Two men in their 20s have been killed in a road accident in Cookstown, County Tyrone. Grant Archer, 23, from Newmills, and Robert Wilkinson, 28, from Cookstown, died in the crash on the Old Coagh Road at about 04:00 BST on Sunday. The car crashed through two gardens before ending up on its side. No [...]
FRAUDSTERS who tried to con an insurer out of around £20,000 by falsely claiming for injuries received in a crash that never happened have been found out by a telematics device. The personal injury claim was filed with Aviva after three claimants reported that two vehicles had been in a collision in Liverpool. But the [...]
Medical expenses reported by auto injury claimants continue to increase faster than the rate of inflation, in spite of the fact that the severity of the injuries themselves remain on a downward trend. A new study by the Insurance Research Council (IRC) found that from 2007 to 2012, average claimed economic losses (which include expenses [...]
Aviva is writing to tens of thousands of motorists after concerns that two employees sold details of people who had recently had accidents to claims companies. Hundreds of them have since received calls from firms to persuade them to make personal injury claims. The employees have been dismissed and police have arrested two people on [...]
The window of a pensioner killed when a freak wave hit a cruise ship during a storm in the English Channel has said she was offered a 25 per cent off her next holiday as compensation. James Swinstead, 85, died 'almost instantly' after water rushed on board the British cruise ship Marco Polo as it [...]
personal injury claims (From East London and West Essex Guardian Series) Nearly £100,000 was paid by Redbridge Council in compensation for accidents and injuries in schools, new figures show. In the past five years, the authority received 61 personal injury claims, acccording to a freedom of information discolusre to the Employment Law Advisory [...]
The Irish Injuries Board released its latest report in October 2013. The report found a significant increase in compensation received by personal injury claimants in 2012 . Injuries Board awards €157m for motor accidents in 2012 From January to July 2013, 5,286 Irish citizens lodged winning claims, which was a 2 percent increase over the [...]
Margaret McErlean told the Belfast Telegraph that she would have settled for a "fraction of the maximum scale amount" if her personal injuries claim against her school had been upheld on Monday. The teacher, who had worked at St Bride's Primary in south Belfast for more than 20 years, slipped and broke her arm in [...]
In forecasting serious asbestos-related claims, some of the country’s largest insurers and consultants appear to be ignoring relevant changes in medical knowledge, demographics and even social media. As a third wave of costly asbestos-related claims strikes the nation in the years ahead, many insurers will be swamped with “unexpected” reserve charges, according to “A Third [...]
Limerick GAA is now counting the cost of the pitch invasion that greeted Limerick’s first Munster SHC title since 1996. Three people have taken personal injury claims against the association after “falls or slips” on the field as close to 30,000 Limerick fans cheered their new hurling heroes. As well as the financial hit to [...]