All Insurance articles – Page 13
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Feature
Noise-induced hearing loss claims
The prospect of fixed costs for noise-induced hearing loss claims.
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News
PII proposals could damage profession, City warns
Plans to reduce the minimum level of indemnity insurance cover would have only a ‘downside risk’, City of London Law Society said.
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News
Consultation uncovers MedCo concerns
PI lawyers and insurers raise questions about audit, accreditation and transparency.
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Feature
PII update: ‘soft’ options
As solicitors experience another benign insurance season, many are unhappy that the regulator has reheated proposals for reform.
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Opinion
APIL open letter to insurers
Let us collaborate to defeat needless injury, fraud and exploitation of the vulnerable?
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Feature
Criminal law changes – part 2
New offences, including those related to improper use of police powers, private sexual photographs and juries.
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News
Chancery Lane censures SRA over ‘flawed’ PII proposals
Society says the regulator’s recent paper fails to address why last year’s proposals on indemnity cover had foundered.
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News
Insurer takes dishonest £135k settlement case to Supreme Court
Court of Appeal restored full award after Zurich had successfully reduced it to £14,720.
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News
Insurance giant blames PI for £14m profits dip
Claimant firms have 'worked out how to operate' under new regime, Esure tells press.
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News
SRA in renewed call to lower PII minimum
Last year the regulator’s proposal to cut compulsory cover to £500,000 from £2m was blocked by the Legal Services Board.
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News
Hardship fund proposed for small firms seeking to close
Fund is one of several ideas advanced by the SRA to continue reform of professional indemnity insurance.
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Feature
PII Focus: overview
Solicitors renewing their indemnity insurance can once again expect a soft market – but there are looming threats to that stability.
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Feature
PII Focus: the broker's view
How firms can keep PII prices down without prejudicing protection.
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Feature
PII Focus: adviser's view
Claims against solicitors are up dramatically. Learn how to be an attractive risk.
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Profile
Roundtable: PII market
The 2014 professional indemnity renewal round was characterised as ‘benign’. After years of turmoil, is the insurance market for solicitors finally stabilising?
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News
Insurers’ pre-med offers ‘encourage opportunism’
Groups respond to government’s call for evidence on how to cut insurance fraud.