Temple Legal Protection – 25 Years at the Leading Edge of Legal Expenses Insurance
(Estimated reading time: 1 minute 26 seconds) January 20th is the 25th anniversary of Temple Legal Protection, one of the founders and leading lights in the legal expenses insurance sector. 2024 will see the company reflect on its involvement in many significant legal and insurance developments and hosting a celebratory year of events and activities. […]
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Landmark Clinical Negligence Secondary Victim Appeal Ends in Disappointment for Claimants at the Supreme Court
By Matthew Best, Director – ATE Partnerships, Head of Personal Injury & Clinical Negligence (Estimated reading time: 3 minutes 42 seconds) The Supreme Court handed down its long-awaited judgment on conjoined clinical negligence cases concerning psychiatric injuries suffered by secondary victims. Specifically, the case of Paul which concerned a failure to diagnose a life-threatening condition […]
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Ten steps towards business development success for employment law firms
(Estimated reading time: 4 minutes 1 second) You may be an expert employment lawyer, but how about a helping hand with business development to help you generate more enquiries or convert prospects into new clients? Below we have some extracts from our forthcoming, updated Temple Employment Disputes Insurance handbook, which includes marketing and business development […]
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The rise of Insolvency cases – what might be the reasons?
By Sukhbir Kaur, Underwriter (Estimated reading time: 1 minute 35 seconds) Since 2022 there has been a sharp increase in the number of businesses that have become insolvent. In this article we look at the possible reasons for this. According to the Office of National Statistics more than 1 in 10 UK businesses reported a […]
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The Building Safety Act 2022 – reforms affecting residential properties
By Jamela Collins, Senior Underwriter (Estimated reading time: 3 minutes 6 seconds) This Act has created a raft of reforms affecting residential properties and the construction sectors. The Act was passed to create and ensure that there are in place, safety measures for those occupying high risk buildings. In this article we answer two big […]
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Entering the Chinese Room – AI, the insurance sector and the future
By Laurence Pipkin, ACII, Chartered Insurance Underwriting Agent, Managing Director (Estimated reading time: 3 minutes 33 seconds) The developments in Artificial Intelligence during the last five years have been staggering, previously the term AI has been used liberally often with little understanding behind it. Algorithms have been used for centuries to programme calculations on stone […]
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Kent Law Society – a rewarding partnership
By Laurence Pipkin, ACII, Chartered Insurance Underwriting Agent, Managing Director (Estimated reading time: 1 minute 15 seconds) Temple Legal Protection has been proud to partner with Kent Law Society (KLS) for a second year. Last year we agreed to work more closely in conjunction with KLS to support one of our valued customers Nick Fairweather […]
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Disbursement Funding and ATE Insurance for Commercial disputes – what’s what?
By Matthew Pascall, Legal Director – Head of Commercial (Estimated reading time: 2 minutes 39 seconds) This article is from Temple’s new Commercial Guide to Disbursement Funding and provides a clear explanation of the roles of litigation funding and After-The-Event (ATE) insurance. Also, how funders and insurers such as Temple work together for commercial disputes. […]
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The FCA’s Consumer Duty – higher and clearer standards with positive outcomes for consumers
By Laurence Pipkin, ACII, Chartered Insurance Underwriting Agent, Managing Director (Estimated reading time: 2 minutes 46 seconds) The FCA’s Consumer Duty came into force on 31 July 2023. Its aim is to set higher and clearer standards in order to provide positive outcomes for consumer and protect them from financial harm. Above all the intention […]
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