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  • Whiplash Claims Affected By New Research
    Recent Swedish research by online medicinal journal PLoS Medicine has found that whiplash, the head and back injury which results in countless whiplash claims every year, is more likely to heal faster with the aid of positive thinking.
  • PSA Lifts Some Strike Action Fuelled By Accidents At Work
    As a result of progress in negotiations with the Department of Labour, staff who belong to the PSA, New Zealand’s Public Service Association, have lifted some of their strike action fuelled by accidents at work.
  • Personal Injury Solicitors And Insurance Company Cuts Down
    Personal injury solicitors and insurance giant Norwich Union is shedding more than 350 jobs in the city as part of a massive overhaul of its business. The company is cutting 359 positions at its Pynes Hill office - leaving just 54 posts. The shock move also involves closing the building and relocating the remaining staff to smaller premises by the end of 2010. Staff were told the devastating news at a meeting yesterday along with thousands of their counterparts around the country.
  • No Win No Fee Claims Cost Councils Almost £9 m
    No win, no fee legal claims firms asked a pay out of almost £9million from councils, in compensation from the last three years. New figures released under the Freedom of Information Act show that Sunderland City Council paid out £4,761,750 in compensation claims between 2005 and the end of 2007, while Durham County Council paid £4,081,460 in the same period.
  • New Zealand Increase In Accident Claims
    Canterbury, New Zealand leads the country in a multimillion-dollar increase in accident claims for sport-cycling and mountainbike accidents, new figures show. The Accident Compensation Corporation (ACC) paid out $1.81 million for Canterbury sport cyclists and mountainbikers who took a spill in 2006-2007.
  • New Ads For Personal Injury Solicitors To Bring Success
    The good times are back for a West Virginia personal injury solicitors law firm. Menis Ketchum, a West Virginia attorney and 2008 Democratic State Supreme Court candidate born and raised in Wayne County, West Virginia, has opted for a revamp of his "In a wreck? Get a check!" TV adverts. They may soon include his Supreme Court nominee pedigree, provided, of course, he can escape close scrutiny.
  • Insurance Company Selects New Manager
    FINEOS Corporation, a global provider of innovative enterprise software solutions for insurance, bancassurance, and government, today announced that Manitoba Public Insurance of Canada has selected FINEOS Claims® to manage accident claims for bodily injury resulting from road accidents. The finalisation of the contract came about as the end of a long and tender procedure.
  • Increasing Work-Related Safety To Avoid Accidents At Work
    According to the International Labour Organisation, or ILO, website, every year more than 2 million people die from accidents at work or work-related diseases and every day, on average, some 5,000 or more women and men around the world lose their lives because of work-related accidents and illness.
  • Cars Do Not Effectively Protect Against Whiplash
    Whiplash claims are one of the most common injuries featuring insurance claims made by insurance companies’ costumers, and this may largely be due to the fact that many cars on the market are not adequately built to protect passengers and prevent whiplash injury.
  • Ashley Cole Uses No Win No Fee
    Millionaire footballer Ashley Cole is the latest wealthy celebrity to take advantage of the “access to justice” no-win, no-fee media-law regime to sue news organisations. He is suing the publishers of tabloid newspapers The Sun and The Daily Mirror over stories of his alleged extra-marital affairs, which he says have grossly breached his privacy.
  • Life Insurance Is Cheaper Than Expected
    Life insurance is a very important insurance to take out as it protects your loved ones against the worst possible scenarios. However a growing number of people are getting married, buying first homes and starting families later in life. In fact, recent research from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) reveals pregnancies in women aged 40 and over have risen by almost 50% over the past decade.
  • DIY Is Costly To Your Home Insurance
    DIY could have costly effects on your home insurance claims. While bank holiday weekends prompt many proud householders to tackle do-it-yourself home improvements, which can add value to their property, insurers warn that over-ambitious DIY projects can end up causing damage that costs thousands of pounds to put right.
  • High Number Of Whiplash Claims Down To Bad Prevention
    Whiplash claims are so high partially due to the equally high number of cars lacking effective prevention systems. One in six new cars on sale in Britain fail to offer adequate protection from debilitating whiplash injuries, new crash test results have revealed. 16% of models are rated 'poor' at preventing potentially permanent neck injuries in collisions at speeds as low as 10mph.
  • Get Your Claim - See A Personal Injury Solicitor
    Anyone who believes they have a valid personal injury claim should go straight to a solicitor. Those who approach a claims company in the first instance will eventually be referred to a solicitor – and be charged around £400 for the privilege.
  • UK Legal System Affected By No Win No Fee
    In the past ten years the advertising of No Win No Fee claims by insurance companies featuring mundane accidents has become unavoidable. Everyday minor injuries such as whiplash, slipping or falling are constantly on our television sets.
  • Rise In Whiplash Claims May Be Due To Lack Of Adequate Protection
    In America, a rear-end crash occurs every 17 seconds, but a surprisingly high number of vehicles offer inadequate protection from the whiplash injuries that can result, leading to an increased number of whiplash claims in worldwide markets.
  • Personal Injury Solicitors Affected By No Win No Fee
    In the past ten years the advertising of personal injury solicitors by insurance companies featuring mundane accidents has become unavoidable. Everyday minor injuries such as whiplash, slipping or falling are constantly on our television sets.
  • 2 Million Of Accidents At Work Result In Death Every Year
    An outcry by the international community for concerted efforts worldwide to reduce the death rate and sufferings facing mankind, currently recorded at over 2 million annual deaths worldwide, due to preventable accidents and diseases caused in the workplace must be quickly resolved on international levels.
  • No Win No Fee Claims Used On Banks
    Various ‘no-win-no-fee’ companies exist offering their services to help customers reclaim unfair bank charges. They can charge as much as 30% commission for successful claims, taking a more than justified cut of your money.
  • Court To Decide Fate For Accident Claims Fraudster
    A conman has sued a council for thousands of pounds, claiming he had broken his ankle tripping on a pavement, when in actual fact the injury was caused during a game of football . The fraudster, David Cairns, received a £9,200 compensation payout from Wigan Council in Greater Manchester for his false accident claim. However now, after years have passed, his lies have been discovered and he could face a jail sentence.
  • Whiplash Injuries
    Multiple injuries and neck, back and whiplash injuries account for over 80% of all motor claims, Ireland’s Personal Injuries Assessment Board reports. Psychological injuries, arm and leg injuries, head injuries and upper body injuries made up the remainder, with average payouts per claim coming in at €21,707.
  • Personal Injury Solicitors
    Dozens of personal injury claims management companies and ten personal injury solicitors’ firms are being investigated for insurance fraud by the Insurance Fraud Bureau, according to the Solicitors Journal, the leading independent magazine for solicitors and other legal professionals, providing daily news and analysis.
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