Legal developments concerning the insurance and reinsurance markets
HBJ Gately Wareing secures shipping merger
Chamber of Shipping installs lawyer at top
Dundee Uni broadens LLB offering
Insurance
Berrymans Lace Mawer promotes six to partner
SIF to become insurance claims-handling provider
An uncertain future
08-Feb-2008Personal injury lawyers now have another deadline. The Ministry of Justice has at last made a statement on the proposed claims process reforms for personal injury claims, following the consultation which closed in July last year.
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PI insurers warn of 25 per cent rate hike
29-Oct-2007Solicitors' professional indemnity insurance rates have dropped to their lowest point ever. But leading PI insurers are warning of a looming correction, and that could mean a rate hike of 25 per cent within two years.
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Going global
21-Sept-2007The National Association of Insurance Commissioners’ new proposals have brought global reinsurance harmonisation one step closer.
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Brokers beware
14-Apr-2008Insurers seeking greater control of their distribution channels are buying up brokers at an increasing rate.
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Time trials
14-Apr-2008The House of Lords decision on historical sexual abuse cases is unlikely to result in a torrent of claims being brought.
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Green gauge
14-Apr-2008 With the UK facing potential action from Europe over failing to implement the Environmental Liability Directive, perhaps now is the time for action rather than consultation.
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Singapore lures West's insurance heavyweights
25-Feb-2008 In September 2006 the prime minister of Singapore Lee Hsien Loong urged London's leading insurance figures to look east for investment opportunities.
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In a bind
08-Oct-2007Insurers are finally being dragged into line with the rest of the business world, with a consultation paper on contract law set to shake up the industry.
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Trouble at the top
08-Oct-2007The Companies Act has placed greater weight on directors' liability in shareholder claims. Is the D&O insurance market is set for a boon?
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