Nudged someones car in tesco car park - now they're claiming they were injured !!!

[Freamon]

I got in a taxi a while ago and the driver was having a moan about insurance and these personal injury companies. He'd been speaking to a guy who worked for one. In most cases the insurance companies don't contest the cases. They will hand the customer a hire car and then bill it as a cost as part of the claim. They might get the car for £20 a day but bill it at £100 a day. They will drag their feet in order to maximise their time and increase their fees. He said that it wasn't uncommon for a £1500 payout to the customer to be actuall a bill of over 10k for the insurance company, once all their no win no fees have been taken into account.

It's worse than you might imagine. If you are involved in an accident and make a claim for damage caused to your vehicle, your details instantly become a valuable lead for a potential injury claim. It is now standard practice amongst insurance companies to sell these leads to personal injury companies. The government is looking into banning this practice, but only for the insurance sector. Garages that repair cars damaged in accidents, and car hire firms that lend out cars to accident victims, will still be able to sell their leads. It's a nice little earner for them:

In the old days, a car accident would usually just involve an insurance company paying for some
repairs, but now an accident is far more likely to also involve car hire costs and
personal injury claims. So accidents have become big business. As soon as you have a
crash which is not your fault, you become a valuable commodity. Roadside
assistance, the repair garage, your insurance company - chances are they’ll all be
wanting to sell on your contact details to a company that supplies hire cars and to a
personal injury lawyer - and the money they make selling your details on is known as
a ‘referral fee’.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/shared/spl/h...10_sept_11.pdf

[Wobblyheed]

Waitrose? Booth's is the only supermarket I darken the door of.

If you don't know it imagine a supermarket that makes Waitrose look like Aldi.

I know the one's in Ansdell and Lytham - are they really that much better than Waitrose

[Gonzo]

Surely it's in the interest of the insurance comapnies to contest these and not hard to prove.

Is it?

Do you hear many cases of Insurance Companies' profits coming under pressure over it? Not while insurance is compulsory and all law-abiding people will pay it so it is not discretionary spending.

Much easier just to push up the premiums.

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