RSA to partner with Validus post successful trial to accelerate resolution of...
RSA has partnered up with Validus to use its Verify portal in order to accelerate its claim resolution times. The decision to adopt Verify has been taken after a successful three month pilot undertaken...
View ArticleRegulator shuts down holiday sickness CMC after it is found to have...
The Claims Management Regulator has stripped a holiday sickness claims management company of its licence after it was found to have encouraged holiday-goers to fabricate or embellish symptoms of...
View ArticleElderly medical negligence cases in jeopardy if fixed fees come in for...
Lord Justice Jackson’s recommendations that there be a limit to legal fees where claims for damages are worth less than £25,000 will put elderly medical negligence cases in jeopardy. The warning has...
View ArticleHudgell Solicitors marks 20th anniversary with intention to cement its...
Hudgell Solicitors has marked its 20th year by outlining its intentions to cement its position as one of the UK’s leading law firms. Neil Hudgell established the practice on 1 September 1997, having...
View ArticleTotal group revenue at Irwin Mitchell increases by 6.3% thanks in part to...
Irwin Mitchell’s total group revenue increased by 6.3% to £235.2 million in its 2016/17 financial year, partly due to a strong performance by its personal injury (PI) division. The results mean that...
View ArticleMany holidaymakers having travel insurance claims rejected after not...
Many holidaymakers are having their travel insurance claims rejected due to their failure to declare pre-existing conditions such as high blood pressure. MedicalTravelCompared.co.uk, the specialist...
View ArticleInsurance brokers urged to join Access to Justice whiplash campaign
The Access to Justice lobby group has asked BIBA, the brokers’ trade association, to support its campaign to amend the soft tissue injury claims system in order to stop Government reforms to personal...
View ArticleSlater and Gordon to break away from its UK operations
Slater and Gordon has broken off all ties with its ill-fated UK business after it handed over operations of its UK division to its senior lenders, led by the hedge fund Anchorage Capital Group. The...
View ArticleFive ex-Allianz employees sentenced for leaking customer data to claims...
Five ex-Allianz employees have been sentenced for leaking customer data to claims management companies (CMCs). Sajaad Nawaz and Shaiad Nawaz approached former colleagues Kayleigh Underhill, Andrew...
View ArticleAssessing the asbestos lung cancer fault line
A fault line has appeared in asbestos lung cancer claims, following the recent Court of Appeal judgment in the matter of Department For Communities and Local Government v Blackmore on the issue of...
View ArticleAllianz announces its new head of claims technical
Allianz Insurance has appointed Lee Watts to the position of head of claims technical. In his new role Watts will take responsibility for the technical team and become a member of the insurer’s claims...
View ArticleMS Amlin is working with Imperial College to improve flood predictions in...
MS Amlin is collaborating with Imperial College to develop models that can deliver timely and accurate warnings about extreme weather that leads to flooding in order to help policyholders take action...
View ArticleDiscount rate benchmark to switch from very low risk to low risk investments:...
The Government is set to change the way the Discount Rate is to be calculated, by benchmarking it against low risk investment returns, rather than “very low risk” ones, meaning that the rate would be...
View ArticleMake mental health support a feature of more insurance policies to reduce...
Insurers should be looking at ways in which they can build mental health support services into more of their income protection and health insurance policies in order to reduce claims, according to...
View ArticleLouis Browne QC settles amputee claim by Britain’s strongest disabled man
Acting on behalf of the Ministry of Defence, Louis Browne QC from Exchange Chambers has settled a serious injury claim by Mark Smith, Britain’s strongest disabled man. The claim was valued in excess of...
View ArticleSRA issues warning notice over holiday sickness claims
The sharp increase in holiday sickness claims has led the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) to issue a warning notice that reminds solicitors of their duty to make sure that any claims they are...
View ArticleNAO: Government needs to take a “stronger and more integrated” approach to...
The National Audit Office (NAO) has said that the Government needs to take a “stronger and more integrated” approach if it is to rein in the increasing cost of clinical negligence claims across the...
View ArticlePeople, process and performance: the art of claims consulting
Adrian Gilbert is the managing director of SX3 a claims consultancy service he set up in 2014 with Laurence Besemer. Claims Media recently caught up with him to find out more about SX3 and how it aims...
View ArticleMental health: Helping the vulnerable make claims
With so many people suffering from mental health diseases, the legal sector needs to be ready to do everything it can to support them when they most need help says Qamar Anwar The Legal Services Board...
View ArticleHampson Hughes Solicitors warns fast food giants that their health & safety...
Hampson Hughes Solicitors has warned fast food chains, such as McDonalds, of a possible influx in employees seeking legal action in relation to work related injuries, after recent reports of poor...
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