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Liability
Fixed recoverable costs in low value clinical negligence claims
Pursuant to Sir Rupert Jackson’s proposals from 2017, the civil litigation landscape has recently faced imminent change vis-à-vis fixed recoverable costs, namely, the amount of legal costs that a winning party can recover from a losing party. This article sheds light on the latest developments.
Better births
Reports from the first national inquiry into traumatic births revealed testimony from mothers that was harrowing and often shocking, but probably unsurprising for anyone with experience of clinical negligence cases. This article considers what the next government might do with the report.
Insuring the new working world
Hybrid, home and flexible working has become the norm for many employees. For employers these new ways of working introduce a whole new set of risks. This article explores how the insurance industry is adapting employers’ liability insurance to reflect the risks associated with new ways of working.
The benefits of transferring periodical payment orders to a life insurer
Start-up life insurer AUL Assurance is targeting general insurers, offering them an opportunity to reduce their exposure to PPO risks. This article explores the benefits of such transfers and why the recent ASHE inflation figures might make this option more attractive in the future.
Intelligence: Protect Duty legislation
Protect Duty legislation has been touted as a way to reduce the potential for catastrophic events from terrorist attacks at publicly accessible locations, and it is likely to affect public and employers’ liability policies. This article sheds light on the latest developments.
EPL explained - Employment practices liability insurance
In this video, ARAG's Head of Sales and Marketing, Andy Talbot, talks about developments in the employment practices liability (EPL) market and explains the essential differences between EPL and standard commercial legal expenses insurance.
Fixed recoverable costs in clinical negligence cases
Proposals to introduce fixed recoverable costs in lower value clinical negligence claims are intended to provide fairness for both claimants and defendants and reduce the cost of claims against the NHS for medical malpractice. In this video, ARAG’s Emma Wilson discusses the latest proposals.
Great uncertainty following the pandemic but silver-linings highlighted in clinical negligence roundtable
The impact that the pandemic has had on clinical negligence cases and after-the-event insurance was the subject of the latest in ARAG’s Talk with the Experts series. This blog provides a brief summary of ARAG’s recent roundtable discussion and some of the key points raised.
Blog: The Civil Liability Act
If the Civil Liability Act took a long time to plan and pass, it seems to have taken even longer to get implemented. With the whiplash reforms implemented on May 31st, this blog briefly highlights some of the challenges presented.
Environmental liability: Top concerns for 2021
This content focuses on four specific environmental liability exposures that will be of primary concern in the years ahead for businesses and the insurance industry, before outlining how these exposures are presenting some unique liability challenges across the globe.