{"id":788,"date":"2013-04-17T19:38:40","date_gmt":"2013-04-17T19:38:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/my-brains.co.uk\/jackross\/blog\/?p=788"},"modified":"2013-04-17T19:38:40","modified_gmt":"2013-04-17T19:38:40","slug":"inquiry-into-high-number-and-cost-of-whiplash-claims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/my-brains.co.uk\/jackross\/inquiry-into-high-number-and-cost-of-whiplash-claims\/","title":{"rendered":"Inquiry into high number and cost of whiplash claims"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">The House of Commons Transport Committee will look at how the number and cost of whiplash claims in the UK can be reduced. The inquiry follows a December 2012 whitepaper from the Ministry of Justice, which described Britain as the &#8220;whiplash capital of the world&#8221;.<\/span><\/h1>\n<p>The whitepaper reported that, between 2006 and 2012, there was a 60 per cent rise in claims for personal injury caused by road traffic accidents despite a 20 per cent fall in the number of reported accidents over the same period.<\/p>\n<p>The Committee&#8217;s inquiry will also look to establish:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>whether whiplash claims add \u00a390 to the average premium as claimed<\/li>\n<li>what proportion of this additional cost is due to &#8220;exaggerated, misrepresented or fabricated&#8221; claims<\/li>\n<li>whether the Government&#8217;s proposals to tackle fraudulent claims will help reduce insurance premiums<\/li>\n<li>the impact of the proposals on access to justice for genuinely-injured claimants.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The Association of British Insurers (ABI) has set out proposals for reducing the number and cost of whiplash claims, which include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>independent medical assessments of whiplash claims by accredited medical experts<\/li>\n<li>assessments would take into account the circumstances of the collision rather than the claimant&#8217;s reported symptoms<\/li>\n<li>a laid down prescribed level &#8211; independently-set &#8211; of damage awards for whiplash.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;Our proposals will ensure better medical assessment of whiplash claims, offer a quick, simple way of paying genuine claims; provide certainty for claimants and compensators, and deter fraud that ends up being paid for through higher motor insurance premiums,&#8221; said the ABI&#8217;s assistant director of motor and liability James Dalton.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The House of Commons Transport Committee will look at how the number and cost of whiplash claims in the UK can be reduced. 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