Personal Lines articles – Page 189
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Online onlyOver a quarter of caravans in the UK are uninsured
Research reveals 28% of approximately 2m caravans in the UK have no insurance
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Online onlyUK driving test leaves Britain's young motorists under prepared
RAC calls for urgent reform of driver training and testing
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Floods spark home insurance rush
Home insurance applications rise 300% in flood-hit areas
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Premiums must fall for young drivers, say MPs
The insurance industry should re-examine high premiums slammed on learner drivers to encourage more young people to take out policies, the report of an influential group of MPs is expected to say this week. The Transport Select Committee’s report on young drivers, published on Thursday, will urge insurers to ...
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NewsMinister intervenes over car data chaos
400,000 policies were not reported by Direct Line to motor insurance database
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NewsMotor insurers take £25m hit from flooding
Motor claims resulting from the recent flooding could reach as much as £25m, according to the ABI.Some have suggested that the event could act as a trigger for rate increases in the private motor market. But insurers, already reeling from a £1.5bn household bill, have played down the impact of ...
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Conference Report: Future of Personal Injury Claims - Deja vu over litigation
Despite the reforms to civil procedures, Hugh Price says that insurers are still struggling to reduce the spiralling costs of personal injury claims
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Conference Report: Future of Personal Injury Claims - Giving scams the cold shoulder
Mark Boleat says the Compensation Act has not only drastically reduced claims farming and unauthorised marketing in UK hospitals, it has made crash scams a riskier business, too
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Conference Report: Future of Personal Injury Claims - Further change to come
Even after a decade’s worth a change in the personal injury arena, Tony Baker insists there is major work still to be done
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Conference Report: Future of Personal Injury Claims - Claimants consultation
“Asking a lawyer to talk for two or three minutes is a bit like asking an elephant to sit on you gently,” said Martin Bare, president of the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers (APIL).He then highlighted his open views on claims management companies: “It is good to see claims management ...
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Conference Report: Future of Personal Injury Claims - Insurers advised to work with FSA
Asked from the floor about the regulation of claims farming, liability insurers and working with the FSA, Mark Boleat gave a detailed response.“The first thing we had to establish is whether the Financial Services and Markets Act covers the activities of insurance companies or not,” he said. “This was something ...
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Conference Report: Future of Personal Injury Claims - Assessing the claims landscape
Hugh Price asked a number of distinguished individuals to give their views on the prospects for claims. These are the views of those who participated
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Conference Report: Future of Personal Injury Claims - Breaking down fraud
According to Richard Davies of the IFB, collaboration within the industry, as well as with the police, is the most effective way of combating opportunistic fraud
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Conference Report - Future of Personal Injury Claims - The importance of a healthy workplace
Professor Mansel Aylward, director of the UnumProvident centre for psychosocial and disability research at Cardiff University and ex-chief medical officer of the DWP, states the case for looking at absenteeism.“Lessons learned from looking at the literature, looking at our work and other people’s work in the UK, Europe and the ...
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Conference Report: Future of Personal Injury Claims - PIAB procedures set the benchmark
Eoghan Coyne sets out the achievements the PIAB has made and its plans for success in the future
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Conference Report: Future of Personal Injury Claims - The vital role of technology
Hopefully, technology will play a vital part in the process of improving claims and bringing both sides closer together said David Williams claims director from AXA Insurance.He was open and honest about Axa’s own technological developments. “Why do we, AXA, have a bodily injury estimating tool? Well, being completely and ...
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Working from home
The rise in the number of people choosing to work from home has had an impact on home insurance with these individuals adapting their household cover to suit their new circumstances. Steve Dutton explains
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Online onlyGHLIS introduces EDI private motor product
New full cycle EDI private motor product available to UK brokers in January
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Direct Line named UK's most competitive car insurer
Direct Line tops Deloitte's latest motor insurance market review
