All PII articles – Page 11
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OpinionSRA’s plans can only help the life of PII
Insurance proposals strike a Goldilocks balance between market freedom and consumer protection.
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NewsSRA ready to slash minimum compulsory PII cover
The regulator will reduce the level of mandatory insurance cover from £2m to £500,000.
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NewsSRA drops plan to ban unrated PII insurers
Decision announced as part of a wide-ranging review of regulation of solicitors.
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FeatureRoundtable: professional indemnity
The professional indemnity insurance market is likely to remain turbulent for some time to come, despite far-reaching reforms.
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NewsHudson: unrated indemnity insurers not an automatic risk
The Law Society has called for talks with Yorkshire Building Society to discuss its plans to remove law firms from its panel.
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NewsBuilding society drops panel firms relying on unrated PII insurers
The Gazette understands that the Yorkshire Building Society Group decided at the start of this year to restrict membership to law firms with rated providers.
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OpinionPII – a flawed framework
Problems in the cross-border insurance market will continue as long as member states’ legal systems differ.
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NewsFirms to be left ‘high and dry’ by PII plan
Chief executive of Elite, which insures one in 10 practices, warns that rating costs will be added to premiums.
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NewsMore law firms face unrated PII threat
Survey results come weeks before the SRA decides whether to ban unrated insurers from the market after a glut of collapses in recent years.
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OpinionIs it time to scrap mandatory PII?
Is the best way to stop this annual hoopla to give the client a choice?
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NewsNew venture offers firms an escape route
Lawyers Inc. aims to absorb up to 15 firms in its first year and in return provide all their back-office, insurance and compliance support.
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NewsSRA’s unrated PII ban puts firms at risk, says Society
The regulator wants to avoid the problems caused by insolvent insurance providers in recent years.
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FeaturePII renewal: date with destiny
This PII renewal round offered firms the option of moving from the single renewal date. So what happened?
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OpinionPII in a European setting
What light does a new report shed on the availability of cross-border insurance products?
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FeatureUnrated insurers: the wrong questions
Imposing a rating requirement is a short-term solution to a long-term problem. Should we review the scope of cover from the ground up?
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NewsSRA considers ban on unrated indemnity insurers
Recent problems with unrated insurers force regulator to consider reforms.
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NewsHigh street cull as 136 firms disappear
The SRA has published names of firms that did not obtain indemnity insurance.
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OpinionShaping our profession
The Law Society enters 2014 primed to protect and promote members’ interests on many fronts.