Arbitration could shorten the whiplash portal’s 175 day wait for settlements to ‘three to 10 days’
An arbitration service has claimed OIC delays could be shortened from six months to “three to 10 days” if parties are no longer allowed to play games.
The fourth set of data for Official Injury Claim’s portal for the period of April to June this year showed that the average time for claim to settle has increased to 175 days, up from 139 days in the
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