JMW accidents abroad team welcomes new appointments
Manchester law firm JMW Solicitors has expanded its accidents abroad team with the recruitment of a new head, Joanne Brine. A partner with more than 18 years of experience, Brine previously worked as...
View ArticleMobile Doctors aims for larger share of market
Medical reporting agency Mobile Doctors is aiming to capture 100,000 instructions per year by 2021. Achieving the aim would see the medical reporting agency hold more than than 10% of a market with...
View ArticleMIB members back mutualisation of terror risks
Members of the Motor Insurers’ Bureau (MIB) have voted to mutualise the risks associated with terrorism claims. Going forward, the UK motor insurance industry-funded MIB will handle and pay the claims...
View ArticleFirst4Lawyers: Whiplash reform fight far from over
The battle against whiplash reform isn’t over until the fat lady sings, says Qamar Anwar of First4Lawyers With the government still in disarray over Brexit, and with seemingly no end in sight, it was...
View ArticleCall handler’s fraudulent claims land him 12 months in prison
A claims handler who made fraudulent claims and abused his position to steal more than £10,000 has been sentenced to 12 months in prison. Jack Burton was sentenced at Manchester Crown Court for making...
View ArticleTelematics: Prevention rather than claim
Telematics technology is so much more than the little black box. Several experts offer insight into the potential for innovation to minimise the need to make a claim altogether The benefits of...
View ArticleHiscox recruits former Zurich claims director
Hiscox has named the former Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) claims director at Zurich as its new chief underwriting officer for the UK and Ireland. Ben Horton spent four years at Zurich as EMEA...
View ArticleSedgwick bolsters EFI Global leadership
Sedgwick has made several key leadership appointments in its engineering, fire investigation, environmental health and safety and specialty services consulting division, EFI Global. Aime Harrison has...
View ArticleCo-op: Buy travel insurance when you book
Co-op Insurance has warned holidaymakers yet to go abroad this summer to buy travel insurance when they book their trips—or risk missing out on claiming if they’re forced to cancel. Research by the...
View ArticleKennedys to prototype six innovations from its Ideas Lab
Staff at law firm Kennedys could become CEOs of their own legal start-ups after it shortlisted six of the more than 100 proposals generated through its Ideas Lab. The six shortlisted proposals will now...
View ArticleOffice 365 email attacks continue relentless rise, finds Beazley
Attacks targeting business email accounts continued to climb in Q2 2018, specialist insurer Beazley has reported, with organisations using Office 365, the popular cloud-based productivity solution from...
View ArticleAutoglass BodyRepair and Covéa agree three-year partnership
Autoglass BodyRepair, the mobile body-shop repair specialist, has agreed a new three-year contract with Covéa Insurance. The new partnership, which went live on 3 July, sees Autoglass BodyRepair offer...
View ArticleICO fines marketing company over nuisance claim calls
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has levied a £100,000 fine at a marketing company in East Sussex for making 75,649 nuisance calls—many about road traffic accident claims. AMS Marketing of...
View ArticleCarpenters Group opens new office in Liverpool
National legal and insurance services provider Carpenters Group has opened a new office on Chapel Street in Liverpool. This new office is part of a growth plan to expand the current defence and serious...
View ArticleABI general insurance council appoints new chair
Ageas UK chief executive officer Andy Watson has been appointed as the new chair of the general insurance council (GIC) of the Association of British Insurers (ABI). The GIC sets the ABI’s strategic...
View ArticleFloodFlash raises £1.9m seed funding
Insurtech start-up FlashFlood has raised £1.9 million of seed funding to accelerate the nationwide roll-out of its service. LocalGlobe, Pentech Ventures and InsurTech Gateway provided the funding, as...
View ArticleDAS UK makes cyber experts of Google Assistant and Amazon Alexa
DAS UK Group has become the first legal expenses insurer to launch a suite of cyber security information and guidance for the virtual assistants Google Assistant and Amazon Alexa. Owners of a...
View ArticleHorwich Farrelly welcomes drop in travel sickness CMCs
Horwich Farrelly has welcomed the Ministry of Justice’s report that the number of claims management companies (CMCs) operating in the travel sector has fallen by 37%. The drop, seen between August 2017...
View ArticleChubb UK&I claims team earns chartered insurer status
The Chartered Insurance Institute (CII) has awarded chartered insurance status to the Chubb UK and Ireland claims team. Chartered status allows all members of Chubb’s UK and Ireland claims team access...
View ArticleInsurtech firm By Miles joins ABI as associate member
Insurance start-up By Miles has joined the Association of British Insurers (ABI) as an associate member. By Miles provides pay-as-you-drive insurance designed for UK drivers that travel fewer than...
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