Legal & Medical Magazine » Funding Insurance http://www.legal-medical.co.uk news for the medico-legal industry Fri, 03 Jun 2011 13:17:05 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 ABI calls on Government to ban referral fees http://www.legal-medical.co.uk/personal-injury/abi-calls-on-govt-to-ban-referral-fees.html http://www.legal-medical.co.uk/personal-injury/abi-calls-on-govt-to-ban-referral-fees.html#comments Thu, 14 Apr 2011 10:24:32 +0000 bbm http://www.legal-medical.co.uk/?p=14739 The Association of British Insurers (ABI) has warned that motor premiums will continue to soar unless serious action is taken to cut the cost of rising personal injury claims.

The warning comes as figures released today by the AA show that the average…{+}

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]]> http://www.legal-medical.co.uk/personal-injury/abi-calls-on-govt-to-ban-referral-fees.html/feed 0 Motor insurance premiums up by 40 per cent http://www.legal-medical.co.uk/personal-injury/motor-insurance-premiums-up-by-40-per-cent.html http://www.legal-medical.co.uk/personal-injury/motor-insurance-premiums-up-by-40-per-cent.html#comments Thu, 14 Apr 2011 10:17:12 +0000 bbm http://www.legal-medical.co.uk/?p=14735 Drivers are now paying an average of £892.08 to insure their car compared with £633.55 12 months ago, according to an analysis of more than 2,500 premiums. It is claimed for every £1 paid in compensation an additional 87p is paid in lawyers’ fees.

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]]> http://www.legal-medical.co.uk/personal-injury/motor-insurance-premiums-up-by-40-per-cent.html/feed 0 Personal injury solicitors will cut use of CFAs, poll finds http://www.legal-medical.co.uk/clinical-negligence/personal-injury-solicitors-will-cut-use-of-cfas-poll-findspersonal-injury-lawyers-will-cut-the-number-of-conditional-fee-agreements-they-offer-to-clients-as-a-direct-result-of-the-civil-justice-fundi.html http://www.legal-medical.co.uk/clinical-negligence/personal-injury-solicitors-will-cut-use-of-cfas-poll-findspersonal-injury-lawyers-will-cut-the-number-of-conditional-fee-agreements-they-offer-to-clients-as-a-direct-result-of-the-civil-justice-fundi.html#comments Thu, 07 Apr 2011 11:32:30 +0000 bbm http://www.legal-medical.co.uk/?p=14725 Personal injury lawyers will cut the number of conditional fee agreements they offer to clients as a direct result of the civil justice funding reforms announced by the government.
Claimants will no longer be able to recover after-the-event insurance…{+}

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]]> http://www.legal-medical.co.uk/clinical-negligence/personal-injury-solicitors-will-cut-use-of-cfas-poll-findspersonal-injury-lawyers-will-cut-the-number-of-conditional-fee-agreements-they-offer-to-clients-as-a-direct-result-of-the-civil-justice-fundi.html/feed 0 Claimants will suffer if government scraps ‘no win, no fee’ http://www.legal-medical.co.uk/personal-injury/claimants-will-suffer-if-government-scraps-no-win-no-fee.html http://www.legal-medical.co.uk/personal-injury/claimants-will-suffer-if-government-scraps-no-win-no-fee.html#comments Thu, 03 Mar 2011 14:46:28 +0000 bbm http://www.legal-medical.co.uk/?p=14644 The Jackson review includes draconian proposals that will affect compensation for people with complex insurance claims

Martyn and Christine Harrison’s daughter Sophie was appallingly injured in a road accident in April 2009. She died two days later,…{+}

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]]> http://www.legal-medical.co.uk/personal-injury/claimants-will-suffer-if-government-scraps-no-win-no-fee.html/feed 0 Law Society: SRA has “no coherent vision” for insurance reform http://www.legal-medical.co.uk/regulation/law-society-sra-has-%e2%80%9cno-coherent-vision%e2%80%9d-for-insurance-reform.html http://www.legal-medical.co.uk/regulation/law-society-sra-has-%e2%80%9cno-coherent-vision%e2%80%9d-for-insurance-reform.html#comments Thu, 03 Mar 2011 14:42:31 +0000 bbm http://www.legal-medical.co.uk/?p=14640 Inadequate cover: just flagging abolition of the ARP could damage market, says society

Excluding claims by financial institutions from compulsory professional indemnity insurance (PII) cover will harm consumers and smaller law firms, cut access to…{+}

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]]> http://www.legal-medical.co.uk/regulation/law-society-sra-has-%e2%80%9cno-coherent-vision%e2%80%9d-for-insurance-reform.html/feed 0 Jackson Report published http://www.legal-medical.co.uk/clinical-negligence/jackson-report-raises-major-concerns-for-claims-management-companies.html http://www.legal-medical.co.uk/clinical-negligence/jackson-report-raises-major-concerns-for-claims-management-companies.html#comments Fri, 15 Jan 2010 10:00:21 +0000 James Ratcliff http://www.legal-medical.co.uk/?p=14015 The much-anticipated Jackson Report on Civil Litigation Costs has been published as we go to press, and hits out at claims managers and ATE insurers, while providing encouragement for liability insurers and defendants.

Should the recommendations of…{+}

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]]> http://www.legal-medical.co.uk/clinical-negligence/jackson-report-raises-major-concerns-for-claims-management-companies.html/feed 0 Axing insurance law ‘adds costs’ http://www.legal-medical.co.uk/personal-injury/axing-insurance-law-adds-costs.html http://www.legal-medical.co.uk/personal-injury/axing-insurance-law-adds-costs.html#comments Tue, 15 Dec 2009 16:12:14 +0000 James Ratcliff http://www.legal-medical.co.uk/?p=13977 {+}

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]]> If a 100-year-old ‘non-disclosure’ law that enables insurers to avoid paying claims is axed they will pass the costs on to customers, according to the Law Commission.

It would mean that instead of consumers having to give certain information to insurers,…{+}

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]]> http://www.legal-medical.co.uk/personal-injury/axing-insurance-law-adds-costs.html/feed 0 Chimney manufacturer compensates asbestos victim http://www.legal-medical.co.uk/editors-blog/chimney-manufacturer-compensates-asbestos-victim.html http://www.legal-medical.co.uk/editors-blog/chimney-manufacturer-compensates-asbestos-victim.html#comments Tue, 09 Jun 2009 10:20:05 +0000 Editor http://www.legal-medical.co.uk/?p=13755 A member of the trade union UNITE who is suffering from asbestos related cancer has received substantial compensation following help from Thompsons Solicitors.

Graham Dancer, 63, from Barnstaple, Devon has received the damages after being diagnosed…{+}

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]]> http://www.legal-medical.co.uk/editors-blog/chimney-manufacturer-compensates-asbestos-victim.html/feed 0 The big freeze costs insurance sector £40m http://www.legal-medical.co.uk/funding-insurance/the-big-freeze-costs-insurance-sector-40m.html http://www.legal-medical.co.uk/funding-insurance/the-big-freeze-costs-insurance-sector-40m.html#comments Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 Editor http://dev.legal-medical.co.uk/uncategorized/the-big-freeze-costs-insurance-sector-40m.html {+}

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]]> AA Insurance has estimated that homeowners have lodged over £40 million in claims throughout the UK after icy weather froze water in pipes and roof tanks. This causes the pipes to burst and flood properties….{+}

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]]> http://www.legal-medical.co.uk/funding-insurance/the-big-freeze-costs-insurance-sector-40m.html/feed 0 Cost of flood claims http://www.legal-medical.co.uk/funding-insurance/cost-of-flood-claims.html http://www.legal-medical.co.uk/funding-insurance/cost-of-flood-claims.html#comments Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 Editor http://dev.legal-medical.co.uk/uncategorized/cost-of-flood-claims.html {+}

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]]> The total for last winter was around £30 million, but the first six weeks of 2009 alone have seen claims rising an extra £10 million on top of this. However, there are thoughts the rise in home claims could be in line with general claims increases caused…{+}

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