Legal

CLS Launches Public Sector Procurement Insurance for Companies

CLS Risk Solutions, a leading MGA for legal indemnity and transactional property risk solutions, has launched its Public Procurement Insurance for the broker market.  The policy has been developed after a ten-fold rise in enquiries […]

Insurance Regulation

FCA Gives Tullett Prebon a £15m Slap for Breaching Rules

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has fined Tullett Prebon (Europe) Limited (Tullett Prebon) £15.4 million for failing to conduct its business with due skill, care and diligence, failing to have adequate risk management systems and […]

Insurance Regulation

Legal: tifgroup Welcomes EU Decision on ASPE Travel Insurance Complaints

tifgroup, Britain’s leading travel insurance company, has welcomed the European Commission’s (EC) decision to not investigate complaints put forward by the Spanish Private Healthcare Alliance (ASPE). The EC said there were no grounds for further […]

News

Facial Recognition Test Case Could Open Up New Risk Analytics Data Streams

Today, the High Court has ruled in favour of the South Wales Police to allow the continued use of Automated Facial Recognition (AFR) – the controversial technology which enables mass crowd surveillance, in response to […]

Legal

Legal/HR: ARAG Expenses Policy Helps Teacher Win Holiday Pay Claim

A landmark Court of Appeal judgment that has provided much-needed clarity about how holiday pay should be calculated for certain types of worker, was brought using a group legal expenses insurance policy. The original employment […]

Insurance claims

Legal & Claims News: MIB Fund IS Liable for Incidents on Private Land

Here’s some interesting legal news we spotted on the Keoghs website recently; On 5th June 2019 the Court of Appeal handed down judgment in the case of Motor Insurers’ Bureau v Lewis [2019] EWCA Civ 909. […]

Legal

Legal Update: Horwich Farrelly Wins Landmark Case on Fake Motor Claims

Horwich Farrelly, the leading insurance industry law firm, in conjunction with Aviva, has successfully won an appeal case that could transform the way courts interpret legislation on fundamental dishonesty and avoid any damages being awarded […]

Life/Health/Critical illness

£20m Damages Case May Change Insurer Funded Cancer Treatment Options

A court case in the United States which ended in a £20 million damages award for the family of a patient who died from cancer after being denied proton beam therapy (PBT) has highlighted the […]