CLC&P is divided into two discrete groups i) Claims Policy /Finance and ii) Claims Handling.
Head of CLC&P - SCS
Head of CLC&P is a member of the Senior Civil Service.
Senior Claims Officer (Policy) - Band C1. Responsible for:
- Non-contractual insurance (principally non-core aviation risks), including liaison with MOD’s insurance brokers, indemnities and the claims aspects of MOU
- Policy relating to third party motor claims and liaison with AXA Corporate Solution Services Ltd and Gallagher Bassett International Ltd
- Claims co-ordination and Focal Point (Registry function)
- Liaison with contractors working for CLC&P and the MOD’s commercial branch on contractual issues
- Budget management, financial planning and bill paying for CLC&P
Senior Claims Officer (Claims Handling) - Band B2 Responsible for:
Employers Liability, Low Flying and Maritime Team
- Handling of Service personnel and ex-Service personnel Employer's Liability claims
- Oversight of claims handled under contract from MOD civilian employees and former employees
- Claims relating to service in Iraq and Afghanistan in which it is open to MOD to plead a combat immunity defence where injury was sustained engaging the enemy in the course of hostilities
- Claims from veterans of the Nuclear Tests of the 1950s and 1960s
- Claims from members of the Armed Forces barred by Section 10 of the Crown Proceedings Act 1947
- Miscellaneous claims from Service and ex-Service personnel including defective enlistment, false prosecution, and unlawful detention
- Claims relating to military low flying activity in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland
- Maritime claims including accidents, salvage, collisions and damage to fishing gear.
Public Liability Team
- Public Liability claims, including personal injury, and property damage
- Claims against visiting forces in the UK (under Section 9 of the Visiting Forces Act 1952 and Article VIII of the NATO Status of Forces Agreement)
- Politically sensitive claims from members of the public arising from the activities of the HM Forces in Northern Ireland
- Privately owned vehicle damage claims and road traffic accidents overseas in countries not covered by an ACO
- Claims policy relating to overseas operations and advice to ACOs in Afghanistan, Cyprus, NW Europe, and the South Atlantic Islands
- Claims for compensation due to illness alleged to have been caused by exposure to radiation – Compensation Scheme for Radiation Linked Diseases only
- Criminal injuries compensation claims from MOD Civil Servants' dependants based overseas
- Recovery of MOD's uninsured financial losses, excluding those arising from traffic accidents in the UK.
Clinical Negligence Team
- Claims for compensation from Service personnel and their dependants where it is alleged that the MOD has acted negligently
- Claims from Service and ex-Service personnel alleging failure of the MOD to recognise, diagnose and treat their PTSD
- Potential claims for alleged Gulf War illnesses
Ex-gratia payments, including the human volunteer research no-fault compensation scheme.