• Slater & Gordon claims commanding UK market share
    • 28/08/2015
    • Posted by: Simon Wait
    • Category: News
    Slater & Gordon has ‘a commanding market share lead’ in the UK, its managing director claimed today as the Australian-listed law firm announced a 27% in annual revenues to £243m. Its ever-expanding UK operation contributed £121m of this, excluding the first month’s contribution from Quindell’s [...]
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  • PI claims continue to increase premiums
    • 18/06/2015
    • Posted by: Simon Wait
    • Category: News
    The Telegraph reports that Allianz says the industry will pass on the cost of claims inflation to motorists The cost of car insurance is set to rise as providers struggle with a stubbornly high number of personal injury claims that now represent half of their overall claims costs, according to a major [...]
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  • IFED gets court result
    • 01/06/2015
    • Posted by: Simon Wait
    • Category: News
    Car crash personal injury fraudster jailed A fraudster who falsely claimed a car crash left him seriously injured to get a £1,700 up-front payment from a solicitor firm was jailed for 6 months and ordered to repay his victim £500 at Preston Crown Court on Friday 29 May. Imran Shah, aged 39, of Earl Street in [...]
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  • VW’s braking system cuts claims
    • 20/05/2015
    • Posted by: Simon Wait
    • Category: News
    Volkswagen has been praised by Thatcham Research Centre, who have seen a 45% drop in third party personal injury insurance claims thanks to the fitment of auto-emergency braking systems. The latest generation Golf went on sale in the UK in January 2013.  All except for the entry-level S models have Adaptive Cruise [...]
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  • askCUE established to cut PI fraud
    • 28/04/2015
    • Posted by: Simon Wait
    • Category: News
    In an attempt to prevent fraudulent claims entering the compensation process, representatives from claimant solicitor organisations and the insurance industry have collaborated to establish the askCUE PI (personal injury) service. The service will be mandatory to use from 1 June 2015. Solicitors are being [...]
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