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The insurance industry has been a tough market place in recent years. Over capacity, fall in stock markets, global terrorism and the growth of the compensation culture in the UK have all led to a rationalisation within the industry, including the highly publicised downfall of well-known companies. The introduction of the Woolf Reforms into civil litigation in 1999 was supposed to address the "twin evils of cost and delay". Whilst cases now move through the legal system far more quickly, costs have been the focal point of claims litigation over the last two years and look set to dominate the agenda for the immediate future.

Clarke Willmott Insurance provides a comprehensive nationwide service on employer?s liability, road traffic accidents, product liability, professional indemnity, health and safety, public liability, industrial diseases, fire and disasters. We have a particular expertise in advising on the setting up of off-shore captives, helping clients to reduce the incidence of claims and handle claims that are made from start to finish.

Insurance law need not be a trial. Whilst we will continue to establish new case law to our clients? advantage, our real successes have been the thousands of cases that we have successfully disposed of without the need for a trial. We have a reputation for negotiating fair compensation and the expertise to demonstrate, in appropriate cases, that the claimant should discontinue.

We work closely with insurers and brokers to develop existing and new products and are regularly instructed by the leading general insurers, Lloyds syndicates, underwriting agencies and governing bodies.

"Rated as a leading defendant personal injury practice in the South" Chambers legal directory 2003/04

For general enquiries, contact Rod Evans on 023 8062 4460 (or email) or Andrew West on 023 8062 4470 (or email).