By: 10 May 2017

Insurers should not be allowed to shirk their responsibilities by pushing for more favourable discount rate, says APIL

The Government must not allow the insurance industry to shirk its responsibility to fully compensate severely injured people by trying...

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By: 3 May 2017

Weightmans says that Thompsons has used its analysis of MoJ data selectively to argue against soft tissue injury claims reform

Defendant law firm Weightmans has said that its claimant rival Thompsons has cherry picked from its analysis of official MoJ...

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By: 17 April 2017

British Cycling teams up with other road user groups to call for cyclists to be excluded from soft tissue injury PI reforms

British Cycling, along with a coalition of other road user groups, is calling for cyclists to be excluded from government...

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By: 8 April 2017

Car insurance rises by 9.4% – and there’s more to come, says Consumer Intelligence

Drivers are facing average insurance bill increases of 9.4% – more than four times the rate of inflation, according to...

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By: 3 April 2017

Small EL and PL personal injury claim values have risen by up to 12% since 2015

Insurance pay-outs for small employers’ and public liability (EL/PL) personal injury claims have increased significantly in the past two years,...

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By: 8 March 2017

Budget reaction: Chartered Insurance Institute bemoans lack of movement on Insurance Premium Tax

The Chartered Insurance Institute has expressed regret at Philip Hammond’s decision to not use the Budget as an opportunity to...

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By: 27 February 2017

Lord Chancellor leaves insurers reeling with new Discount Rate

Elizabeth Truss has shocked the insurance industry by adjusting the Discount Rate for lump sum compensation payments for life-changing injuries...

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By: 6 February 2017

APIL accuses ABI of “sickening” blame game tactics as motor insurance premiums hit highest ever recorded levels

Neil Sugarman, the President of the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers (APIL), has accused the Association of British Insurers (ABI)...

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