Insurance claims

Virtual Assessments Are Working on PI Claims, Says Minster Law

Remote medical assessments for motor-related personal injury claims during the lockdown have had an overwhelmingly positive response from customers, according to a new survey from Minster Law. The law firm, which settles around 25,000 claims […]

InsureTech

Verisk Announces Update to its Automated PI Claim Calculator

 Verisk , a leading global data analytics provider, today announced a major new release of piCalculator, its industry-leading solution for calculating damages in personal injury claims. The new version supports greater classification of multiple injuries […]

Legal

DACB Beachcroft Case Report; Carriage Driving Competitor Knew The Risk

DACB Beachcroft (DACB) achieved a great success when, at trial, the team led by Lea Brocklebank, Partner in the Complex and Catastrophic Injury Team and Counsel Richard Stead, of St John’s Chambers, Bristol, successfully defended […]

Legal

Opinion: Covid Effect May Cause A Spike in Fraud Claims Later in 2020

Lewis Thomas, a Counter-Fraud Partner at Horwich Farrelly, the leading specialist insurance law firm, provides the following comment outlining the likely fraud challenges the insurance industry can expect as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic: […]

Fraud

Fancy Trying a Fake Personal Injury Claim? You May Get Jail Time

A fraudster who submitted a false £4,000 personal injury claim has been handed an immediate 12-month prison sentence with no suspension following a successful private prosecution by Allianz Insurance and defendant law firm,Keoghs. The hugely […]

Legal

Law Firms Sign Joint Statement to Keep Wheels of Justice Rolling

More than 40 law firms, medical reporting agencies and rehabilitation providers, as well as a number of major insurers, have signed up to the ACSO/ABI-sponsored Statement of Intent. The statement, which was extended for a […]

Insurance Brokers

Bike Insurance Specialist Bikmo Stashes £1.8m Into Its Panniers

Covid-19 certainly got thousands of Brits onto bikes, many for the first time. That means demand for bicycle insurance is going to increase, especially as cities like Manchester and London invest more in genuine cycleways […]

Legal

Claims: New HealthTech Can Help With Assisted Living & PI Recovery

The Covid-19 outbreak has revealed the inflexibility and lack of innovation in personal care systems around the world.  Relieving these pressures will require an innovative new approach.  A new report, The Future of Care: is Technology the Answer?, […]