Related insights: Insurance Disputes

The view from across the river - WBD Claims: let's talk about claims

12 May 2022
WBD Claims has specialised in handling insurance claims across multiple classes of business for over 45 years. We have genuine sector expertise and many of our fee-earners have spent time on secondment with insurers or broking houses gaining commercial insight into the challenges facing insurers and insureds. The team of carefully selected individuals understand how best to service this specialist area of insurance claims.

The view from across the river - WBD Claims: back to the future

31 Mar 2022
WBD Claims is set to reinvigorate the claims handling market with its cutting edge software platform and commercially-minded approach to handling complex claims. In a series of regular insights, the team will share some thoughts around the services WBD Claims can offer, as well as its insight into the insurance market, and the future of financial lines claims and beyond.
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Casualty disputes 2021: six key cases

20 Jan 2022
As we begin 2022, Womble Bond Dickinson looks back at six key legal cases from 2021 which we think will be of particular relevance during the new year to those defending casualty claims.
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The post-pandemic hybrid workplace and increased cyber risks

20 Jul 2021
The pandemic has marked a turning point in cyber security and law firms are a significant and growing target of cyber criminals. With many firms adopting a new permanent "hybrid" working system we consider the risks, how PII policies might respond to a cyber claim and what changes may lie ahead.
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SAAMCo regenerated… (again)

28 Jun 2021
Has there ever been a principle talked, written and argued about amongst Judges and practitioners alike since the House of Lords decision over 25 years ago? Following our article in September 2020 addressing the Court of Appeal's application of the SAAMCo principle in AssetCo v Grant Thornton, the Supreme Court judges have recently had even more to say regarding the application of SAAMCo in professional negligence cases. 
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Solicitors' negligence – when is it too late to claim?

20 May 2021
Whether a claim is time-barred is one of the first issues to consider in defending professional negligence claims. The fact that a professional has concurrent duties in contract and tort each with different limitation periods means that claimants can rely on whichever duty has the best outcome for them.