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The way disputes are resolved has changed significantly in recent years, and as the Rolling Stones case highlights, clients and lawyers should think carefully about their options before jumping straight into court proceedings. […]
By Ingrid Hobbs, Insurance Partner, Mayer Brown In recent years reduction in the cost of additive manufacturing has made it both affordable and accessible. This is particularly apparent in the 3D printing market where the […]
If yesterday’s hearing at the House of Commons Environment select committee on floods proved anything, it is that they must include comparison web sites and major distributors within their probe. Aggregators’ low-fi approach to selling […]
Getting the balance right is accordingly critical if insurers and brokers are to remain effective in looking after genuine customers whilst still investigating and prosecuting the fraudsters. […]
The recent announcement by the FSA that it was to consult the market on proposed changes to the way the FSCS levy is administered has caused plenty of gnashing of teeth among the general insurance […]
If I was a broker, I wouldn’t be celebrating just yet – these conflicting statements do little more than make it clear that anything could come out of this review. The market is not out of the woods yet so I’d advise brokers to put away the party hats for now. […]
When Andrew Marr told delegates at the British Insurance Brokers’ Association 2012 conference that insurers have historically been mistrusted around Westminster, I wondered if he might be about to quote former PM Harold Macmillan by adding; ‘but you’ve never had it so good’.
The BBC political commentator opened his speech to a packed Manchester Central Auditorium with the suggestion that general insurers might have been unfairly lumped in with the life insurance market in gaining this poor reputation amongst the political class. […]
THE HEAD OF one of the UK’s largest police forces has invited insurers to help and invest in combating fraud and other criminal activity.
In a speech to the Insurance Institute of Manchester, Peter Fahy, chief constable of Greater Manchester Police indicated his support for the idea of law enforcement working more closely with the private sector and ‘outsourcing’ certain services.
“We’ve got to save £138m from our budget,” said Mr Fahy. “We are saving insurance industry money [through our investigations of crash for cash, fraud etc] is there no way we can’t work together more?” […]
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