I read & listened to a funny story on the BBC News Website last night and thought I should give my tuppence worth on the story. John Machin from Leeds has become the first person to be convicted for insurance fraud by the following the setting-up of the Insurance Fraud Enforcement Department (IFED) in January … Continued
Fleets have described the impact of whiplash injury claims on insurance premiums as “massive” and called on the Government to do more after ministers, consumer groups and insurers held a summit in London. Road accidents have fallen by 23% from 199,000 in 2005 to 154,000 in 2010, according to figures from the Department for Transport … Continued
At Direct2Compensation, we pride ourselves on being friendly and helpful. That’s not really anything to shout about I hear you say! Surely all businesses should, as a bare minimum, be friendly and helpful… Yes, they should and we are! But how many businesses go the extra mile to help their clients and make the use … Continued
If you have suffered an injury as a result of a car accident, compensation should certainly be looked into . If the person who caused the accident is insured you can make a claim against the insurers, otherwise if they are not insured the claim will be made against the Motor Insurance Bureau. It can be difficult … Continued
Here at Direct 2 Compensation towers (ok, our modest office in Frome!) we get asked a million and one questions by our personal injury claim clients. They range from how long will the claim take, to how much will I get and how much will it cost. One of the most common questions after will … Continued
David Cameron’s message for Valentines day is that he is going to ‘cut’ the number of whiplash claims made… How is he going to do so? Ban driving? Pass legislation that requires all cars to be coated in 25ft thick layers of bubble wrap before they can go on the road? Once again, our elected … Continued
Some good news to come out of the courts in the last few days is the fact that two fraudulent lying friends who foolishly and illegally decided that they would claim against Zurich and Allianz Insurance policies in made up ‘slip and trip’ and ‘RTA’ claims scams have both been found guilty and been handed … Continued
As the law currently stands, the person deemed to be non-fault in a road traffic accident (plus passengers from any vehicle) have the right to pursue a No Win No Fee Personal Injury claim. However, it’s not as simple as just having an accident and reporting it, we and the rest of the No Win … Continued
At Direct 2 Compensation, we’ve long been fighting the battle against common opinion that we and our fellow Personal Injury Claims professionals are the sole problem for the constant and ridiculous rising cost of insurance premiums. Of course, most people take the line given by the Insurance sector that their profits are not growing and … Continued
Today, the Supreme Court has given unequivocal support to the asbestos compensation law. Supreme Court judge Lord Hope today threw out an appeal by insurance companies to scrap the right of people in Scotland to sue for an asbestos-related condition. Thankfully, the Supreme Court dismissed the case of insurers which will enable people with pleural … Continued
