ATE Insurance Blog
ATE Insurance Blog
Referral Fee Ban 'Could be tricky'
21st October, 2011
Says the Government. Well I won't tell you I told them so but.... You see the problem they have is, money changes hands in all sorts of transactions in return for business and so although they are called 'referral fees' and have been
More...£9.7 million After the Event Insurance Policy Allowed by Court of Appeal
14th October, 2011
The Court of Appeal has just heard a costs appeal in Motto & Ors v Trafigura - the group action brought by Leigh Day and Company on behalf of 30,000 Ivory Coast claimants who sufferred illness following the fly tipping
More...Coming Soon - After the Event Insurance Provider to Launch New Website
11th October, 2011
Not much of a headline this. After all, I am talking about our own website as you may have gathered. It has been a long time coming. Our old site grew with our business and so has become a bit of a
More...Are you ready for the 6th October?
4th October, 2011
What's happening? Big court decision? Massive European judgement about widgets? Nope - as of 6 October 2011, firms must ensure that notepaper, website and emails say "Authorised and regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority”. Yawn! This is al
More...Part 36 offers - Carver v BAA does not apply to offers made after 1st October 2011
27th September, 2011
An important change is being made to the Civil Procedural Rules which is going to require you to review all of your existing Part 36 offers. The CPR (Amendment No.2) Rules 2011, which come into effect on 1 October 2011, will overrule
More...Referral Fees - The Case for the Defence
20th September, 2011
So the Government wants to ban referral fees. We have all heard about this and Jack Straw's campaign (don't worry, I shall get to him later), but how exactly are they going to do this - and when? Well the answer
More...Work work work
8th September, 2011
Oh my days. What a week. To say we have been busy is an understatement. Just a few days into our new financial year and we are 25% up on new policies written compared with September last year. And that's not to mention
More...Happy New Year!
1st September, 2011
Nope - I've not gone mad. The reason I have been quiet for a week is that Box Legal has just finished it's year end and so today is our 9th accounting year! Now for After the Event Insurers, 9 years
More...Jackson Working Party Announced
24th August, 2011
The runners and riders for the Ministry of Justice steeplechase that is the Jackson Implementation Working Committee have been announced. True to form, there are some old hands mentioned and the expected organisations. Interesting though, it is chaired
More...Allianz Announce Revamp of Business Model Post Jackson
18th August, 2011
They will also be announcing that bears prefer the woods for defecating and, contrary to popular belief, The Pope appears to be Catholic. Big headline this in The Insurance Times. I mean come on - so they are going to remove recoverability
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