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: Legal moves; Online Published Date : 15 March 2023 | Appeared in issue: Issue 391 - 15 March 2023; Partner rejoins DAC Beachcroft’s claims solutions group Faye Fishlock has re-joined DAC Beachcroft’s claims solutions group as a partner following a two-year stint at Carpenters Group where she was head of defendant services. According..

: US dimension; Online Published Date : 15 March 2023 | Appeared in issue: Issue 391 - 15 March 2023; Nuclear verdicts continue to plague US transportation sector Gallagher in the US is warning that nuclear verdicts continue to plague the US transportation sector noting that the exponential growth of settlement amounts (up by 300 per cent since..

: Health and safety; Online Published Date : 15 March 2023 | Appeared in issue: Issue 391 - 15 March 2023; No lowering of EU safety standards for ladders Window cleaners will not be put at a higher risk of deadly falls after European trade unions convinced manufacturers against lowering the safety standards for ladders. According to ETUC, manufacturers..

: Liability market; Online Published Date : 15 March 2023 | Appeared in issue: Issue 391 - 15 March 2023; Aon sees moderate conditions for global casualty/liability market Casualty/liability market conditions in the global insurance market remained moderate with sufficient capacity and flat to modestly upward pricing in the fourth quarter of 2022,..

: Road safety; Online Published Date : 15 March 2023 | Appeared in issue: Issue 391 - 15 March 2023; Call for speed limiting and compulsory helmets for e-scooters The European Transport Safety Council (ETSC) and the UK Parliamentary Advisory Council for Transport Safety (PACTS) have produced a new report on safer technical standards for e-scooters..

: Food safety; Online Published Date : 15 March 2023 | Appeared in issue: Issue 391 - 15 March 2023; Sesame must be labelled as allergen – new rules from US FDA As of 1 January 2023, sesame is required to be labelled as an allergen on packaged foods, including dietary supplements, according to new rules from the US Food and Drug..

: Occupational cancer; Online Published Date : 15 March 2023 | Appeared in issue: Issue 391 - 15 March 2023; French night worker’s breast cancer recognised as occupational disease The European Trade Union Institute (ETUI) has revealed that a night worker has had her breast cancer recognised as an occupational disease for the first time in France...

: Product safety; Online Published Date : 15 March 2023 | Appeared in issue: Issue 391 - 15 March 2023; European Medicines Agency safety review of nasal congestion medicines The European Medicines Agency’s Pharmacovigilance Risk Assessment Committee (PRAC) has started a review of medicines containing pseudoephedrine to treat nasal congestion...

: Awards and settlements; Online Published Date : 15 March 2023 | Appeared in issue: Issue 391 - 15 March 2023; £35,000 in compensation for fractured hip from ice fall A man who slipped on ice and fractured his hip while working in a garage has received £35,000 in compensation. He was working as a vehicle estimator for a car repair garage. He went..

: Litigation and the long tail risks of PFAS; Online Published Date : 15 March 2023 | Appeared in issue: Issue 391 - 15 March 2023; The insurance market is facing a number of challenges from the long tail risks that have emerged from the wide-ranging use of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) chemicals, according to Liberty Specialty Markets. In a recent insight,..

: Fraud; Online Published Date : 15 March 2023 | Appeared in issue: Issue 391 - 15 March 2023; Tort of deceit claim leads to £50,000 exemplary damages award Hastings Direct and Keoghs have been successful in a tort of deceit claim against five defendants resulting in one of the largest ever exemplary damages awards arising from a single..

: Building safety; Online Published Date : 15 March 2023 | Appeared in issue: Issue 391 - 15 March 2023; Six months to register with new Building Safety Regulator Those responsible for the safety of high-rise residential buildings in England have six months from April to register with the new Building Safety Regulator, according to the Health and..

: Equality; Online Published Date : 15 March 2023 | Appeared in issue: Issue 391 - 15 March 2023; Diverse NHS workforce but discrimination still a concern The NHS workforce is more diverse than at any other point in its history, according to an annual report into race equality across the health service. But the report also highlights..

: Bullying/victimisation; Online Published Date : 15 March 2023 | Appeared in issue: Issue 391 - 15 March 2023; Clyde & Co successfully defends stress/bullying at work claim by lecturer Clyde & Co has successfully defended a stress/bullying at work claim brought by a senior lecturer/course leader against a further and higher education college. He..

: Monthly quota; Online Published Date : 15 March 2023 | Appeared in issue: Issue 391 - 15 March 2023; “The EU has a chance to safely remove, once and for all, this dangerous carcinogen from the European building environment. If the EU does not take the opportunity of the synergy offered by the Green Deal, the renovation wave and the recovery..

: Mental health; Online Published Date : 15 March 2023 | Appeared in issue: Issue 391 - 15 March 2023; AXA study into mental health and wellness issues A major study by AXA into mental health and wellness issues around the world has found that over the past year, the rate of participants with poor mental health has decreased by 3 points (13 per cent..

: Motor; Online Published Date : 15 March 2023 | Appeared in issue: Issue 391 - 15 March 2023; Fleet crash statistics reveal 50 die on UK roads every year Research by broker Insurance Revolution has found that between 2012–2021, at least 50 goods vehicle occupants were killed on the roads every year with the only exception being 2014..

: Northern Ireland Pre-Action Protocol will be welcomed by insurers; Online Published Date : 15 March 2023 | Appeared in issue: Issue 391 - 15 March 2023; A new pre-action protocol that applies to all cases involving claims in personal injury litigation and damage-only road traffic accidents in Northern Ireland has been published. The courts in Northern Ireland will expect the parties to have complied..

: Professional perils; Online Published Date : 15 March 2023 | Appeared in issue: Issue 391 - 15 March 2023; SRA finalises rules on taking over Solicitors Indemnity Fund The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) Board has agreed the final rules which will bring the Solicitors Indemnity Fund (SIF) under SRA control to ensure future consumer protection for..

: Claims trends for financial advisers, mortgage and insurance brokers – Howden; Online Published Date : 15 March 2023 | Appeared in issue: Issue 391 - 15 March 2023; Howden has highlighted five claim trends for financial advisers, mortgage brokers and insurance brokers in 2023. These are the key areas that the broker expect to make headlines in the sector. 1. A new tranche of claims around British Steel Defined..

: Employment affairs; Online Published Date : 15 March 2023 | Appeared in issue: Issue 391 - 15 March 2023; Levenes Solicitors calls for Employers Liability Insurance Bureau Claimant law firm Levenes Solicitors has called for the establishment of an Employers Liability Insurance Bureau (ELIB) to cover the claims of employers who are uninsured. Tim..

: NHS; Online Published Date : 15 March 2023 | Appeared in issue: Issue 391 - 15 March 2023; Opioid prescriptions in England fall as NHS launches new action plan GPs and pharmacists have helped cut opioid prescriptions in England by 450,000 in under four years. NHS data shows that the number of opioid painkillers prescribed has fallen by 8..

: Damages; Online Published Date : 15 March 2023 | Appeared in issue: Issue 391 - 15 March 2023; Global quantum comparison report from Kennedys Kennedys has produced a quantum comparison report, comparing the assessment of damages around the world. The report looked at 10 jurisdictions to consider quantum in a maximum severity child brain..

: Product liability; Online Published Date : 15 March 2023 | Appeared in issue: Issue 391 - 15 March 2023; EU Product Liability Directive to have significant impact on litigation The proposed updated EU Product Liability Directive and changes to construction legislation will have a significant impact on manufacturers and building developers, according..

: Stress; Online Published Date : 15 March 2023 | Appeared in issue: Issue 391 - 15 March 2023; MPs staff facing psychological distress similar to frontline NHS workers Staff working for MPs face similar levels of psychological distress as frontline NHS workers, a survey has found, amid a “toxic” workload and fears for their..

: State of the casualty market – Amwins; Online Published Date : 15 March 2023 | Appeared in issue: Issue 391 - 15 March 2023; Overall pricing in the US casualty market remains largely flat except for the usual challenged classes – heavy auto-exposed, habitational, trucking, healthcare, hospitality, and liquor liability to name a few, according to Amwins latest..

: Plastic pollution may turn into claims driver; Online Published Date : 15 March 2023 | Appeared in issue: Issue 391 - 15 March 2023; Plastic-related pollution is expected to result in a sizeable claims issue in the coming years as institutions and governments globally increase efforts to tackle the environmental fall out, according to Lockton. The broker says in an insight that..

: Marine; Online Published Date : 15 March 2023 | Appeared in issue: Issue 391 - 15 March 2023; UK P&I Club sees 99 per cent of members renewing The UK P&I Club’s renewal for 2023 has seen the continued support of its membership with 99 per cent of members renewing. The combined mutual owned and chartered tonnage stands in..

: Sexual harassment; Online Published Date : 15 March 2023 | Appeared in issue: Issue 391 - 15 March 2023; McDonald’s signs sexual harassment agreement with EHRC McDonald’s Restaurants has signed a legal agreement with the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) in response to concerns about the handling of sexual harassment complaints..

: Chemicals; Online Published Date : 15 March 2023 | Appeared in issue: Issue 391 - 15 March 2023; European Commission to reduce exposure limits for lead and diisocyanates The European Commission is to reduce the exposure limits for two dangerous chemicals: lead and diisocyanates. The Commission said it has taken action to further improve the..

: Directors’ and officers’; Online Published Date : 15 March 2023 | Appeared in issue: Issue 391 - 15 March 2023; Rising Edge partners with insurtech to automate submissions intake Rising Edge, a managing general agent (MGA) which specialises in directors’ and officers’ (D&O) insurance has formed a partnership with insurtech mea that sees the..