Opinion

Insurers Should Review Reserves For Asbestos Claims, After Cancer Drug Trials

In this Opinion piece, Nicola Dawn, a Partner in the Insurance Team at Forbes Solicitors, looks at the potential impact of a new mesothelioma drug on asbestos liability claims. Mesothelioma is a cancer linked to […]

Insurance claims

ACSO Comments as Some Cases Take 87 Weeks To Reach Court

Photo; Pexels.com How is the Civil Justice system dealing with injury and loss claims? As you would expect in go-slow UK, not very well. Commenting on the latest figures (for Sept – Dec 2023), published […]

News

Pattern Insurance and Upper Hand Team Up on Sports Cover

Some partnerships news fro you. Pattern Insurance and Upper Hand have launched a new partnership to give parents and athletes effortless access to accident and registration insurance. Here’s the word; Pattern Insurance and Upper Hand […]

Opinion

Medical Data Undermines Mixed Injuries ā€˜Epidemic’ Claim

Some thoughts on the issue of Mixed Injury Claims, from Matthew Maxwell-Scott at ACSO; Insurers have exaggerated the number of multiple-injury claims being made in the Official Injury Claim (OIC) portal, according to new medical […]

Legal

Civil Justice System Continues to Bump Along at Snail’s Pace

The latest feedback from ACSO, after the UK Govt revealed stats on civil court injury and loss claims; The latest government data on court waiting times in England & Wales show continuing long delays and […]

Legal

Peter Allchorne Elected President of FOIL

Latest key appointment news from FOIL; Pete Allchorne, Partner at international law firm DAC Beachcroft, has been elected President of the Forum of Insurance Lawyers (FOIL), taking over from Nicola Critchley, Partner at DWF Law. […]

Insurance claims

He Ain’t Heavy, He’s My Twin Brother

A Hampshire man seeking compensation for alleged injuries to his neck and arm attempted to claim that videos of him taking part in martial arts training during his recovery period actually showed his twin brother. […]