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		<title>EU data protection proposals &#8211; pros and cons</title>
		<link>http://www.insurancedaily.co.uk/2012/01/30/eu-data-protection-proposals-pros-and-cons/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 08:22:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gill Montia</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The UK&#8217;s Information Commissioner has flagged up a number of problems that could arise from a proposed EU update of data protection rules. Overall, the Commissioner has welcomed the proposals, which include: 1. Strengthening provisions relating to consent so that when an individual’s consent is relied on for processing personal data it is genuine consent. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>MPs demand tougher threshold for whiplash claims</title>
		<link>http://www.insurancedaily.co.uk/2012/01/12/mps-demand-tougher-threshold-for-whiplash-claims/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 08:20:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gill Montia</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[MPs have called on the insurance industry to abandon sharp practices in the management of car accident claims. In addition, the cross party Transport Committee is calling on the Government to impose a higher threshold for the payment of any compensation in whiplash cases. In a new report, the Committee warns that the spiralling cost [...]]]></description>
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		<title>BIBA launches sanctions checking facility</title>
		<link>http://www.insurancedaily.co.uk/2012/01/05/biba-launches-sanctions-checking-facility/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jan 2012 08:30:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gill Montia</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[BIBA News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Legal News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[anti-bribery and corruption]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The British Insurance Brokers’ Association (BIBA) has launched a new sanctions checking facility that should help members comply with the Terrorism Act and the Financial Services Authority’s (FSA) financial crime requirements. The facility, which is provided by Sanctions Search, allows BIBA members to screen their client lists against HM Treasury’s UK Consolidated Financial Sanctions List, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Treasury consults on gender ruling</title>
		<link>http://www.insurancedaily.co.uk/2011/12/08/treasury-consults-on-gender-ruling/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Dec 2011 17:02:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gill Montia</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[risk factor]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[HM Treasury has issued its promised consultation on how insurers can use gender as a risk factor. In March, the European Court of Justice ruled that the use of gender as a risk factor by insurers should not result in differences in premiums and benefits for men and women, with effect from 21st December 2012. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>High Court throws out Sky TV warranty appeal</title>
		<link>http://www.insurancedaily.co.uk/2011/12/02/high-court-throws-out-sky-tv-warranty-appeal/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Dec 2011 09:58:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gill Montia</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Financial Services Authority News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Home Insurance News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Insurance News]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Digital Satellite Warranty]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Court of Appeal has dismissed appeals by Digital Satellite Warranty Cover and Satellite Services. The businesses, which are not registered with the Financial Services Authority (FSA), provided cover for Sky satellite TV equipment, in return for an insurance premium. Both firms described their offerings as &#8220;extended warranties&#8221; but in January, the FSA secured winding [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lawyers&#8217; alternative to &#8220;no win no fee&#8221; bill</title>
		<link>http://www.insurancedaily.co.uk/2011/11/04/lawyers-alternative-to-no-win-no-fee-bill/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Nov 2011 09:05:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gill Montia</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Car Insurance News]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Association of Personal Injury Lawyers (Apil) is warning that legislation going through Parliament to change &#8220;no win no fee&#8221; will fail to address the problems in the personal injury system. Instead, the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill could be a charter for the insurance industry to print money at the expense [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Fighting Fraud Together&#8221; launched today</title>
		<link>http://www.insurancedaily.co.uk/2011/10/12/fighting-fraud-together-launched-today/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Oct 2011 11:58:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gill Montia</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today has seen the launch of &#8220;Fighting Fraud Together&#8221; a new initiative made possible by 34 organisations (including the Insurance Fraud Bureau) joining forces to address fraud in the UK. The Government, industry representatives, voluntary groups and law enforcement agencies have sign up to a joint commitment to tackle fraud by: 1. Expanding and extending [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Disappointment at pleural plaques ruling</title>
		<link>http://www.insurancedaily.co.uk/2011/10/12/disappointment-at-pleural-plaques-ruling/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Oct 2011 11:06:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gill Montia</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[ABI News]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Pleural plaques are in the news again, Scotland&#8217;s supreme court having today ruled that the Scottish Parliament acted within its powers in passing the Damages (Asbestos Related Conditions) (Scotland) Act 2009. The Act includes pleural plaques as a condition for which compensation is payable in Scotland. However, insurers have long argued that the plaques, which [...]]]></description>
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		<title>LV= wins £650,000 fraud case</title>
		<link>http://www.insurancedaily.co.uk/2011/10/06/lv-wins-650000-fraud-case/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Oct 2011 14:21:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gill Montia</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[LV= News]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Minaxi Shah]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[LV= has won contempt of court proceedings brought against an attempted personal injury fraudster and her family. All three family members involved in the case have been sentenced to serve between three and six months&#8217; imprisonment. This is the first time, as result of County Court proceedings of this type, that immediate custodial sentences have [...]]]></description>
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		<title>FSA seeks compensation / causation change</title>
		<link>http://www.insurancedaily.co.uk/2011/10/06/fsa-seeks-compensation-causation-change/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Oct 2011 06:13:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gill Montia</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Financial Services Authority (FSA) wants to force the firms it regulates to provide 100% redress to customers who have suffered financial loss, even if the loss was not caused by faulty advice, warns Reynolds Porter Chamberlain (RPC). The City law firm explains that as the law of “causation” stands, if a financial services firm [...]]]></description>
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