Legal reform
Arag: Jackson report could lead to “huge influx of spurious claims”
Arag has warned that qualified one-way cost shifting and the abolition of ATE insurance and Success Fee will have a negative impact on Access to Justice and will see a huge influx of spurious claims.
Post Magazine 21 January 2010
This week's issue includes a look at the latest initiatives in voice stress analysis and the battle to combat fraud, the Jackson Report, the commercial lines aggregator market and all the latest news and views from the UK general insurance market.
Penny black's insurance week
Jeepers! Penny spotted the always dapper Lorega chairman, Malcolm Harvey last week apologising profusely to another driver after a minor jeep-on-4x4 incident in Haywards Heath. Penny is not sure exactly what happened — but it sounded like Mr Harvey's…
News analysis - Jackson report: In decent proposals
Andrew Parker examines the proposals unveiled last week by the Jackson report and considers the implications they hold for insurers, claimants and the legal sector.
Postbox: European model unworkable in UK
Why is [DAS chief executive] Paul Asplin sounding the death knell for the UK legal expenses model (www.postonline.co.uk/1567531), when alternative UK business models are already demonstrating that add-on legal expenses can deliver both a responsive…
Money rules for insurers claims ex-Apil president
Catastophic Personal Injury Briefing
Apil welcomes new president
The Association of Personal Injury Lawyers has welcomed its new president John McQuater and vice-president Muiris Lyons who take up the reigns today.