"Marsh, the world's leading insurance broker and risk adviser, is advising organisations to examine their potential exposures to asbestos-related claims ahead of a predicted peak in 2016. Marsh's advice follows its publication of new research on actual mesothelioma cases before the Queen's Bench Division of the High Court of Justice in London which highlights the range of UK occupations and industries affected by diseases such as mesothelioma.
The research reveals that only one-quarter (27.5%) of the claims analysed were found to involve organisations operating in the mechanical, electrical and process engineering industries. The rest of the cases examined emanated from claims in the chemicals industry (11%); construction (7.5%); metals and minerals (6.5%); and the electronic products, electronics and IT hardware sector (6.5%). The final settlement values in the cases reviewed ranged between

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