Many SMEs unprepared in event of a claim, says Zurich’s claims proposition...
Neil Fraser, the claims proposition manager at Zurich, has said that many SMEs will find themselves unprepared in the event that they need to make a claim. Fraser has told Insurance Business that a...
View ArticleLMA announces claims expert management hub for Lloyd’s carriers
The Lloyds Market Association (LMA) claims committee has approved the establishment of a claims expert management hub for Lloyd’s carriers. The new hub will focus on improved data capture to manage the...
View ArticleAnchorage Capital Group gains control of Slater and Gordon as Andrew Grech...
Andrew Grech has stepped down from his position as group managing director of Slater and Gordon with immediate effect following the announcement of a recapitalisation agreement led by Anchorage Capital...
View ArticleRSA subscribes to CRIF pet insurance database to identify claims fraud
RSA has subscribed to the industry’s first centralised pet insurance claims database to help fight claims fraud in the area. Launched by CRIF Decision Solutions, CACHE Pet imports current and historic...
View ArticleThousands of possible new claims on the horizon from patients suffering from...
Medical implant manufacturers and the NHS are at risk of having to face thousands of new hip replacement negligence claims after the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) issued a...
View ArticleABTA launches tool to urge MPs to force holiday sickness claims into fixed...
ABTA has launched a tool for travel industry businesses and members of the public to email their local MP, urging them to write to Justice Secretary, David Lidington, asking him to place holiday...
View ArticleFlood Re backs almost 130,000 policies in first year; benign weather results...
Flood Re has backed 127,326 policies since it was launched on 4 April 2016, while benign weather has resulted in only a few claims being made through the specialist flood insurance scheme. In its...
View ArticleFinancial Guidance and Claims Bill a missed opportunity to ban CMC cold...
The Association of Personal Injury Lawyers (APIL) has said that the Financial Guidance and Claims Bill is a missed opportunity to tackle the scourge of CMC cold calling and spam texting. APIL, which...
View ArticlePayment technology: giving claims a smoother journey
John Sharman at Tuxedo Money Solutions explains how a streamlined payment process could benefit the claimant and insurer alike, all while enhancing a travel agent’s revenue stream Advancements in the...
View ArticleSolicitors in peril following Court of Appeal ruling on costs budgets
The Association of Costs Lawyers (ACL) has warned that solicitors’ inability to stick to their costs budgets puts them at risk of significant financial losses following the major Court of Appeal ruling...
View ArticleUK road traffic accident personal injury payouts are 17 times higher than in...
The RAC Foundation has said that PI compensation levels for road traffic accidents in the UK are 17 times higher than some other European countries. The transport policy and research organisation has...
View ArticleHudgell Solicitors appoints human rights lawyer involved with Hillsborough...
Hudgell Solicitors has recruited civil liberties solicitor Cyrilia Davies Knight to join the firm’s growing London team. Davies Knight joins after nine years with Birnberg Peirce, where she has...
View ArticleMDU putting more pressure on NHS by no longer insuring spinal surgeries, says...
The MDU’s announcement that it will no longer cover spinal procedures in private hospitals could have catastrophic consequences for the health sector, according to Fletchers Solicitors. As insurance...
View ArticleWeightmans and Clyde & Co latest defendant solicitors to join the IFB as new...
Defendant solicitors Weightmans and Clyde & Co are the latest affiliates to sign up to become members of the Insurance Fraud Bureau (IFB). 12 new members have now joined the IFB’s affiliate model,...
View ArticleNew uncertainty to enter legal expenses market after Elite stops writing new...
Mike Knight, the ATE sales manager at ARAG, has said that Elite Insurance’s decision to stop writing new business will bring new uncertainty to the legal expenses insurance market. Elite is a sizeable...
View ArticleThomas Cook hails “clear message” to dishonest claimants after winning...
Thomas Cook has successfully defended a holiday sickness claim that it says will send a clear message to dishonest claimants. The claimants were ordered to pay the operator’s costs because the judge...
View ArticleDishonest claims fell by 5% in 2016
Insurers detected 125,000 dishonest claims valued at £1.3 billion last year, a 5% drop from 2015. The figures have been released by the Association of British Insurers (ABI), which said that the value...
View ArticleATE business still growing for ARAG as 10th year results show healthy profit
ARAG has posted an 11% growth increase as its consolidated income grew from £11.1 million in 2015 to £12.3 million in 2016. The improved results gave ARAG UK – in its tenth year in business – a pre-tax...
View ArticlePI reform: The good, the bad, and the ugly
Qamar Anwar on the new proposed PI sector reforms and how the Government could ensure that insurers pass on a £35 insurance bill saving to motorists Well, you can’t say you weren’t warned. We at...
View ArticleNHS Resolution: number of clinical negligence claims falls again, but legal...
Clinical negligence claims made against the NHS have fallen in number for the third year in a row but legal costs and damages paid out by NHS Resolution have risen once more. In its annual report, NHS...
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