance and Claims Bill, the Government will...
View ArticleUrgent action is needed says the Medical Protection Society as it projects...
The Medical Protection Society (MPS) has said that the NHS could be paying out £2.6 billion a year in clinical negligence costs by 2022 and that urgent action is needed before the burden becomes...
View ArticleEclipse Legal Systems turns 30 as Proclaim’s user base soars to 25,000
Eclipse Legal Systems, the sole Law Society Endorsed legal software provider, has announced that the user base for its Proclaim software has hit 25,000 individuals, in the same year as its 30th...
View ArticleFintech firm says it has created “revolutionary” new software in flight delay...
Fintech specialist Allay has launched FlightDeck, a new flight delay claims management platform, which is says quickens the claims process for both airline operators and consumers on a global scale....
View ArticleOne third of GPs say they will quit NHS over increasing indemnity costs
The Medical Defence Union (MDU) has found that a third of GPs are considering leaving the profession or retiring due to the cost of indemnity brought about by rising clinical negligence claims. In a...
View ArticleERS claims specialist to be on hand to personally deal with claims matters at...
ERS is sending one its claims specialists, Matt Gray, to the 2017 Gumball 3000 rally so that he can deal personally with any claims matters. Gray will be on the ground for the duration of the rally and...
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