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Asbestosis ruling could save insurers millions of pounds

Series: Financial Times ; 16 February 2001, 7(1)Publication details: 2001Subject(s): Summary: Insurers could be saved tens of millions of pounds after a ruling which decided that an asbestos victim was not entitled to compensation for his condition. This was because it could not be proved which of two companies he was working for when he contracted the fatal illness.

Insurers could be saved tens of millions of pounds after a ruling which decided that an asbestos victim was not entitled to compensation for his condition. This was because it could not be proved which of two companies he was working for when he contracted the fatal illness.