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Complex & Major Injury
Our experts examine the impact of the current economic instability on the handling of complex and major injury claims.
Looking ahead in the Insurance sector
What does the future hold?
Dominic Watkins
Partner, Head of Consumer Sector
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Commercial Insurance
Our Commercial Insurance team discuss the continuing and potential future impact of COVID-19, building materials costs inflation, climate change and the Building Safety Bill.
Professional Liability
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Healthcare
Our healthcare experts analyse the issues and developments that are affecting the healthcare insurance and claims handling landscape.
Product Liability
Our experts discuss current product safety laws and how legislation should be reviewed as technology advances to ensure our legal framework remains fit for purpose in the modern world.
Motor Claims
Comprehensive analysis of the factors affecting motor claims frequency and a look ahead to the impact of advances in vehicle technology and infrastructure.
Occupational Health, Casualty & Disease
We outline the impact of COVID-19 and look ahead to emerging developments and types of claim in this area.
Fraud
DWF’s fraud experts provide a comprehensive rundown of the current and emerging risks impacting the insurance industry.
London Market
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International
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Northern Ireland
Our team examines the key issues affecting the claims handling landscape in Northern Ireland and how they are likely to develop in the future.
Scotland
Our team in Scotland round up the key issues that continue to affect the claims handling landscape across all practice areas.
Innovation
A look at where the Insurance Sector is up to on its Digital Journey and where we might see further advancement in the coming months.
Costs, Civil Justice Reform & Court
Digital Transformation
Our experts provide a comprehensive analysis of the costs and procedural reforms on the horizon.
We explore various issues surrounding the availability and sustainability of materials, the impact of liability and insurance issues, and the continued dispute resolution trend towards court directed, compulsory ADR.
Construction Professionals
We explore how the Covid-19 pandemic and a sharp rise in digitalisation has led to an increased risk of claims against legal professionals.
Legal Professionals
We highlight a year of enhanced scrutiny for financial services professionals; as many of the developments on the horizon reduce potential risk, claims numbers may fall in the longer term.
Financial Professionals
We provide an overview of the key issues affecting the insurance claims handling landscape in Australia.
Australia
Our experts examine the landmark decisions and crucial issues affecting the French and African legal landscapes.
France & Africa's CIMA Zone
Our experts look at German D&O trends and shine a spotlight on the largest D&O settlement in German history and its legacy.
Germany
Our experts in Ireland look at the impact of procedural developments on civil litigation and how the new Judicial Guidelines for assessing personal injury damages are bedding in.
Ireland
We take a comprehensive look at how recent events and industry trends have affected the Italian insurance market, and the future developments to watch out for.
Italy
Our experts in Poland predict the local trends in the Polish market and how they are affected by global trends.
Poland
Our Spanish team explores the main trends that will mark the progress of the insurance sector in Spain in 2022 and beyond.
Spain
We explore how the impact of Covid-19, ESG in the energy sector, the war in Ukraine and a reorganisation of portfolios may impact insurance in the Middle East.
The Middle East
Our experts discuss the continuing impact of Covid-19 on the live events sector amidst ongoing uncertainty.
Contingency
Our experts outline ongoing developments in the excess liability market, including Bermuda Form – with a focus on claims arising from opioids and forever chemicals.
Excess Liability and Bermuda Form
We review two recent decisions relating to appraisal actions and consider potential new emerging risks for D&O insurers associated with the recent spike in SPACs activity.
Financial Institutions and D&O
The rush to decarbonisation and the effects of Covid-19 signal the rise in marine insurance rates for 2022.
Marine and Transport
Our experts discuss the effects of the pandemic in the energy sector as well as the impact of climate change and the war in Ukraine.
Onshore Energy
London Market and Global Risks experts explore the impact of the ongoing pandemic, ESG strategy and continuing significant global unrest – including the war in Ukraine.
Political Risk and Trade Credit
The London Market and Global Risks Group consider what recent observations and developments might mean for property and business interruption claims in the coming year.
Property, Construction and Business Interruption claims
Our London Market team examine the reinsurance landscape and the impact of Covid-19, natural catastrophes, and the war in Ukraine.
Reinsurance
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Approaching the end of 2021 there was cautious optimism for a period of respite following the turbulence of the previous two years, and for the opportunity to consolidate the innovations borne out of that time.
However, February brought the global shock of Russia's invasion of Ukraine and triggered a worldwide energy, cost of living and food crisis. At the same time, none of the challenges affecting the insurance sector in 2021 have gone away and these sit alongside some of the more established themes and issues we have seen over the years.
It is against this changing landscape that we publish our latest report, Looking Ahead in the Insurance sector.
Our insurance experts take stock after the seismic events of the first half of 2022 and highlight the current trends and issues shaping the new landscape
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