Tackling Insurance Fraud

18 September 2014

Due to the fact that honest drivers are having to pay higher premiums because of abuses, especially in whiplash claims, the Government have put in place measures to deter unnecessary speculative and exaggerated claims, while ensuring that genuine claimants can come forward and have proper redress.

In the first phase of these measures, which will start next month, there will be fixed costs of £180 for medical reports, which in the past had been as high as £700.Jim Shannon (Strangford) (DUP) asked whether it is it not time that insurance companies exchanged ideas and ensured that they are forensically competent in dealing with fraud. The exchange of ideas may be happening, and the government seem intent on encouraging it to happen more.