Whiplash
Claims Club Blog: Fraud, telematics and medical expertise
The final Claims Club meeting of 2016 considered the virtual and surreal worlds facing the motorist today and the opportunities, risks and risk management issues of maturing telematics technology.
Access to Justice urges MoJ to extend whiplash consultation deadline
Access to Justice has written to the government asking for the consultation period for personal injury reform to be extended beyond the current deadline.
Q&A: Simon Stanfield, Motor Accident Solicitors' Society
Simon Stanfield was elected chair of the Motor Accident Solicitors’ Society the day before the Ministry of Justice published its consultation paper on whiplash reform.
Legal Update: Insurers need dedicated staff for cases involving 'litigants in person'
As the whiplash reforms the government is consulting on will increase the number of litigants in person, insurers need to arrange for dedicated staff to handle cases involving LIPs.
IPT rise will cancel out benefits of whiplash reform for younger drivers
The increase in insurance premium tax will effectively cancel out the benefits from proposed whiplash reform felt by younger drivers.
CMA's Philip Swift features on crash for cash TV exposé
Managing director of Claims Management & Adjusting Philip Swift provided expert insight for a TV exposé on a crash for cash scam aired on Channel 5 last night.
Europe: Data analytics could relieve whiplash pains
The whiplash reforms intended to reduce fraudulent claims in the UK may cap or scrap cash compensation for minor injuries. What effect will this have for claimants and insurers? A European comparison can provide greater insight.
IPT set to rise in June, Chancellor confirms
Chancellor Philip Hammond confirmed the insurance premium tax will rise in June.
Industry reacts to Autumn Statement
Live reactions from the industry
Government 'priority' to work with insurance industry to enhance economy
The government will continue to work alongside the insurance industry in order to prepare for market changes.
Live: Industry reacts to whiplash consultation
Live blog with reactions from lawyers and insurers to the whiplash consultation published today.
Whiplash proposals will 'take common law back to the dark ages', lawyers say
Personal injury lawyers have reacted negatively to the government's whiplash consultation, which launched today.
Insurers welcome government's whiplash consultation after MoJ u-turn
Insurers have welcomed the government’s whiplash reform consultation, which launched today after apparently being 'shelved' in October.
MoJ launches whiplash consultation
The Ministry of Justice today launched its consultation on proposals to personal injury reform.
This week: Elections, new woes and results
This week was an historic week for the world as it watched Americans choose their 45th president.
Interview: Nigel Teasdale, Foil
Referendum results, cabinet reshuffles and the shelving of long-awaited reforms add up to a turbulent year ahead for anyone in the insurance sector, not least those in the legal profession. For the Forum of Insurance Lawyers' incoming president Nigel…
MoJ whiplash reform plans could come 'within days'
The Ministry of Justice could outline its plans to tackle whiplash ‘within the next 10 days’, a senior Medco source has told Post.
Medco suspends 134 'shell' companies
As many as 134 ‘shell’ companies have been suspended from the Medco system following the implementation of revised qualifying criteria.
Pre-med settlements are routinely undercutting claimants
Accident victims are routinely offered settlements by insurance companies that are several hundred pounds lower than the amount they are awarded if the case goes to court.
Post November 2016: Start-ups, autonomous cars, future claims, and broker gossip
They look like rock stars but they're insurtech entrepreneurs.
Medco qualifying criteria 'isn’t a good enough solution for whiplash culture'
The Ministry of Justice has published a revised set of "qualifying criteria" which applies to MROs that are registered on the Medco system.
Personal injury lawyers moving away from road traffic claims
Personal injury solicitors are diversifying activities away from road traffic accident claims as a result of restrictions on low-value payouts.
Delay in whiplash reforms means industry has to cooperate to address fraud
The delay to proposed whiplash reforms means insurers have time to assess different approaches to addressing fraud, a Parliamentary committee heard.
Why the government was aiming its arrows in the wrong direction on whiplash
News broke recently that the Ministry of Justice has no appetite to go ahead with proposed whiplash reforms at the moment.