Insurance claims

Using Facebook Mate as `Independent’ Witness Costs Claimant Over 51K

Latest insurance fraud report from Clyde & Co; A Barnsley motorist’s fraudulent claim for £15,000 was thrown out after the claimant was found to have lied about a witness to the accident being independent. Crucial […]

Legal

Interesting Precedent Set in Court Case Evidence

In a precedent-setting judgment, the Court of Appeal has today ruled that the evidence of eyewitnesses and other contemporaneous accounts should take precedence when expert testimony cannot ‘unlock’ a case. Global law firm Clyde & […]

Opinion

The Interview: Talking PI, Motor Claims & More, With handl Group

Technology is speeding up the motor claims process like never before, with damage estimates by photo apps, virtual treatments online and eco-systems of third party companies helping insurers to make handling claims easier and quicker. […]

News

Orbital Witness Raises £3.3m – Funding Will Speed Up Property Risk Product

UK-based startup Orbital Witness recently on closed a £3.3m seed funding round led by LocalGlobe and Outward VC with participation from previous investors, including Seedcamp and JLL Spark. This investment round brings Orbital Witness’s total […]

Fraud

Fraud: Doctor Struck Off After Faking PI Report Evidence

Horwich Farrelly, the leading insurance industry law firm, working in conjunction with LV=, one of the UK’s largest car insurers, has finally achieved its goal of seeing a doctor who had systematically falsified expert witness […]