Motoring and Car Insurance News

Motoring and Car Insurance News

02/16/2012
David Cameron pledges to reduce legal fees in car insurance
Prime Minister David Cameron's Valentine's Day summit with the Association of British Insurers (ABI), which was also attended by consumer and other industry representatives, but from which the legal profession was notably excluded, has been followed up by No 10's announcement of a six-point plan to tackle the high cost of car insurance and litigation... read more

02/09/2012
Law Society: Government should 'rip up' referral fee plans
Mark Stobbs, director of legal policy at the Law Society, has today published his view in the Law Society Gazette that the Government's referral fee proposals, as currently drafted in the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill, should be abandoned. While the Law Society supports a (legal) referral fee ban in litigation... read more

01/20/2012
Air bag DNA convicts car insurance fraudster
When Mr M, a 41 year old teacher from Worcestershire, crashed his car after a night out drinking he decided to report his car as stolen. However, his car insurance provider, Hastings Direct, found no evidence of theft-related damage to the car although there was extensive accident damage. Their team of former police officers was called in to investigate for possible fraud... read more

01/16/2012
BIBA's response to Transport Committee Report: Cost of Motor Insurance: follow up
The British Insurance Brokers' Association (BIBA) has responded, largely favourably, to the Transport Select Committee's latest report on the cost of motor insurance, the findings of which, along with our own response to it, we reported recently in our news item: Transport Committee Report on Cost of Motor Insurance... read more

01/13/2012
GPs report increased injury fraudsters
Research from insurance provider Liverpool Victoria (LV=) has found that, over the last two years, 60% of GPs have experienced an increase in the numbers of patients that they perceive to be faking or exaggerating injuries in order to make a fraudulent car insurance claim. Eighty-seven per cent of the 250 family doctors surveyed said that... read more

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