Industrial Disease Claims Handling

Tender description

The Department for Transport (DfT) requires the supply of a claims handling service to manage industrial disease claims made or yet to be made against the former British Railways. The successful tenderer will manage residual claims which have been made or have yet to be made against DfT as successor to BRB, or its subsidiary companies where DfT is the correct legal defendant or another industry party is the legal defendant but DfT is wholly or partly financially liable and has the right to conduct the claim. It will also administer indemnity liabilities by receiving and verifying claims made by indemnified parties, including taxation issues and reimbursement where appropriate, in accordance with the terms of the relevant indemnity.