FPA appoints ex-AVIVA underwriting chief John Smeaton as chair
March 8, 2019
The Fire Protection Association (FPA) has announced the appointment of commercial property insurance expert John Smeaton as its new chair. Read More
Ministers urged to resist “industry pressure” over desktop studies
May 1, 2018
The Local Government Association (LGA) has called on the Government to resist “industry pressure” to keep using desktop studies as Read More
The dos and don’ts of employers’ liability insurance
July 10, 2013
The Association of British Insurers (ABI) has published a guide on employers' liability (EL) insurance. Read More
Employers’ liability tracing office now live
May 5, 2011
An online inquiry service designed to help claimants suffering from a work-related disease or injury find the insurer of their former employer is now live. Read More
Insurers to appeal Scottish asbestos ruling
April 12, 2011
A court in Scotland has thrown out a legal bid by insurers to overturn a law confirming pleural-plaque victims' right to seek damages. Read More
Asbestos victims left in limbo over split appeal judgement
October 8, 2010
Appeal judges have failed to resolve a dispute over a High Court ruling that would have entitled thousands of people exposed to asbestos at work to claim compensation. Read More
SHE10 – Claimants could lose out under new civil-litigation proposals
May 11, 2010
The Jackson review of civil litigation costs could have far-reaching implications for industrial relations, health and safety, and the behaviour of the insurance industry, according to a leading personal-injury lawyer. Read More
Compensation-fund call intensifies
December 17, 2009
More workplace-injury and ill-health compensation claimants weresuccessful in tracing their former employer's insurer in 2008 than atany time since the insurance industry's Code of Practice for trackingemployers' liability insurance (EL) policies was created in 1999. <br> Read More
Injured Irish workers receive EUR 31.4m in compensation payouts
November 19, 2009
The construction and manufacturing industries in Ireland accounted for almost half of the workplace-injury compensation awards made last year, according to new figures released by the Irish Personal Injuries Assessment Board.<br><br> Read More
Insurers want new claims process to stretch to workplace
September 23, 2009
The Association of British Insurers (ABI) has called on the Government to extend a new streamlined process for road-traffic accident personal-injury claims to also cover employers' liability insurance claims. Read More
