By: 9 July 2017

UK road traffic accident personal injury payouts are 17 times higher than in some other European countries, says RAC Foundation

The RAC Foundation has said that PI compensation levels for road traffic accidents in the UK are 17 times higher...

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By: 4 July 2017

Flood Re backs almost 130,000 policies in first year; benign weather results in small numbers of claims

Flood Re has backed 127,326 policies since it was launched on 4 April 2016, while benign weather has resulted in...

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By: 21 June 2017

Queen’s speech: PI reforms to go ahead

The new Government has confirmed that it will press ahead with reform to low value personal injury (PI) cases. Theresa...

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By: 31 May 2017

Mild winter keeps property claim numbers down but IPT tax rise means increase in house insurance costs

Increases in Insurance Premium Tax are driving up home insurance prices despite the mild winter keeping claim costs down, according...

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By: 27 May 2017

Insurance Fraud Bureau secures 500th conviction following crash for cash fraudster’s guilty verdict

The Insurance Fraud Bureau (IFB) has reached its 500th conviction after a crash for cash gang was found guilty of...

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By: 18 May 2017

Horwich Farrelly secures sixth fundamental dishonesty finding under section 57 of the Criminal Justice & Courts Act

Horwich Farrelly has secured its sixth fundamental dishonesty finding under section 57 of the Criminal Justice & Courts Act (CJCA)...

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By: 11 May 2017

Insurance industry could be facing a perfect storm warns BIBA CEO, Steve White

The doubling of Insurance Premium Tax (IPT) in only 18 months, the changes to the discount rate for calculating catastrophic...

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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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