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Coronavirus pandemic will test motor insurers’ claims management

United Kingdom - July 8 2020 Insurers must beware fraud but will need to deal with genuine claims quickly and sensitively, particularly for parties in financial difficulty. The…

A coherent climate change strategy is a vital as ever for insurers

USA - July 8 2020 The scale of the economic impact of the Covid-19 pandemic is remarkable. On the debit side of the balance sheet, the price of oil went briefly…

Corporate insolvencies set to be the main driver of D&O risk

United Kingdom - July 8 2020 Even before the advent of Covid-19, insolvency-related D&O claims already made up a large part of the management risk landscape. Corporate…

Judgment set aside to prevent Claimant obtaining advantage from COVID-19 health emergency

United Kingdom - July 1 2020 The High Court has set aside a judgment obtained in the initial stages of the lockdown period, where the Defendant did not file an Acknowledgment of…

COVID-19 UK: Safety, Health and Environment Regulatory - Motor Crime Team - Coronavirus June Update

United Kingdom - July 1 2020 The rapid global spread of COVID-19 has severely affected the transport and logistics industry's ability to continue under the financial strain. The…

E-scooters - a transport revolution?

United Kingdom - June 17 2020 The use of e-scooters is becoming increasingly more popular, particularly in busy cities; with more than 100 hire schemes in operation worldwide. It…

Personal injury claims placed in Claims Portal fall again in May

United Kingdom - June 16 2020 A comparison between May 2019 and May 2020 is set out below: The clearest demonstration of the impact of the reduction in CNF numbers since the…

Occupiers’ liability: The inherent and obvious risks of navigating puddles

United Kingdom - June 12 2020 In a case concerning a motorbike accident at an off-road event, the High Court found that the Claimant caused the incident through erroneous…

Not out of the woods yet… Environment Agency grants extension to waste wood classification

USA - June 11 2020 “We’re naturally relieved that the RPS has been extended as, due to the current lockdown situation, we are unable to source the remaining waste wood…

NY DFS issues Emergency Regulation regarding resolution and payment of claims from recent looting

USA - June 9 2020 On June 4, 2020, the New York Department of Financial Services issued an emergency amendment to New York’s Regulation 64 - Unfair Claims Settlement…