Mikey O’Connor said he was unfairly refused payment from the Qualified Riders Accident Fund The Turf Club is investigating the accuracy of comments made by amateur jockey Mikey O’Connor who has claimed the integrity body has unfairly refused to pay him from theQualified Riders Accident Fund after he sustained injuries in a fall. After riding [...]
Courts will also be given powers to refuse compensation for personal injuries claimants who have been dishonest in their Compensation Claims. The measures, announced by the Ministry of Justice (MoJ), are among several aimed at reducing insurance fraud. Justice secretary Chris Grayling has warned insurance companies he expects the reforms to lead to lower premiums. [...]
Although those are common ways in which millions of us become injured every year, many of us are also suffering at the hands of the items we bring into our home that have become faulty and malfunctioned in such a way that they cause us an injury. It’s even been suggested that this could be [...]
Youth sues mother over road accident A TEENAGE boy from County Limerick who sued his mother following a minor road collision was awarded almost €14,000 in damages. The boy, who is from the Rathkeale area and is now aged 17, initiated the Personal Injury claim through his father following the collision more than [...]
Rogue Insurance claims companies that provide bad service and bombard people with nuisance calls face fines totalling hundreds of thousands of pounds under new plans. Those who use information gathered by unlawful unsolicited calls and texts, waste people's time and money by making spurious claims or use misleading marketing could be fined up to 20% [...]
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 [...]
According to Aviva it is becoming one of the most common types of fraud in the UK and that motor injury fraud now accounts for 54 percent of their total detected claims fraud cost. Over half are from smash for cash claims. ‘Flash for cash’ is another more recent variation of the scam where the [...]
A man sat on a bollard during a shopping trip to Cork City only to find it disappear into the ground without warning, throwing him on to his back. Harry Peglar’s injuries resulted in a €7,500 award against Cork City Council yesterday. “I sat on the bollard [for] a couple of minutes and I didn’t [...]
The Association of British Insurers’ head of motor and liability James Dalton asked whether injured people should actually be provided solely with rehabilitation rather than receiving an award of damages. He said: “We need a debate about whether someone should be awarded money for a low-value, low-impact and very minor injury claims. It’s a debate [...]
A surge in so-called "cash for crash" scams and fraudulent whiplash injury claims is being blamed for a sharp rise in insurance fraud detected by Britain's biggest insurer. Aviva said it discovered more than £110m worth of fraud in 2013 – up 19% on the previous year – and that it was currently uncovering 45 [...]