The number of ‘ambulance chasing’ claims management companies is at an all-time low, yet there are still plenty of spurious claims being made in the UK.
Tag Archives: personal injury claims
Accident claim winners waste money left and right
Claimants who win personal injury compensation claims are often accused of being a waste of money, but this week the news tops that by a long country mile.
Not all accident claim fraudsters are criminal masterminds
While insurers will like to tell you that accident claim fraud is a serious problem right now, the truth is that scammers are caught red handed all the time.
Aviva pushes for consultation, research refutes their claims
Major insurance provider Aviva has been pushing for a Government consultation on whiplash claims, yet even as they do so evidence emerges that it’s not needed.
Government and insurers clash over whiplash claims
The Government and car insurance companies are currently at odds over how to handle the rising tide of personal injury compensation from whiplash claims.
Injury claims: worth an arm and a leg or fall on deaf ears
The scope of personal injury claims in the UK is so large that while some people end up literally paying and arm and a leg. others injuries fall on deaf ears.
Road traffic accidents and car crashes: nobody wins
You might think that people who make successful car accident claims come out on top, but the sad truth is everyone suffers when traffic accident figures are up.
Seriously injured awarded compensation for car accidents
Road traffic accident claims can be some of the most expensive for insurers – as demonstrated by two massive compensation awards in the news this week.
When £1 million in personal injury compensation isn’t enough
Sometimes there are incidents leading to personal injury claims that are truly egregious. This week is one of those times, and it’s 100 per cent justified.
Local councils bled by accident claims
Local councils across the UK are being bled dry by expensive accident claims, according to a raft of new revelations.
The fight against compensation culture goes ever on
A new salvo has been fired by regulators against personal injury lawyers in an effort to combat so-called compensation culture, but will it really do anything?
Compensation takes time, but when it arrives…
The wheels of justice grind slowly – but when they’re done, those seeking compensation for accident claims can be quite well off indeed.
Brits meet their match when it comes to accident claim fraud
Whilst Brits certainly can do their worst when it comes to accident claims fraud, they simply have nothing on the rest of the world – especially Americans!
Fraudsters versus the injured in compensation culture row
The whole row over the so-called ‘compensation culture’ is hotting up once again, and this time the injured are facing off against fraudsters in a major way.
Here’s why the idea of a ‘compensation culture’ is bollocks
The results are in: not just one but two reports made public this week have revealed that the idea of a ‘compensation culture’ is utter and complete bollocks.
More local councils in hot water due to accident claims
Last week was all about injuries sustained by schoolchildren; this week it’s a broader look at how local councils find themselves in accident claim trouble.
Local councils hit hard after school accident claims
It never rains but it pours when it comes to accident claims, especially those that local councils have been enduring lately due to injuries in schools.
More cries of compensation culture echo across country
The accusation that ‘compensation culture’ has gripped the personal injury claims sector has again re-surfaced – and this time it’s a bit harder to refute.
Is this what the world is coming to?
Sometimes the news is so bloody bizarre that you just don’t want to think about the kind of people who become personal injury lawyers nowadays.
Major victories for the seriously injured keeps hope alive
When it comes to being embroiled in a long personal injury compensation claim, it’s always gratifying to see some light at the end of the tunnel.