Construction claims lawyer joins DWF
Law firm DWF has appointed insurance partner Iftikhar Ali in London, where he will specialise in construction, power and engineering claims
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Property insurers counting the cost of the Beast from the East, finds the ABI
Insurers paid out £1.25 billion under domestic and commercial property insurance policies during Q1 2018—the highest quarterly figure for two years, according to the Association of British Insurers (ABI)
Geo releases device to detect and prevent water damage
Geo and property underwriting agency Inet3 launched Waterlock at the British Insurance Brokers’ Association (BIBA) Conference earlier this week
ABI-commissioned research discovers serious failures in building material fire tests
Research commissioned by the Association of British Insurers (ABI) has discovered serious inadequacies in the laboratory tests currently used to check the fire safety of building materials in the wake of Grenfell
Zurich paid out 99% of all UK claims in 2017
Zurich paid out 99% of all claims in the UK last year, with payments worth more than £1.7 billion
Niramax contests Zurich ‘refusal’ over machete attack
Niramax Group is in a dispute with Zurich over a £4.8 million claim for a fire at a recycling plant that the insurer has refused to pay because a shadow director of the waste management company was convicted for a machete attack
Pool Re welcomes expansion of terrorism cover
Pool Re has welcomed the government’s commitment to amend the 1993 Reinsurance (Acts of Terrorism) Act to enable it to extend its cover to include non-damage business interruption losses resulting from acts of terrorism
Insure Apps adds property and liability
Insure Apps has added property and liability claims to its reporting app
Zurich trials chatbot for home and motor claims
Named ‘Zara’, the sophisticated chatbot programme allows customers to notify Zurich of a claim efficiently, intuitively and in as prompt a way as possible
Lorega launches building surveying service
Lorega has launched a dedicated building surveying service that is designed to help policyholders manage property reinstatement in the event of a claim