The number of "crash for cash" car insurance scams uncovered by a major insurer surged by 51% annually last year. Aviva said it had detected around 820 staged accidents in 2013, leading to some 2,200 fraudulent personal injury claims. It is pressing for tougher penalties and said that often, rather than being locked up, fraudsters [...]
Kevin Beurle was a senior programmer in astronomy at Queen Mary University, London, where he worked on the Cassini satellite project studying Saturn. Dr Beurle died on May 29, 2009 when the hot-air balloon he was travelling in over the mountains of eastern Turkey “rapidly lost altitude” from a height of 150m after colliding with [...]
"Crash for cash" car insurance scams rose by 51% last year, according to one of the UK's biggest motor insurers. Aviva, which insures one in 10 of the cars in the UK, detected about 820 "induced accidents" in 2013. These faked accidents led to around 2,200 fraudulent claims for personal injury, according to Aviva. It [...]
1. Accidents are the third-biggest killer of men in America. In 2007, car accidents, fires, poisonings, and other unexpected tragedies killed nearly 80,000 guys. 2. Unsurprisingly, motor vehicle crashes—like the one that nearly killed Jay Williams—lead the way as the most common accidental death. In 2012, over 20,000 men were killed on the road. 3. [...]
Accident victim who rejected $250k settlement wins $720k A TRAFFIC accident victim who rejected an insurer's offer to settle their personal injury case for $250,000 went on to get some $720,000 in a rare case in the State Court. Motorcyclist Koh Lye Soon suffered multiple injuries on the right leg in a December [...]
An inquest into the death of a five-year-old boy following a freak fireplace accident has been further adjourned pending directions from the DPP. Gardaí told Cork City Coroner Myra Cullinane yesterday that they have submitted to the DPP’s office a file on the investigation into all the circumstances surrounding the death of Fionn Dawson at [...]
Six-time Olympic gold medalist swimmer Amy Van Dyken’s spirits are high after severing her spinal cord in an all-terrain vehicle accident over the weekend. “Doing great today. My room is the most decorated in ICU,” she wrote on Instagram Tuesday. “Thx for ur thoughts & prayers!” The 41-year-old, who goes by her married name Amy [...]
A TEENAGER who was critically injured in a horror fall at his South Tyneside home has died. Grant Adams suffered horrific throat injuries after falling into a sunbed at his flat in South Frederick Street, Laygate, South Shields, at 9am on Sunday. One of the sunbed’s glass lighting tubes pierced his jugular, and the 17–year–old [...]
An elderly widower whose wife died after an accident on holiday has been forced to wait seven months before finally receiving a £20,000 payout due to him from his travel insurer – with The Mail on Sunday’s help. Peter Hicks, 83, and his wife Jean, 80, who had difficulty walking, were on a cruise in [...]
Chris McGovern, of pressure group Campaign for Real Education, said: ‘Look, people fall over. This money which has been paid out would be better spent on teaching children. ‘The whole culture of compensation – from staff, parents and children – has made school totally risk averse.’ Conservative MP for Monmouth David Davies added: ‘This does [...]