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Insurers respond to MedCo review with call for regulation of MROs
Monday, 14 September 2015There should be a complete ban on pre-medical offers, claimant representatives have argued in responses to the government’s call for evidence on the MedCo portal, while insurers called for the regulation of medical reporting organisations.
Tags: Association of British Insurers, Association of Personal Injury Lawyers, MedCo
Posted in MoJ claims process, News
ABI demands crackdown on industrial deafness claims
Thursday, 18 June 2015The Association of British Insurers (ABI) is demanding a whiplash-style crackdown on industrial deafness claims. Among the measures it is calling for are fixed fees and the extension of MedCo.
Tags: Association of British Insurers, fixed fees, industrial deafness claims, MedCo
Posted in MoJ claims process, News
Supreme Court backs “broad equitable approach” to insurers’ liability in mesothelioma cases
Wednesday, 20 May 2015Insurers liable to pay compensation to mesothelioma victims have rights to pro rata contributions from other insurers and/or employers covering some of the time of exposure, the Supreme Court has ruled.
Tags: Association of British Insurers, mesothelioma, Supreme Court
Posted in General, News
Welsh government lacks power to pass asbestos bill, Supreme Court rules
Monday, 9 February 2015The Welsh government lacks the power to pass a bill making employers who pay compensation to asbestos victims directly liable to it for the cost of their NHS care, the Supreme Court has ruled.
Tags: asbestos, Association of British Insurers, insurers, personal injury, Wales
Posted in News
Motor Insurers’ Bureau chief awarded OBE
Monday, 5 January 2015Ashton West, chief executive of the Motor Insurers’ Bureau (MIB) since 2003, has been awarded an OBE for services to road safety. Mr West was a founder member of the Civil Justice Council.
Tags: Association of British Insurers, Civil Justice Council, Motor Insurer's Bureau
Posted in MoJ claims process, News
Medical experts in whiplash cases must be accredited by 1 January 2016
Friday, 19 December 2014Medical experts wanting to provide initial reports in whiplash cases must be accredited by MedCo from 1 January 2016, the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has announced.
Tags: Association of British Insurers, Law Society, medical reports, Ministry of Justice, whiplash
Posted in MoJ claims process, News
Jackson has improved access to justice, says Parker
Thursday, 4 December 2014Andrew Parker, the former president of the Forum of Insurance Lawyers who was one of Lord Justice Jackson’s assessors, claimed this week that “despite the dire warnings”, the Jackson reforms have actually improved access to justice.
Tags: Association of British Insurers, Forum of Insurance Lawyers, Jackson, RTA claims, whiplash
Posted in Jackson reforms, MoJ claims process, News
Grayling gets it wrong on whiplash
Wednesday, 3 December 2014Justice secretary Chris Grayling blundered yesterday afternoon when he announced that medical experts had only three months, from January 2015 to 1 April 2015, to become accredited under the government’s new MedCo scheme.
Tags: Association of British Insurers, Chris Grayling, MedCo, medical reports, whiplash
Posted in MoJ claims process, News
ABI portal to control medical evidence in whiplash cases
Thursday, 4 September 2014A portal created by the Association of British Insurers (ABI) and known as ‘MedCo’ will be sole point of access for lawyers seeking medical reports on whiplash cases, under Ministry of Justice (MoJ) plans.
Tags: Association of British Insurers, medical reports, whiplash
Posted in MoJ claims process, News
MPs demand new mesothelioma review after row over ‘secret deal’ with insurers
Friday, 1 August 2014MPs on the justice select committee have demanded that the government carry out a second mesothelioma review, following a row over a “secret deal” between ministers and the insurance industry.
Tags: Association of British Insurers, justice select committee, LASPO, mesothelioma
Posted in ATE/CFA, Jackson reforms, News