Soaring cyber-crime and high profile attacks on leading businesses like Talk Talk underline the importance of cyber-liability insurance says Brunel Professional Risks. The latest figures published by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) reveal that there were 2.5m incidents of…read more
FOS personal pension complaints soar
Complaints about personal pensions to the Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) have risen sharply according to new data. But lead ombudsman, Caroline Mitchell, says that the FOS supports advisers “more often than not,” in reaching its decisions. The FOS accepted 751…read more
A Question of Trust
How easily is that trust in a solicitor lost? And what should happen when professionals fall short of the standards set by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA)? The regulator wants to find out and has launched ‘A question of trust’…read more
Negligent valuation case time-barred says Court
A surveyor has escaped a claim for negligent valuation after the Court decided that the case was brought too late. It is increasingly difficult for lenders to successfully bring claims against surveyors for losses incurred during the 2007-08 global financial…read more
