Whiplash
ABI Motor Conference: Live
Live updates from the ABI Motor Conference.
This week: Let downs, whiplash and administration
Sometimes in life people let you down. Maybe they are not as invested as you, maybe they don't have the same energy levels or maybe they were never going to do it in the first place.
Blog: Whiplash reforms must be based on evidence
Now the small claims reforms have been put on hold, it is time for an evidence-based review.
Legal Update: Use whiplash claims to pilot the Online Court
Keen to modernise the justice system, the government should use whiplash claims to trial the Online Court.
Government to outline ‘further plans’ to tackle whiplash
The government will outline new plans for tackling whiplash “in due course”, the Ministry of Justice said.
Whiplash reforms 'have been shelved'
Whiplash reforms have been shelved by the Ministry of Justice, the Association of British Insurers has said.
Claims Club Summit 2016: Access to Justice extends olive branch to insurers
Access to Justice spokesman Craig Budsworth has extended an olive branch to insurers by suggesting that a middle ground can be found over whiplash reform.
Blog: Government must publish whiplash consultation now
The government needs to publish the long-awaited consultation on its proposed reforms to remove general damages for whiplash and raise the small claims track limit to £5000.
Claims Club Summit - live feed
The Claims Club Summit is bringing the claims community together this Wednesday in London to discuss the challenges and opportunities facing the sector, from whiplash reforms to technological innovations.
Blog: Whiplash - Only fools rush in
Insurers are pushing for a quicker settlement of whiplash claims but that may be to the detriment of injured parties.
Blog: Whiplash reforms - Last chance for collaboration?
In the old days, I had my own little names for the claims farming community – they weren't very complimentary. I remember getting severely reprimanded by our then chairman at one point, but when I explained the damage they were doing, I was quickly…
Personal injury claims on the rise in Scotland
Personal injury claims in Scotland have continued to rise over the past four years, despite a drop in claims in England according to figures from DWF.
Legal Update: What compensators can do when evidence comes to light late
Compensators can take steps to handle a claimant's lack of disclosure, even after making a stage-two offer.
A2J claims on insurer trust crisis is ‘pot and kettle moment’
A report from claims lawyers saying the public don’t trust insurers is “one of the year’s best pot and kettle moments”, according to the Association of British Insurers.
Public don’t trust insurers to pass on car insurance savings
Four out of five members of the public do not believe insurance companies will hand customers any savings made from proposed government reforms to personal injury claims.
Allianz says whiplash reforms 'are not about fraud'
Allianz has responded to the blog by Sue Brown, chair of the Motor Accident Solicitors Society, on why banning small personal injury claims would be a mistake.
Why the government's proposed limitations and banning of whiplash are a mistake
Headlines continue to scream out - compensation culture, crash-for-cash, ambulance-chasing lawyers.
The case for a united front in the fight against fraud
The insurance industry has been multiplying initiatives against fraud but is it presenting a unified front against increasingly organised scams?
DWF joins Aviva in urging the government forward on whiplash reforms
Law firm DWF has joined Aviva in urging the prime minister to progress the promises made in last year’s Autumn Statement on whiplash reforms and the raising of the small claims limit.
Consumers call on government to push through whiplash reforms
The majority of consumers are calling on the Government to reform whiplash compensation laws, according to new research.
Justice minister to speak on whiplash reform at ABI motor conference
Newly appointed justice minister Oliver Heald will give the keynote presentation at the Association of British Insurers’ Motor Conference.
Week in Post: trampolining, brokers in the dark and cake
I was reminded of the insurance industry this surprising sunny bank holiday weekend when I was required to sign a waiver to accept and acknowledge my participation in Gravity Force trampolining could entail "known and unknown risks that could result in…
Blog: 10 years of collaboration with the Insurance Fraud Bureau
In 2006, insurers were alert to the threat of organised criminal groups targeting them in an attempt to defraud millions of pounds.
Esure's Stuart Vann on why whiplash reforms need to stay on the government agenda
With parliamentarians heading back to work in the next couple of weeks and the Brexit decision two months behind us, attention now needs to turn to the deliverables the government signed up to in advance of the referendum and the subsequent change of…