In this issue:
The Employers’ Liability Insurance Bureau – to be or not to be?
Four out of five EL insurance firms have applied for voluntary membership of the Employers’ Liability Tracing Office, according to Post Magazine last month. But what of the proposed Employers’ Liability Insurance Bureau?
Costs team identify trend
The Costs team have seen an increase in claimant solicitors attempting to issue proceedings using the European Small Claims Procedure. By adopting this tactic, they are trying to remove the fixed cost implications of small claims and recover time expended at hourly rate costs.
The new ‘Fit Note’
On 6th April this year the traditional ‘sick note’ used to certify sickness absence became the ‘fit note’ – the Statement of Fitness for Work.
Credit crunched...
The Complex Credit Hire team are achieving strong results for our clients - here’s one such case as explained by partner Mel Mooney.
New environmental sanctions available to regulatory bodies
Insurers need to be aware of two new regulations that could open up another stream of environment-related claims. The Environment Civil Sanctions Order 2010 and The Environmental Sanctions (Miscellaneous Amendments) (England and Wales) Regulations 2010, which both came into force on the 6th April, have been introduced to provide regulatory bodies with an alternative to criminal sanctions. They will be implemented through the Regulatory Enforcement and Sanctions Act 2008.
Can we fight back on EL/PL fraud?
Cases of motor insurers pursuing fraudsters through the civil and criminal courts are on the increase. Keoghs’ Director of Liability Fraud, Simon Staples, assesses whether liability insurers will follow suit.
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