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Two men sentenced for passing fraudulent motor insurance claims through bogus...
Two men have been sentenced for a total of 10-and-a-half years at The Inner London Crown Court for staging crash-for-cash collisions and running them through bogus claims management companies (CMCs)....
View ArticleVast majority of claims for whiplash generated by insurance companies, says...
The vast majority of claims for whiplash have been generated by insurance companies during the last decade, according to Access to Justice (A2J), the claimant lawyer lobby group. After studying data...
View ArticleWoman sentenced after falsely claiming £107,000 from AXA for flooding of...
A 39-year-old woman from Leeds has been sentenced for fraud after falsely claiming £107,000 from AXA for the non-existent flooding of her business premises. Ruchi Dhir was given a 16 month suspended...
View ArticleThird of dash-cam users do so due to concerns over crash-for-cash gangs
A study of 2,134 UK motorists carried out by Aviva insurance has found that a third of those either using or planning to use dash-cams are motivated by concerns over crash-for-cash gangs. The motorists...
View ArticleHill Dickinson chief executive’s comments fuel speculation that the firm is...
Comments made by Peter Jackson, the chief executive of Hill Dickinson, have fuelled speculation that the firm is set to sell its insurance business group to Keoghs. Preliminary talks between the two...
View ArticleTravel specialist Paul McClorry joins Hudgell Solicitors
Paul McClorry, a travel litigation and serious accidents abroad claims specialist, has joined Hudgell Solicitors’ senior management team. McClorry, who has previously headed up travel litigation teams...
View ArticleNew UK claims director for Chubb
Chubb has appointed John Latter as its new UK and Ireland claims director. Latter is based in London and has more than 30 years of insurance industry experience. He joins Chubb from Zurich, where he...
View ArticleThinking of exiting the PI sector?
With a potential 35,0000 jobs at risk in the PI sector, Nicholas Harrison explains how claims professionals can prepare for a career change The Government’s confirmation that reforms to low value...
View ArticleHalf of consumers find It easier to use claims firms for mis-sold PPI
People making claims for mis-sold payment protection insurance (PPI) are often advised to avoid using claims management companies and instead do it themselves. But it turns out that most claimants...
View ArticleOnly 15% of claims against our doctors succeed, says MDU
The MDU has revealed that it successfully defended 85% of medical claims that closed last year. The medical defence organisation has said that an outdated and adversarial legal system is leading to...
View ArticleSintons Solicitors is the latest firm to start using caseAssist
Sintons Law is the latest firm of solicitors to utilise caseAssist, a software package that helps claimant lawyers, insurers, audiologists and CMCs improve their case handling management. Sintons Law,...
View ArticleBTE and ATE costs will rise under Government’ proposed whiplash claims and...
Claimants are set to face higher BTE and ATE costs should the Government’s proposed soft tissue injury reforms become reality. The warning has come from ARAG’s product development manager, Lesley Attu,...
View Article3G vehicle cameras cut fleet premiums by more than half
First Insurance Solutions says that has reduced its insurance premiums for its fleet clients by as much as 55% in some cases following its adoption of 3G vehicle cameras. The specialist commercial...
View ArticleAllay continues on path to expand workforce to over 400 staff in 2017
Allay has recruited Paul Hardcastle as its new marketing and business development manager as it looks to double its staff member count to 400 in 2017. Hardcastle’s appointment follows a recruitment...
View ArticleNHS needs honest and open appraisal of childbirth-related claims
The NHS needs to improve on learning from its mistakes through an honest and open appraisal, if it is to stem claims against it for childbirth injuries. The message has come from Richard Lodge, a...
View ArticleMinistry of Defence finally apologises to soldiers’ families over Snatch Land...
The Ministry of Defence (MoD) has apologised to the families of servicemen who were killed in poorly armoured vehicles during the Iraq War – ten years after the families began a legal battle against...
View ArticleDriverless vehicles: a shift in liability?
Deborah Newberry and Karishma Paroha from Kennedys examine how autonomous vehicle technology will impact commercial motor policies and look at the implications of liability possibly moving from drivers...
View ArticleTour operators are unfairly delaying compensation payments for holiday...
Just Costs Solicitors has accused some of Britain’s largest tour operators of delaying compensation payments for holiday illness claims – even when ordered to do so by the Courts. Citing a case called...
View ArticleABI urges EU Commission to clarify motor insurance status of private land...
The ABI has urged the EU Commission to clarify that compulsory motor insurance only applies to vehicles when in traffic and not those used on private land. Along with the British Insurance Brokers...
View ArticleMoore Blatch partners with The Child Brain Injury Trust
Moore Blatch has announced a partnership with The Child Brain Injury Trust (CBIT) as it extends its support intervention framework for families affected by childhood brain injury to London. The...
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