Third Party Capture tactics face criticism from lawyers
Insurance company tactics have come in for criticism again recently, with the release of a report by the Northern Ireland Law Society into the controversial practice of third party capture.

Third Party Capture is the term used by insurance companies to refer to getting people injured in accidents caused by their own policy holders to accept a compensation deal without contacting… read more

Courts in Liverpool have been busier than usual this week after no less than 33 people appeared before judges in connection with an alleged “Crash for Cash” car insurance scam.  The hearings are the culmination of a Merseyside Police and Insurance Fraud Bureau investigation lasting three years.The 33 men and women were accused of staging “fake” road traffic accidents at a number of different locations across Merseyside and the Northwest… read more

A new initiative to cut the numbers of uninsured drivers on Britain’s roads has been launched by ministers this week. It is hoped the plans will cut insurance premiums for other drivers by an average of £30 a year.

The small minority of motorists in the UK who don’t bother insuring their cars are involved in more than 23,000 serious car accidents and cause 160 fatalities on the roads… read more