Fraud

Friends: The One Where They Staged a Crash For Cash

The rise of “Crash for Cash” scams has been a growing problem over the past few years. Criminals orchestrating accidents, in order to fraudulently claim, cost the car insurance industry £336 million pounds each year, […]

Insurance claims

Average Cost of Motor Insurance Claim Continues to Rise

Figures published today by the Association of British Insurers (ABI) highlight that the average cost of a motor insurance claim has risen to the highest level on record. ABI’s latest motor insurance claims statistics for […]

Life/Health/Critical illness

January is Peak Month For Cutting Family Out of Your Will

Had enough of the family over Christmas and New Year? You’re not the only one. Data from Co-op Legal Services shows that for some people, keeping it lean this January may also include cutting beneficiaries out of their […]

Motor Insurance

Half of Drivers Who Put Wrong Fuel In Don’t Claim on Their Insurance

Some 150,000 UK drivers put the wrong fuel in their car during 2017, according to website Scrap Car Comparison. It’s all too easy to choose the wrong pump and it can cost between £500 and […]

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Insurance & Reinsurance

Insurance and legal roundup; fight over MOJ portal reignites

“It’s great, and so are we” say the insurers. “The system’s being abused and they’re taking advantage of it,” say the lawyers. Well which is it? Two very different angles about the the MOJ portal appear in today’s Post Mag and Law Soc Gazette.

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