Legal reform
ABI calls on government to help insurers provide best deal
The Association of British insurers (ABI) has insisted the government needs to tackle the UK’s compensation culture if motor insurers are to provide customers with the best deals.
Lawyers warn of loophole in referral fee ban
Global law firm Kennedys has warned there is a significant loophole in the government’s proposed ban on referral fees.
New ARP rules for solicitors’ PI forcing law firms to shut down
Brunel Professional Risks has declared that the 2011 solicitors’ professional indemnity (PI) insurance renewal season was notable for the low number of law firms entering the Assigned Risks Pool (ARP).
Djanogly stripped of CMC powers
The justice minister, Jonathan Djanogly, has been stripped of his responsibility to regulate claims management companies after it was revealed he and his family could profit from changes to legal aid he was proposing.
Personal injury lawyer welcomes referral fee ban
A personal injury solicitor has broken ranks with his peers to welcome Government moves to ban referral fees in insurance cases.
'Tesco law' arrives today
The new Legal Services Act comes into force today, allowing insurance companies to take a majority stake in law firms.
Legal profession slams referral fee ban
The legal profession has claimed access to justice will suffer with the banning of referral fees.
Government to ban referral fees
The government has pledged to ban the use of referral fees as part of what it calls its commitment to curb compensation culture.
Pressure group hits back at ABI compensation culture claim
The Access to Justice Action Group (Ajag) has slammed the Association of British Insurers’ (ABI) call for reform of Britain’s compensation culture laws.
ABI calls for end to compensation culture
The Association of British Insurers (ABI) has called for reform of Britain’s compensation culture laws claiming that UK consumers pay £2.7m a day to claimant lawyers through their motor insurance premiums.
ABS deadline delayed
The 6 October deadline for licensing alternative business structures (ABS) has been delayed until 2012 Insurance Age’s sister title Post has revealed.
Jonathan Swift elected co-ordinator of insurance’s APPG
At the annual general meeting of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Insurance and Financial Services (APPGIFS), Jonathan Swift, group editor-in-chief of Insurance Age and sister title Post, was elected as the APPGIFS’ co-ordinator.
Solicitor responds to Jack Straw on referral fees
Des Collins, senior partner of Collins Solicitors, has welcomed Jack Straw’s comments on the need to clamp down on claims management companies and ban referral fees.
Elite declines to enter solicitors’ PI market
Elite Insurance, has decided against entering the solicitors’ professional indemnity (PI) insurance market this year reversing initial suggestions it would.
Personal injury costs to approach £10bn, report says
Costs faced by the personal injury insurance industry are likely to rise from £8.4bn in 2010 to £9.7bn by 2014 driven by the growth in the number of motor personal injury claims according to a report by Datamonitor.
Jackson proposals to be implemented in full
The Lord Chancellor, Kenneth Clarke, today announced in the House of Commons proposals for implementing major changes to the way in which civil litigation is funded in England and Wales.
Enterprise Rent-A-Car denies it wants brokers out of claims process
Enterprise Rent-A-Car has called for an amendment to the Road Traffic Act to ensure reporting of accidents to insurers, even in cases where the at-fault driver has admitted liability, is made mandatory.
SRA consults on bringing sole practitioners in line with sector
The Solicitors' Regulation Authority (SRA) has announced it is consulting on a proposal to bring the process for authorising sole practitioner law firms (firms with only one principal, who can be a solicitor or a registered European lawyer) in line with…
Referral fee income to stay
Legal experts have predicted that referral fees in personal injury cases will continue to exist in some form even if the Government decides to implement an outright ban on their use.
Jackson consultation silent on referral fees
The Government said it was waiting for the Legal Services Board review before it made a decision on whether to abolish referral fees.
FSA contests judicial review of PPI
The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has said it will contest the British Bankers’ Association’s (BBA) judicial review of new payment protection insurance (PPI) complaints handling measures.